Posts tagged Advanced Micro Devices
Intel’s next-generation Atom processor will make netbooks more powerful (via postie)
Dec 21st
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Intel is announcing a new generation of its Atom microprocessor that will make netbooks faster, cheaper, and more power efficient. That could help accelerate the growth of netbooks, which are low-cost machines that are smaller than laptops and are meant for cruising the web.
This N450 Atom processor is cheaper than past solutions because [...]
Intel accused of antitrust violations by FTC
Dec 16th
Intel settled its long-running feud with Advanced Micro Devices, but now it faces a new antitrust complaint from the Federal Trade Commission.
The FTC sued the world’s biggest chip maker today, accusing it of using its dominant market position to stifle competition and strengthen its monopoly for the past decade.
The complaint alleges that Intel blocked rivals [...]
Intel cancels Larrabee consumer graphics chip (via postie)
Dec 4th
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It looks like Intel’s bid to become a major player in consumer graphics chips has ended in disaster — for now.
The world’s biggest chip maker has been working for years on Larrabee, a chip with dozens of cores for processing graphics. It was the company’s major competitive thrust at Nvidia and the grpaphics [...]
