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Posted October 22, 2012, 10:59 PM by Steven Walton | Filed in TechSpot, Hardware
About this time last year, AMD's new Bulldozer-based FX series launched to bright-eyed system builders who expected the new architecture to challenge Intel's increasingly comfortable position in the upper-end processor market. Unfortunately, Bulldozer wasn't all it was cracked up to be.

Now, the company is refreshing its desktop processors with Piledriver, an enhanced version of Bulldozer that focuses on improving instructions per clock and frequency. In other words, instead of a major overhaul, Piledriver picks up where Bulldozer left off, which may disappoint those who wanted AMD to abandon the architecture.
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Posted September 25, 2012, 11:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
With the next generation of AMD FX-Series set to arrive soon, online store BLT has started to take pre-orders for the new “Vishera” chips, revealing their expected pricing in the process. The store lists four different models: the FX-8350, FX8320,…
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Posted August 27, 2012, 12:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
Following a round of price cuts for its Radeon graphics cards last week, AMD is now revising prices across its processor lineup while also adding a new member to the existing FX family. The latter is a quad-core part based…
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Posted May 2, 2012, 8:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Hardware
AMD and GameFly have announced a deal that promises discounted games for folks using AMD processors. Gamers with machines powered by "select" Athlon II, Phenom II, FX series and A series chips will receive a free 30-day GameFly membership as well as a 20% discount...
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Posted February 28, 2012, 9:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
AMD has added two new FX-series processors to their range of Bulldozer CPUs using the AM3+ socket. At the same time, the company announced it plans to reduce the retail price of the octa-core FX-8120 processor.
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Posted February 19, 2012, 2:57 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in NATW
Five years ago, AMD looked set to topple Intel. Now its very existence is under threat. Mike Jennings investigates what went wrong In 2006, AMD could seemingly do no wrong. Its processors were the fastest in the PC market, annual revenue was up a record 91%...
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Posted February 3, 2012, 7:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Industry News, Hardware Breaking News
During its annual Financial Analyst Day last evening, AMD shared its products and initiatives for the next two years. Along with pledging to better execute its ideas, the company said it would focus on system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs, low-power solutions and heterogeneous computing...
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Posted November 3, 2011, 7:03 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Industry News
Confirming industry speculation, AMD has announced that it will cut 10% of its workforce in an effort to save money -- or rather, "optimize cost structure to enhance competitiveness and accelerate growth." By trimming a little fat, the company expects…
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Posted September 26, 2011, 4:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware
AMD has unveiled a new embedded discrete graphics processor with double the 3D graphics-crunching power as its E2400 GPU. The entry-level Radeon E6460 GPU "sets a new bar" for features and performance among its kind and AMD supposedly plans to…
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Posted September 22, 2011, 5:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
More rumors are surfacing regarding the Intel Core i7 2700K processor that's expected to debut in the coming weeks. Contrary to earlier reports claiming it would be introduced at the same $317 price point as the current Sandy Bridge flagship,…
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Posted September 19, 2011, 6:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
This one somehow slipped through our radar but it seems Intel will have a new high-performance socket LGA1155 processor out in a few weeks to try and spoil AMD's much anticipated FX Series launch. The upcoming chip was disclosed earlier…
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Posted September 13, 2011, 1:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware With Video
AMD earned the Guinness World Record for the highest frequency of a microprocessor at a recent invite-only event in Austin, Texas. The team of elite overclockers and AMD staff was able to take an eight-core Bulldozer FX CPU up to…
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Posted September 12, 2011, 10:37 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
We're still waiting an official launch date for AMD's FX-Series processors, but over the weekend the first three models went up for pre-order at online retailer Shopblt.com. The chips in question include the six-core FX-6100 and two eight-core models, the…
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Posted July 11, 2011, 9:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware Breaking News
Last month at the E3 conference in Los Angeles AMD officially reintroduced the FX brand for their top performing processors aimed at PC enthusiasts and gaming aficionados. Although no actual products were launched, we already have a pretty good idea…
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Posted June 7, 2011, 9:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Gaming Breaking News
Today at the E3 conference in Los Angeles AMD officially reintroduced the FX brand for their top performing processors aimed at PC enthusiasts and gaming aficionados. As expected, the company also announced the first AM3+ platform based around the FX name.
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