The Daily Gazette stories (Free subscription) | yesterday
The plans for Advanced Micro Devices to create a new partnership with an Abu Dhabi investment fund to build a $4.6 billion computer chip plant in Luther Forest have cleared another hurdle, a key federal government review.
ITBusiness.ca - Top Stories (Free subscription) | yesterday
Apple plans to pull out of future Macworld conferences and didn't send Steve Jobs to this year's expo. Now the announcements coming out of the show have been less than inspiring.
The Street (Free subscription) | yesterday
Shares naturally take a hit after Intel lowers its guidance based on PC sales, but the question is whether the hits will keep on coming.
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
The world's largest maker of computer chips blamed weaker demand for PCs in revising its fourth-quarter revenue estimate downward for a second time.
Publish.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Though the mammoth Consumer Electronics Show is smaller than in years past, PC vendors such as Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard are using it to highlight new laptops and mininotebooks for consumers that are thinner, lighter and much cheaper. AMD and Freescale Semiconductor are launching platforms to challenge the market that Intel has created with its Atom processor....
Tech Trader Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
For the last few years, the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has kicked off the week’s festivities with a sort of mini-tradeshow known as CES Unveiled , a press event which features dramatically scaled down displays from a few dozens companies. This event - and similar ones held each of the next two nights - are a chance to see scads of products in a very short time frame. Tiernan and...
TechNology News By SeveNSize (Free subscription) | yesterday
Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) on Tuesday launched a platform for lightweight, ultra-thin laptops that offer solid entertainment capabilities. Formerly code-named Yukon, the platform will make its debut this week at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ)'s new Pavilion dv2 notebook, which measures less than an inch thick, weighs less than four pounds, and
TechNology News By SeveNSize (Free subscription) | yesterday
The federal government has ruled there are no national security concerns with a $7 billion investment deal between Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The clearance, received by letter by AMD on Tuesday, helps to pave the way for a $4.6 billion computer chip factory planned for Luther Forest Technology Campus in Malta. AMD, which first unveiled plans for the factory more
The Daily Gazette stories (Free subscription) | yesterday
A new committee will lay the groundwork for a long-term town fire protection study to determine how the town’s two volunteer fire companies will be affected by Advanced Micro Devices’ plans to build a computer chip factory at the Luther Forest Technology Campus.
ArabianBusiness.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Committee on Foreign Investment clears the venture known as The Foundry Company
Business Week (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gambling on Netbooks in VegasAt this year's Consumer Electronics Show, Intel, Freescale, Lenovo, and others are unveiling a host of souped-up, touchscreen netbooks Related ItemsGetty ImagesIt's not hard to spot a netbook in the wild. You know these tiny, stripped-down laptops by their screens, which measure about 10 inches, and price tags, which currently go as low as $300. But soon this emerging class...
Tech stuff for the slacker (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mini-notebook chips suitable for Linux devices? : "Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced an X86-compatible chipset for ultra-portable laptops. With its Athlon 'Neo MV-40' CPU that resurrects the venerable K8 core, the solderable AMD Yukon chipset could prove interesting for low-cost rugged boards and devices running Linux, though no lifecycle guarantees have been announced."
WindowsForDevices.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced an X86-compatible chipset for ultra-portable laptops. With its Athlon "Neo MV-40" CPU that resurrects the venerable K8 core, the solderable AMD Yukon chipset could prove interesting for low-cost rugged boards and devices running Windows, though no lifecycle guarantees have been announced so far.
Physorg (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Advanced Micro Devices said Tuesday it received clearance from US authorities for a joint venture with capital from two Abu Dhabi investment firms to help it compete against sector leader Intel.
EE Times (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
A U.S. panel that reviews transactions involving strategic industries has cleared a foundry deal between government-owned Advanced Technology Investment Corp. of Abu Dhabi and Advanced Micro Devices.
