AMD unveils fastest ATI GPU yet

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Advanced Micro Devices announced on Monday its most powerful graphics technology to date, going after Nvidia in the rarefied--and closely watched--enthusiast game segment. The announcement also marks the current pinnacle of AMD's strategy to beat Nvidia at the high end by building comparatively smaller chips and then ganging them together for better performance. Submitted by: shirley2 | Visited 28 times | Comments 0

♦ Firefox v. Safari Round 3: JavaScript crown goes to Safari

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You may remember a couple months ago there was some contention whether Safari or Firefox had the fastest JavaScript performance. Apple had claimed Safari 3 was the fastest when compared to Firefox 2, though improvements in Firefox 3 betas had narrowed or eliminated that gap. Zimbra, a company that makes a web-based collaboration suite, has now performed some new benchmarks that show Safari on top. Submitted by: dawggone - Visited 6 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ AMD, Intel Centrino 2 make strange bedfellows

1 vote	AMD thriving in Intel Centrino 2 notebooks? At Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest PC maker, the answer is "yes." HP 17-inch 6830s is offered with the AMD-ATI HD 3430 graphics chip.(Credit: Hewlett-Packard)Although consumer notebooks get most of the press, business notebooks get most of the sales. Submitted by: damircea - Visited 6 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ AMD still feeling pain from ATI purchase, takes $880M charge

1 vote	AMD filed a report with the SEC last week, stating that it would take an $880 million goodwill impairment charge this quarter. Since the acquisition of ATI... Submitted by: bilgi - Visited 3 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ ATI's 4800 Series: HD 4850, 4870 reviewed

1 vote	Today ATI launched its HD 4800 series cards, the HD 4870 and HD 4850, both of which are based on the new RV770 GPU architecture. These cards are both the company's latest salvo against NVIDIA and a potential vindication of a GPU design that first debuted in the much-maligned 2900XT. Submitted by: aly21 - Visited 2 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Report: Fastest AMD chips run with circuit-board fix

1 vote	Inexpensive circuit boards can work reliably with the fastest AMD quad-core Phenom processors when modifications are made, according to a report. This comes in the wake of mismatch issues between Phenom chips and select motherboards, as reported by Asia-based vendors. Submitted by: jakomo - Visited 1 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ AMD tries to hack its way back to the black with job cuts

1 vote	Several AMD executives have left to "pursue new opportunities" today as the company continues cost-cutting its way towards the black. Given Phenom's market position and Shanghai's H2 2008 launch timeframe, AMD faces a long, hard road back to profitability.Read More... Submitted by: Ichigo91 - Visited 5 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ AMD Game! on: guiding gamers towards higher frame rates

1 vote	There's never been an easy way for consumers to tell whether or not any given OEM system qualified as a gaming PC. AMD is hoping to change that with the launch of its new AMD Game! initiative. If it works, guys will be able to choose a system knowing that it has been qualified at a certain performance level.Read More... Submitted by: DeluxeEdition - Visited 4 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ AMD revving up Atom competitor, but details remain foggy

1 vote	AMD may be arrive at the netbook/nettop party a bit late, but the company is definitely planning an appearance. According to CEO Dirk Meyer, AMD is readying its own low-power chips to compete directly against the Atom.Read More... Submitted by: Andy777 - Visited 3 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Report: AMD targets small business

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AMD is planning to make a big push into the small business sector, according to ZDNet and The Wall Street Journal (subscription required). The chipmaker is set to announce on Monday an initiative called AMD Business Class, formerly code-named Hardcastle, that is geared toward making it easier for PC makers to build computers that better suit the needs of small businesses... Submitted by: bestija - Visited 10 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ AMD narrows market share gap with Intel, revenue gap grows

1 vote	A recent iSuppli report estimates that Intel took market share from AMD in the first quarter of this year, but the smaller CPU manufacturer is still moving in the right direction compared to its disastrous 2007. Shanghai may still be at least six months away, but AMD isn't just marking time. Submitted by: Cyberlord - Visited 12 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Blizzard, AMD forge graphics-card deal

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The graphics-chip wars have always raged hotter than a fully charged silicon wafer, and today AMD launched its latest volley to combat the growing dominance of Nvidia's GTX 280 top-end card. That bombshell took the form of the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2, a $549 top-of-the-line card that packs 2.4 teraflops of processing power and communicates with memory at 230GB per second. However... Submitted by: verbie - Visited 17 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Bolt clocks year's fastest 200m

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Jamaica's Usain Bolt clocked the fastest 200m of the year so far at the Athens Grand Prix on Sunday, to lay down a marker ahead of Beijing. The 21-year-old cruised to a personal best time of 19.67 seconds, the fifth fastest ever. Meanwhile, former 100m world record-holder Asafa Powell has withdrawn from next Friday's IAAF Golden League meeting in Paris. Submitted by: EasyMoneyOnline20 - Visited 5 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ AMD quitting handheld, TV chips amid more losses

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AMD continues to stumble through another down year. The company announced along with the release of its second-quarter earnings results Thursday that it is getting out of the handheld and digital television businesses. As has been the case for the last several quarters, AMD is continuing to lose bucketloads of money: $1.2 billion this time around. Submitted by: mirturk - Visited 2 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ EDGE REVIEW: Alone In The Dark

1 vote	Alone In The Dark could have been something very special. Instead, we’re left with what feels like the rough cut.Restless and yet focused, dramatic and yet mundane, ambitious and yet bounded, Alone In The Dark is much like its demonic possessed creatures: both eloquent and ugly. Frustratingly... Submitted by: gorilla_ch - Visited 3 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ Notebook Nehalem may not pop for 12 months

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Nehalem has been the talk of the tech industry for months, but a number of signs point towards a relatively slow launch from Santa Clara. notebooks appreciably sooner than it does in mainstream desktops. it) will be produced on TSMC's half-node 40nm process, but AMD has yet to clarify if Fusion's GPU will be on-die or on-package. company to take it. After installing Monday's iPhone 2.0. Submitted by: mikemosby - Visited 6 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ AMD, Nvidia graphics chip designs diverge

1 vote	UPDATE: On Monday, Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia are launching graphics chips based on distinctly different design philosophies. Nvidia chips are big and powerful(Credit: Nvidia) Nvidia's GTX 280 and GTX 260 are designed to deliver the biggest performance bang per chip. Submitted by: vegabond - Visited 19 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ NVIDIA denies rumors of faulty chips, mass GPU failures

1 vote	NVIDIA is taking a $200 million hit in the second quarter for costs related to laptop GPU failures, but some websites have claimed the company is hiding the true extent of the issue. The company tells Ars that only a "very small percentage" of its chips are "potentially affected."Read More... Submitted by: dhaliwal - Visited 4 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ T-Mobile rolls out Samsung T229

1 vote	Samsung SGH-T229(Credit: Samsung) Samsung proves yet again that you can never have too many cell phones. Today the company introduced the new SGH-T229 for T-Mobile. The flip phones comes in bright red with a gray keypad and a back cover in a champagne hue. Submitted by: tampa_man_33 - Visited 14 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ AMD talks Shanghai performance, features, roadmap to 2010

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AMD's 45nm Shanghai processor has been a topic of interest for months, but precious little information was available beyond the chip's targeted time frame. But the company took the wraps off its server/workstation roadmap today, giving us a glimpse at the product ecology it intends to build with its 45nm process, as well as information on how Shanghai will evolve after its debut.Read More... Submitted by: denise1624 - Visited 4 - Comments 0 - Write first comment

♦ THIS WEEK

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No account yet? Following the announcement of Company Of Heroes Online, EA unveils its own free-to-play RTS. On its fifth birthday, the Nordic conference juggled regional promotion with global glitz. Contour Reality Capture means more realistic animation – and not only for today’s hardware. Wondering what to keep an eye on at this year’s E3? We break it down for you... Submitted by: jgold454 - Visited 5 - Comments 0 - Write first comment