AMD is one step closer to the merger with ATI - actually make that two. This week Canada's minister of industry under the investment of Canada act, approved the acquisition. In addition, at a meeting held in Toronto this morning, ATI's shareholders approved AMD's $5.6 billion takeover bid, voting more than 99 percent in favor of the cash-and-stock transaction at the special meeting. The acquisition

Faster...more energy efficient...more power...all describe AMD's latest entry in the chip race - the dual-core Next-Generation Opteron processor. Not only will we see improved performance - by as much as 25 percent without increasing the power consumption of its AMD predecessor - the new Opteron will set the stage for an AMD quad-core chip to be released in the middle of 2007.

According to those 'in the know' in the industry, the combination of CPU and advanced graphics on a single chipset is where the market is headed. And, the AMD-ATI marriage is leading the way . According to AMD chairman and CEO Hector Ruiz, "Our growth strategy is to capitalize on platform technologies in commercial and mobile computing and accelerate the adoption of our technologies in high-growth consume

AMD Turion 64 X2 processors are catching on fast in Taiwan. AMD expects the dual-core processors to be utilized in over 50% of Turion-based notebooks shipped to the Taiwan market by the end of 2006, replacing its predecessor, the Turion 64, faster than expected. "Dennis Chen, general manager of personal systems group at Hewlett Packard (HP) Taiwan, remarked that his company is also confident about sales of Turion 64 X2-ba

With the release of the next version of its Opteron processor, AMD said that are on the path toward delivering a quad-core processor next year . The first processor out of the chip for AMD to add virtualization acceleration and DDR2 memory is the Socket F Opteron. "AMD has been touting the new server processors as sharing the same socket as its forthcoming quad-core processor. So customers that bu

On the heels of AMD's announcement of the Next-Generation AMD Opteron, Kingston Technology announced the ValueRAM DDR2 Registered ECC memory module, Kingston's new memory technology supporting Next-Generation AMD Opteron 1000 Series processors. "The new memory modules leverage proven AMD64 technology with energy-efficient DDR2 memory and AMD PowerNow! technology capabilities to deliver stability, reliability and high performance. Kingston

AMD and ATI have plans to join forces and start working on a unified chip that will have a GPU on a CPU....or CPU on a GPU - either way, it will be the same silicon. It will probably be eighteen months before we see anything, though. How will it all fit? AMD/ATI engineers will be looking to shift to 65 nanometre if not even to 45 nanometre to make the magic happen. "This is the ultimate OEM chip, as it will be the cheapes

AMD plans to ship a total of 9.8 million Socket-AM2 and Socket-939 Athlon 64 X2 processors in the second half of this year. In addition, while attempting to significantly raise its proportion of dual-core desktop CPU shipments in the latter half of this year, AMD expects the Athlon 64 X2 3600+ (2GHz, 256KBX2 L2 cache) to drive growth due to its pricing, "AMD has gradually solved its supply issues by receiving capacity support

Claiming industry-leading performance-per-watt and increased virtualization capabilities, AMD introduced its Next-Generation AMD Opteron processor family today. The new Opterons will be upgradeable to quad-core within the same thermal design power envelope, enabling customers to increase computing capacity without altering datacenter infrastructure. AMD also announced the completion of the tape-out of its native quad-core AMD Opteron proc

There's a new chip in town - the Next-Generation Opteron processor from AMD . This is a complete redesign of the server chip that would allow the chipmaker to natively upgrade it to quad-core capability. "Next-Generation Opterons, as they are called, will be available for $873 to $2,649 USD per chip in 1,000-unit quantities and use AMD's new "Socket F" to plug into the motherboard. That socket design is

In this corner we have Intel...in the opposite, AMD. With AMD and Intel both offering new processor based platforms this summer, the slugfest is really heating up. What's a customer to do? According to Charles King, principal analyst for Pund-IT, AMD can claim that it has been more innovative technology-wise. AMD helped to kickstart 64-bit processing and x 86 server based computing, introduced its next generation AMD Opteron processor which delivers both x86-based 32-bit and 64-bit comput

Lenovo is bringing an AMD-powered PC to North America. The ThinkCentre A60, a desktop personal computer, featuring an AMD processor, delivers mainstream enterprise features such as dual-core processing and improved virus protection and recovery tools for customers in need of manageable desktop solutions. The new ThinkCentre A60 is the first globally available ThinkCentre with AMD processors.

AMD is helping prepare the industry for a seamless transition to quad-core computing by providing unparalleled platform stability with its Next-Generation AMD Opteron processor family . AMD recently announced industry support for its upcoming next-generation AMD Opteron processor family, enabled with hardware-assists that provide virtualization software vendors with an improved, simplified infrastructure for offering mainframe-class virt

AMD is stepping up to the plate this week in their battle with Intel's Woodcrest with Opteron Rev-F . Opteron Rev-F is AMD's first server processor to include integrated virtualization technology that was developed under the code name Pacifica. "The chip initially is available for just dual-core implementations, but AMD says customers will be able to upgrade to quad-core pro

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