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IBM will manufacture some 32nm "Trinity" APUs for AMD
- AMD has reportedly enlisted IBM to manufacture some of its next-generation Fusion chips, code-named "Trinity". The move was disclosed by the company's CEO Rory Read at an analyst event and follows a string of low yield issues with 32nm chips…
AMD refreshes A-Series family with seven new mobile APUs
- AMD has quietly added seven new products to its A-Series of APUs for notebooks. These are all 32nm parts and likely represent the last refresh of Llano on laptops before Trinity arrives in the first half of 2012 -- or…
AMD to shift competitive focus away from Intel, still committed to x86
- In a recent interview with the San Jose Mercury News, AMD spokesman Mike Silverman said the company is currently at an inflection point and that they need to "let go of the old AMD versus Intel mind-set, because it won't…
Report: AMD cancels 28nm APUs from GlobalFoundries
- It seems more troubles await AMD in the microprocessor market. A few days ago rumors started to emerge that the company had cancelled its Wichita and Krishna APUs, the 28nm the successors to its C-Series (codenamed Ontario) and E-Series (codenamed…
AMD Trinity APU internal benchmark slides surface
- AMD's upcoming 'Trinity' APU is expected to swing into production as early as January 2012 and arrive in actual products somewhere around late Q1 and early Q2. Although details are rather thin regarding performance, the Turks over at DonanimHaber have…
Apple nearly went with AMD for MacBook Air refresh
- Apple was reportedly close to producing a MacBook Air powered by an AMD Fusion APU. Cupertino even had a working prototype on hand but ultimately canceled the idea last spring, according to SemiAccurate.
AMD quietly adjusts processor pricing, launches new Athlon CPU
- AMD quietly changed the pricing on some of their Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) and even introduced a new Athlon-branded CPU. Such changes took a back seat to the launch of enterprise Opteron 6200 and 4200 processors based on Bulldozer architecture…
Mini-ITX Wars: Asrock's Intel Z68 vs. AMD A75
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Today we're looking at a new breed of Mini-ITX motherboards from Asrock called the Z68M-ITX/HT and A75M-ITX. The former is an Intel Z68 board that supports Intel's second-generation Core processors, while the latter utilizes AMD A75's chipset to support Socket FM1 processors, namely the new Fusion A-series desktop APUs.
To spice things up we've selected Intel and AMD's $140 CPU offerings. In other words, this review will also serve as a comparison for the Core i3-2120 and AMD A8-3850.
Rumor: AMD's Llano to remain in short supply until 2012
- Last week, AMD revised its third quarter revenue forecast warning that manufacturing issues at GlobalFoundries had curbed supply of Llano processors. The company said they were throwing substantial resources at improving 32nm yields and that progress was being made. However,…
iSuppli: Intel grows lead in CPU revenue market share
- Market research firm iSuppli released its latest report on the state of the microprocessor market today, which show Intel has grown its already considerable lead by 1.1 percentage points over the last year while AMD saw its share fall by…
AMD announces dual-core Llano APUs for under $70
- AMD today announced its first dual-core Llano APUs, the A4-330 and A4-3400, extending the lineup beyond the five models currently available and bringing the entry-level desktop APU price down to just $70. Both chips integrate a Radeon HD 6410D GPU…
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