2007 AMD Open Architecture Challenge Announces Winners
2007 AMD Open Architecture Challenge Announces Winners
Cape Town, South Africa — June 3, 2008 –Architecture for Humanity and AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the winners of the 2007 AMD Open Architecture Challenge: Digital Inclusion, a global competition to develop technology facilities for communities in need, from the 50×15 Africa Partner Summit in Cape Town, South Africa. The competition received 566 registered entries from 57 countries. The winners, including one overall competition winner and two regional site winners, were determined by an international review board of jurors comprised of architects, technologists, and community members. The overall competition winner and Africa challenge site winner are The Global Studio of Seattle, WA, USA, for its design of a technology media lab and recording studio for SIDAREC, located in an informal settlement of Nairobi, Kenya. With the construction of this media lab, Lucy Mathai and George Onyango, both founders of SIDAREC, hope their community will become “the next Silicon Valley.”
AMD Demonstrates the Cinema 2.0 Experience, Punches Hole in Sensory Barrier Separating Cinema and Games
AMD Demonstrates the Cinema 2.0 Experience, Punches Hole in Sensory Barrier Separating Cinema and Games
At a press conference June 16, 2008, in San Francisco, AMD (NYSE:AMD) demonstrated a milestone achievement in ultra-realistic and interactive visual computing through the processing power of its forthcoming teraFLOPS (trillion floating point operations per second) graphics chip, codenamed "RV770".
AMD Releases Study Detailing Datacenter Energy Use in Five Regions across Globe; Calls on Industry Partners to Hasten Efficiency Efforts
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — December 12, 2007 –AMD today released a study revealing shifting patterns in worldwide datacenter energy use at regional levels. The study, which was conducted by Jonathan Koomey, Ph.D., using data from industry analyst firm IDC, documents energy use across five regions: the United States, Western Europe, Japan, Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) and the rest of the world. This new study forecasts datacenter energy consumption, estimating that by 2010 U.S. consumption will decline relative to consumption worldwide.
HIS (AMD) ATI Radeon HD 4830 512MB
HIS (AMD) ATI Radeon HD 4830 512MB
Last week AMD announced the Radeon HD 4830 under a bit of a cloud after cards shipped out with an incorrect number of shaders enabled. We have a look at the HIS Radeon HD 4830, which happens to be the cheapest card in the UK, to find out how it compares to the fierce competition out there.
Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processors Prove to be Optimal Choice for Virtualization
Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processors Prove to be Optimal Choice for Virtualization
AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors now power 37 platforms from global OEMs, nine of which are designed with virtualization in mind. With Dell’s latest M905 PowerEdge blade server introduced today, AMD and Dell can claim the only 16-core x86 server to support 11 tiles or 66 Virtual Machines (VM) in VMmark performance testing1. The new server is now available along with the Dell PowerEdge M805 blade. Both servers are uniquely designed to leverage AMD-Virtualization™ (AMD-V™) technology for enhanced virtualization performance to help businesses maximize valuable datacenter real estate.
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Experience the power of ultimate HD gaming performance with the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 GPU - graphics processing designed for ultimate HD gaming.
AMD Announces Revolutionary External Graphics Solution for Notebooks
AMD (NYSE:AMD) today announced ATI XGP™ (External Graphics Platform) Technology, a new external PCI Express® (PCIe) 2.0 graphics platform, designed to deliver enthusiast-class desktop graphic performance and true multimedia upgradeability to notebooks1. ATI XGP is an exclusive technology that capitalizes on PCIe 2.0 to deliver enthusiast-class graphics via a connected cable to an externally powered and cooled device. This unique innovation delivers up to 4.0 Gbyte/s in each direction in bandwidth communication between the notebook and external graphics, whereas previous consumer level external solutions were limited in graphics bandwidth2. ATI XGP is fully optimized for new AMD Turion™ X2 Ultra notebook platforms, also announced today.
Ups and Downs in Benchmarking Far Cry 2
Ups and Downs in Benchmarking Far Cry 2
Sometimes setbacks happen. I had been planning an article on top to bottom graphics hardware performance in Far Cry 2 for this week. This was already pushing it with a platform change, and it just got to be too much to get it all finished in time. In time for what? Well, in this case it was the fact that AMD just released a new hotfix driver for Far Cry 2 that fixes a…
AMD makeover moves show limited choices in slump (AP)
AMD makeover moves show limited choices in slump (AP)
AP - Many of the problems facing Advanced Micro Devices Inc. are of its own making. But the limited choices the chip maker has for solving its troubles are symptoms of an affliction sweeping through Silicon Valley.
AMD Demos 45nm Native Quad-Core Processors for Server, Desktop
AMD (NYSE: AMD) demonstrated at the CeBit electronics exhibition its first 45nm quad-core chips running multiple operating systems and a range of processing intensive applications. The processors were produced in Dresden, Germany, in AMD’s Fab 36 300mm manufacturing facility, using an advanced 45nm process co-developed with IBM.
AMD Accelerates Application Development with Inaugural Release of Open Source Performance Library
Partners, customers and open source software developer community encouraged to download new "Framewave" code and start contributing to the project immediately.
AMD Introduces ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 Series - First Microsoft DirectX® 10.1 Graphics Processors for Notebook PCs
AMD Introduces ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 Series - First Microsoft DirectX® 10.1 Graphics Processors for Notebook PCs
LAS VEGAS (2008 International CES) — January 7, 2008 –AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3000 series, a new family of discrete graphics for high-definition gaming and video in notebook PCs. The initial offerings consist of ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3400 series and ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3600 series. ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 series allows notebook users to experience the full power of HD through graphics processing designed to satisfy the most demanding mobile users at work and play. Featuring the latest industry-standard technologies, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 series is optimized for the forthcoming AMD notebook platform, code-named “Puma”, to deliver The Ultimate Visual Experience™.
Dell Now Offering Five Server Platforms Based on Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processors
AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is now offering five server platforms based on high-performance, energy-efficient Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors. This news follows last week’s announcement that Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors are generally available, and brings the number of available global OEM platforms based on the new processors to 13. Additionally, AMD is announcing today that VMware has completed qualification of Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors for use in VMware ESX and ESXi hypervisor deployments, enabling customers to leverage the latest in VMware virtualization on these server systems.
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 Infuses Corporate Brand with the Power of "Fusion"
AMD Infuses Corporate Brand with the Power of "Fusion"
AMD (NYSE:AMD) today launched a new corporate brand campaign under a new tagline, "The Future is Fusion." The campaign is intended to focus on how the unique AMD combination of technologies, coupled with close relationships with computer manufacturers and a deep understanding of customer needs, results in exciting next-generation capabilities and experiences at work, at home, and at play.
AMD Reports First Quarter Results
AMD Reports First Quarter Results
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — April 17, 2008 –AMD (NYSE: AMD) today reported first quarter 2008 revenue of $1.505 billion, a net loss of $358 million, or $0.59 per share, and an operating loss of $264 million. These results include an impact of $50 million, or $0.08 per share, from ATI acquisition-related charges. First quarter revenue decreased 15 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2007 and increased 22 percent compared to the first quarter of 2007. In the fourth quarter of 2007, AMD reported revenue of $1.770 billion, a net loss of $1.772 billion, and an operating loss of $1.678 billion. In the first quarter of 2007, AMD reported revenue of $1.233 billion, a net loss $611 million, and an operating loss of $504 million.
AMD Releases FireMV 2260 Graphics Accelerator
New FireMV™ 2260 multi-view 2D graphics card delivers optimal visual computing for financial and corporate environments.
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AMD Reports Second Quarter Results
AMD Reports Second Quarter Results
AMD (NYSE:AMD) today reported second quarter 2008 revenue from continuing operations of $1.349 billion, a seven percent decrease compared to the first quarter of 2008 and a three percent increase compared to the second quarter of 2007. As part of its previously communicated review of its non-core businesses, AMD decided to divest its Handheld and DTV product businesses, and therefore is classifying them as discontinued operations1 for financial reporting.
AMD Delivers HDTV Experience for Mac®
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — November 14, 2007 — AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the new ATI TV Wonder™ 650 Combo USB for Mac® - a new HDTV experience for Mac users. ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB for Mac integrates two TV tuners to receive off-the-air ATSC/HDTV broadcasts as well as analog television programming. This new TV tuner solution joins AMD’s six TV Wonder™ offerings for the PC platform
Cooler Master Hyper Z600R CPU Cooler
[Frostytech.com] “Today we are looking at the Cooler Master Hyper Z600R, the first product in Cooler Masters revised arsenal that is ready to battle flagship processors from Intel and AMD. The Hyper Z600R is a large cooler with premium packaging and the ability to add a second 120mm fan. From the looks of the design the cooler screams high efficiency with low acoustic interference. Overclockers will like the coolers ability to add a second fan and average users will like the quiet nature of this beast. Next in our list of cooler reviews will be the long awaited article for Cooler Masters flagship V8 air cooler. Be sure to check back in to see the results when both coolers go head to head, but for now enjoy the Hyper Z600R. Lets have a detailed look.”