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Toshiba Satellite cheap laptops range to use upcoming Intel and AMD chips

Toshiba has announced a range of cheap laptops - the Satellite series - that will have upcoming processors from Intel and AMD, which are due to become available in the next few months.
AMD's new strategy could pave the way for ARM in future chips

Advanced Micro Devices has loosened its commitment to the x86 architecture, announcing a new design strategy that could pave the way for using ARM technology in future AMD chips.
AMD promises price war on Intel's ultrabooks

Advanced Micro Devices demonstrated its upcoming mobile chips for thin-and-light laptops, which the company said will lead to cheaper but equally speedy alternatives to Intel's expensive ultrabooks.
Quanta sues chipmaker AMD over 'faulty chips'

Quanta Computer has filed a lawsuit in a California court against Advanced Micro Devices over faulty chips used in some computers, an accusation disputed by AMD.
Google Android 4.0 mobile OS ported to desktop x86 chips

Google's open-source Android 4.0 operating system for smartphones and tablets has been ported to work with x86 processors, a member of an open source project involved in the effort said this week.
Dell PowerEdge servers upgrade to AMD 16-core Opteron chips

Dell has upgraded its PowerEdge servers with the recently-launched AMD 16-core Opteron processors.
HP, IBM and Dell to sell servers with AMD sixteen core Opteron chips

Server vendors on Monday came out in support of AMD's latest Opteron 6200 server chips, which advance chip technology to new highs with 16 processor cores.
Dell to launch PowerEdge microservers

Dell on Tuesday is set to announce low power PowerEdge servers that can quickly band together to execute transactions more efficiently than traditional servers, which use faster, but more power-hungry chips.
Iran builds two new supercomputers

Iran's government is claiming that it has developed two new supercomputers powerful enough to earn rankings on the Top500 list of the world's most powerful systems.
Intel Sandy Bridge trouble not helping AMD, says IDC

Slip-ups by a competitor are usually good for business, but Intel's recent problems with its Sandy Bridge chips won't help Advanced Micro Devices to steal market share from its bigger rival, according to IDC.

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Why Llano is a big deal for AMD

AMD's move to ultra thin 32 nanometer microprocessors may not sound too sexy, but it is if you like powerful laptops with long battery life. Before I dive into telling why you should care, first some background.
Rackspace: a realistic green pioneer

Rackspace is building a brand new datacentre and hopes to save 20 percent of expected power costs through more efficient cooling. It's going green at a pace that makes business sense.
2006: The year in PCs and chips

Up: Apple, AMD, Dell & HP. Down: Intel, Mitsubishi, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba -- and HP.
U2, U3 and maybe U4

Maybe the PC will disappear, getting embedded into the furniture with the O/S and apps in portable storage.
AMD makes a splash

AMD has captured 20 percent of the x86 processor market and is making quite a splash about it. How and why has that happened -- and what does it mean for future products?
HP, Sun take different paths with thin clients

Sun and HP are each offering new thin-client computing, but they're giving users different choices: server-based clients versus rack-mounted blade PCs.
Is Intel victorious?

As far back as the late 1980s, chip pundits have predicted the demise of x86. But today, x86 rules the desktop and server room, while the RISC challenge has faded. Is this the start of the x86's total domination?
Dual-core chips: Twice the machine without twice the price?

Dual processor on the PowerPC chip or dual-core on the Intel architecture? How will Apple manage the transition?
AMD: All My Disgust

Every Intel and AMD dollar that goes into a lawyer's wallet is a dollar that could have gone into R&D to make better products. Now that's disgusting.
Has Intel blown it with Nocona?

Now the dust has settled following the launch of Nocona, let's take stock of what the new 64-bit chip actually offers, and how it stacks up against AMD's 18-month-old Opteron in the dual-CPU server market.

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