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News Bits: AMD Puma Launches in June, Intel SSDs, LED Backlighting Costs Drop

Intel to push SSDs with Centrino 2

AMD to launch Puma platform in June

Touch-screen notebooks to boost panel demand

LED backlighting costs going down, approaching CCFL

OLPC OS producer in talks with notebook makers

AMD confirms GDDR5 memory for next-gen graphics cards

AMD to roll out Griffin processor as Turion Ultra at Computex
Computex Taipei 2008 is just around the corner and news of what we can expect to see at the conference is already trickling in. Nvidia will release its new GeForce GTX 280 and 260 GPUs, AMD its Radeon 4850 and 4870 as well as its Puma notebook platform.

Welcome to The Ultimate Visual Experience

Welcome to The Ultimate Visual Experience
AMD innovation brings you The Ultimate Visual Experience™ across HDTVs, handhelds, and all PC price points by combining processing power with HD graphics for the best in digital entertainment and accelerated computing.

AMD Receives First Ever DisplayPort Certification for PC Graphics
Today it was announced AMD (NYSE: AMD) was extending its visual computing leadership with the first availability of products that conform to the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) first DisplayPort™ certification. The certification has been awarded to the ATI Radeon™ HD 3400, ATI Radeon™ HD 3600, ATI Radeon™ HD 3800, ATI FireMV™ 2260 graphics products, and the AMD 780G integrated graphics chipset . As the next generation of PC display connection technology, the DisplayPort interface delivers twice the output capacity of DVI, moving the industry forward to a new generation of brilliant display capabilities.

AMD Discusses Strategy for Energy Efficiency
Interviews with AMD Green Strategist, Larry Vertal, cover AMD approach to best green practices and energy efficient products.

AMD Appoints Ahmed Mahamoud as New CIO

AMD Appoints Ahmed Mahamoud as New CIO
SUNNYVALE, CA — March 11, 2008 –AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the appointment of Ahmed Mahmoud as CIO. He brings more than 20 years of enterprise information technology (IT) leadership experience, most recently as vice president of IT at Dell. Mahmoud will be responsible for managing the company’s global technology infrastructure, and will play a key role ensuring that AMD continues to set an example of commercial computing excellence.

35 AMD CPUs Tested for Power Consumption
We look at the power consumption and cost of running 35 AMD CPUs under varying conditions.

AMD Reports Fourth Quarter and Annual Results

AMD Reports Fourth Quarter and Annual Results
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Jan. 17, 2008 — AMD (NYSE: AMD) today reported fourth quarter 2007 revenue of $1.770 billion, an 8 percent increase compared to the third quarter of 2007 and flat compared to the fourth quarter of 2006. In the fourth quarter of 2007, AMD reported a net loss of $1.772 billion, or $3.06 per share, and an operating loss of $1.678 billion. Fourth quarter net loss included charges of $1.675 billion, or $2.89 per share, of which $1.669 billion were operating charges. The non-cash portion of the fourth quarter charges was $1.606 billion. In the third quarter of 2007, AMD reported revenue of $1.632 billion, a net loss of $396 million, and an operating loss of $226 million. In the fourth quarter of 2006, AMD reported revenue of $1.773 billion, a net loss $576 million, and an operating loss of $529 million.

Microsoft to Block XP SP3
Computerworld has posted an article that Microsoft will filter some computers with Windows XP so that they cannot receive the newest service pack. This decision was based on the problem that occurs on AMD-powered PCs that goes into an endless reboot pattern after installing SP3. “The problem is a registry value, present on images created with […]

AMD Highlights Optimized Integration between Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processors and Upcoming Microsoft Products

AMD Highlights Optimized Integration between Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processors and Upcoming Microsoft Products
BARCELONA, Spain — November 5, 2007 — AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced it is demonstrating platforms based on Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors, including features designed to help Microsoft Windows application developers optimize their software applications through tools in upcoming software products from Microsoft Corp. The technology demonstrations at the conference in Barcelona, Spain show new integration with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors.

AMD Appoints Nigel Dessau as Chief Marketing Officer
AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the appointment of Nigel Dessau as chief marketing officer (CMO). He brings 22 years of technology sales and marketing leadership experience at IBM and Sun, and will be responsible for AMD’s global marketing, image and campaign strategies.

AMD Expands Charter for the OpenSolaris OS and Sun xVM at the AMD Operating System Research Center

AMD Expands Charter for the OpenSolaris OS and Sun xVM at the AMD Operating System Research Center
AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that its Operating System Research Center (OSRC) has expanded its focus to include optimization and tuning advancements for Sun Microsystems’ OpenSolaris Operating System and Sun xVM Virtualization family of products. This extends AMD’s commitment to work together with technology software partners to ensure that their OS and virtualization software layers are optimized to leverage AMD processor-based platforms’ features. By expanding research and development on the OpenSolaris Operating System, the ORSC expects to help drive increased Solaris OS performance for business customers as well as feature enhancements on AMD Opteron™ processor-based systems.

First Eight OEM Platforms Featuring Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processors Now Available

First Eight OEM Platforms Featuring Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processors Now Available
Delivering new levels in performance scalability, virtualization performance and energy efficiency, AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced customers can get the Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processor today in systems from HP as well as other system providers. The recently-launched HP ProLiant G5 platforms represent the first of many systems that are expected to be available in the coming weeks from global OEMs and system builders based on the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor.

AMD Updates Its Server Roadmap

AMD has extended the life of its current server platform with the six-core "Istanbul" processor in 2009. Twelve-core "Magny-Cours" added for Socket G34 platform in 2010.

Dell Vostro 1000 for $399
Vostro 1000 w/1GB memorystarting at $399, includes free shipping and handling.Includes an AMD Sempron processor, 80GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM and DVD player/CD burner.

AMD Launches 780 Chipset

AMD Launches 780 Chipset
AMD is announcing the availability of the AMD 780G chipset, designed to deliver the ultimate mainstream computing experience.

AMD Unleashes Enthusiast Gaming Performance for the Masses with ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — November 15, 2007 — AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the introduction and immediate availability of the ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series of graphics processing units (GPU). As the worlds first series of graphics processors to deliver Microsofts DirectX® 10.1 support, 55nm process technology and tri and quad multi-GPU support with ATI CrossFireX, the ATI Radeon HD 3800 series ushers in a new era of enthusiast gaming performance at mainstream price points. The ATI Radeon HD 3800 series will be introduced in two variants at launch, from US $179 MSRP, the ATI Radeon HD 3850 with 256MB of GDDR3 memory and from US $219 MSRP, the ATI Radeon HD 3870 with 512MB GDDR4 memory. The launch of the ATI Radeon HD 3800 series redefines the enthusiast segment and puts high performance gaming in reach of more users than ever before. This innovative new series of graphics products also represent the first step in the launch of AMDs upcoming enthusiast platform codenamed Spider.

New AMD Phenom X3 Vs. Phenom X4

New AMD Phenom X3 Vs. Phenom X4
We compare three and four core AMD Phenom X CPUs, along with a large number of Athlon 64 X2 and Intel Core 2 two and four core models.