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Technically Overboard (Free subscription) | yesterday
http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/supercomputers/showArticle.jhtml'articleID=221800185 Thanks Osh, The Cray XT5 supercomputer known as Jaguar has won the title of world's fastest computer, ending the 18-month reign of IBM's Roadrunner. An upgrade from quad-core to six-core Opteron processors from Advanced Micro Devices boosted Jaguar's performance to 1.75 petaflop per second, easily surpassing...
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Xbitlabs (Free subscription) | yesterday
Additional Number of DirectX 11 Graphics Boards is Incoming
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John At CIFT (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Nvidia’s data center push began two years ago with the introduction of a computer server called Tesla and a software platform called Cuda. When combined, the technology let people move certain software jobs that usually run on Intel and Advanced Micro Devices chips onto graphics chips. Nvidia’s rivals, including Intel and A.M.D., have interest in similar [...]
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., and Intel, Corp., ended litigation over alleged anticompetitive practices in the microprocessor industry by agreeing to a settlement that includes restrictions on certain business practices and a $1.25 billion payout to AMD. The settlement amount is one of the largest in the history of Section 2 litigation. Bates White experts provided...
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Cnet (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Advanced Micro Devices stock is upgraded Thursday by Broadpoint AmTech analyst Doug Freedman, citing a solid product road map and debt restructuring.
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Physorg (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Can Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, Silicon Valley's version of the long-squabbling Hatfields and McCoys, really get along?
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StreetInsider.com News Articles (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
UPGRADES: Broadpoint.AmTech upgrades Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) from Neutral to Buy. Price target increased from $8.50 to $10. Click Here for more color. BMO Capital upgrades Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) from Underperform to Market Perform. The firm also boosted its price target on the stock from $40 to $54 Bernstein upgrades XL Capital (NYSE: XL) from Market Perform to Outperform. Raymond James...
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Cara Community - Comments (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
In reply to Blog for November 19, 2009 : SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Shares of Intel Corp., Texas Instruments and other chip makers fell sharply Thursday after Bank of America downgraded the two tech giants and the entire sector on concerns of inventories overshooting real demand. Shares of Intel (INTC 19.03, -1.09, -5.42%) dropped more than 5%, while TI (TXN 24.64, -1.11, -4.31%) lost about 4%...
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The bulls controlled a lot of the action in options, betting on Blackstone Group, Advanced Micro Devices and Intel.
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EE Times (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
AMD plans to retire some of its debt using a portion of the $1.25 billion it received from Intel to settle legal disputes between the two companies, AMD said.
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24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) rose over 10% to a yearly high of $7.33 after the computer processor maker announced today that it would offer $500 million in senior notes, the cash from which will be used to purchase its 5.75 percent convertible notes due in 2012. ASM International N.V. (NASDAQ:ASMI) rose over 5% to [...]
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Fool.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The takeaway from AMD's analyst day is clear: You ain't seen nothin' yet.