First AMD Fusion Specifications, Hint Toward RV710 Specs.

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

AMD Fusion could well be the first CPU to feature a graphics processor core. It will incorporate a graphics processor with specifications identical to the RV710. This CPU would be based on the 45 nm silicon fabrication process, and this processor will be manufactured at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ...

Radeon HD 4600 Series Slated for September, Two Models in the Making

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Based on the new RV730 graphics processor from AMD, the Radeon HD 4600 series is set for a September release. There are two models to start with in this series: Radeon HD 4650 and Radeon HD 4670. The HD 4650 is positioned to compete with the GeForce 9500 GT while ...

HyperTransport 3.1 Specifications Emerge, 45 nm AMD CPUs Support it

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

The HyperTransport Consortium released an updated specification, HT 3.1, that increases the base clock speed of the HyperTransport bus from its previous version 3.0 limit of 2600 MHz (5200 MT/s) to 3200 MHz (6400 MT/s). The upcoming 45nm processors will be given a host of architectural updates, one of them ...

Thecus Reveals the AMD Processor-Based N4100PRO NAS

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Beginning with the introduction of the N4100 NAS device, Thecus has rocked the world of digital storage with innovation after innovation. Today, Thecus is proud to reveal the brand new 4-bay NAS - N4100 PRO. With powerful new RAID options, a built-in LCD, and vastly improved data throughput, the N4100 ...

Diamond Multimedia Releases Radeon HD 4870 X2 - XOC³ H2O

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Diamond Multimedia (www.diamondmm.com), a leading manufacturer of PC graphics cards, sound cards and communications products, launched today, the Diamond Radeon HD 4870 X2 - XOC³ H2O edition graphics card. This card offers exquisite gaming capabilities combined with state of the art efficiency.

AMD Athlon 64 2000+ for Immediate Competition with Intel Atom

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

While AMD touted the Bobcat as a definitive competitor to Intel Atom, being a low-power K8 based part with the same design advantages its ancestors had over competing Intel parts when they made up for higher performing alternatives, this part won't make it until next year, enough time for the ...

AMD Shanghai Rushed in, Hits Market in Q4 2008

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

AMD seems to have decided that it won't face any more flack in the computing industry owing to the lack of success the Barcelona / Agena (K10) architecture had compared to a determined Intel that seems to be going for the kill with a string of products lined up, Intel ...

AMD Launches New Business Class Phenom and Athlon X2 Processors

Friday, August 15th, 2008

AMD is launching today a bunch of new "business class" 64-bit processors. The four new Phenom and Athlon CPUs are: AMD Phenom X4 9750B 2.4GHz, 2MB L3 cache, 95W, rev. B3 AMD Phenom X3 8750B 2.4GHz, 2MB L3 cache, 95W, rev. B3 AMD Athlon X2 5600B 2.9GHz, 1MB L2 cache, 65W AMD Athlon X2 ...

AMD Aims Higher, 50% Market-share in Discrete-graphics in Sight

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Following the release of the R700 Spartan, the most powerful graphics card till date, AMD has noted that the ATI Radeon HD 4800 series products has boosted the company's market share in the discrete graphics industry from 30% to 40%. This has triggered optimism with the company, it expects to ...

First ULPC Notebook with Dual-Core AMD Processor Out

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

While Intel readies its dual-core Atom processor, a certain company called Raon Digital has already come up with a ULPC notebook (dubbed netbook) named EVERUN NOTE that uses a dual-core AMD Turion X2 processor that has low clock-speeds that reduce power consumption. The netbook comes with a 7" (1024 x ...