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AMD beefs up FX line of CPUs with quad and six-core options

Michael Crider, Feb 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

The whole world might be going nuts for mobile at the moment, but believe it or not, people are still making - and buying! - full-sized desktop computers. Based on that startling fact, AMD has revealed the latest and greatest in its FX line of desktop-class processors, the FX-6200 and FX-4170. The former beefs up capability with six cores, while the latter makes due with "only" four. An AMD representative also said that they're reducing prices on the eight-core FX-8120, but by how much will depend upon what market you're in. Read The Full Story

AMD changes Bulldozer transistor count

Shane McGlaun, Dec 7th 2011 Discuss [1]

When AMD first started talking about its new Bulldozer processors there were a lot of excited geeks out there. On paper, the processor sounded really good with its 2 billion transistors and lots of nice features. Once the processors started getting into the hands of reviewers, the excitement faded for many people when it was noted that the performance wasn't on par with the specs noted by AMD. Read The Full Story

AMD FX available for retail now, first ever eight-core desktop CPU

Chris Burns, Oct 11th 2011 Discuss [9]

Today AMD has launched the AMD FX family of CPUs for sale today, this including the very first eight-core desktop CPU, one that last month set the Guinness World Record for “Highest Frequency of a Computer Processor.” Retail availability starts here for processors that use AMD’s newest multi-core architecture known as “Bulldozer”, this included in AMD’s upcoming server CPU known as “Interlagos” and the next generation of AMD Accelerated Processing Units. The top-end eight-core AMD FX CPU will be selling for $245 USA Suggested Retail Price, and we’ve got the lowdown!

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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 26 2011

Shane McGlaun, Jun 26th 2011 Discuss [0]

Welcome to the latest edition of the SlashGear Week in Review. Lots of stuff happened in the tech world this week with some cool new gear turning up and a few interesting DIY projects as well. One of those DIY projects was this cool surfboard made from 72 beer cans. The board actually works too, assuming you know how to surf.

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AMD Bulldozer Engineering Sample CPU details slip

Shane McGlaun, Jun 24th 2011 Discuss [0]

Anytime a new platform with processors and mainboards are in the works you can bet that there are engineering samples of the parts floating around well in advance of the CPU actually hitting stores. For instance, AMD ships out a bunch of the sample processors for all sorts of reasons. Some of them go to reviewers so they can write about the products on launch day, some go to partners that want to start working on system configurations before the parts launch, and some land other places. Read The Full Story

AMD Trinity 2012 Chip Demoed On Notebook

Rue Liu, Jun 14th 2011 Discuss [0]

AMD has officially launched the Fusion A-Series APUs---a hybrid of CPU and GPU technology---previously called Llano. It will be available in this year's desktops and notebooks. Its successor, the AMD Trinity, isn't due until 2012, but during a presentation this morning at the AMD Developer Fusion Summit 2011, the new silicon was actually demoed on a notebook, as shown in the tweeted image below. Read The Full Story

AMD Trinity APU confirmed for 2012; Z-Series for tablets imminent

Chris Davies, Jun 1st 2011 Discuss [2]

AMD has officially unveiled its next-gen Fusion chip, Trinity, which will replace the current APU, Llano, in 2012. Presented at Computex 2011 earlier today, Trinity uses the Bulldozer APU and will drop next year; until then, of course, there's Llano's official launch as the VISION A-Series of chips next month, broken down into three tiers: A4, A6 and A8. Read The Full Story

AMD Llano APU prices leak

Shane McGlaun, May 24th 2011 Discuss [5]

If the thought of the AMD Llano family of Fusion APUs has you all excited for some CPU and integrated GPU love, prices on some of that hardware have now leaked. According to some research, DigiTimes did on the coming Llano parts and some Bulldozer parts the prices look pretty good. The chart DigiTimes cooked up even puts the competing Intel product into the mix. Read The Full Story

NVIDIA SLI multi-GPU coming to AMD Bulldozer motherboards

Chris Davies, Apr 29th 2011 Discuss [2]

AMD may have its own Radeon graphics card range, but that doesn't stop many gamers wanting to use NVIDIA's GeForce cards in SLI configuration. Now, NVIDIA has announced that it is reintroducing SLI support for AMD motherboards, with ASUS, Gigabyte, ASRock and MSI all among the first wave of manufacturers who will be including the technology on their 990FX, 990X and 970 based 'boards. Read The Full Story

AMD CEO Resigns, Search Begins for Replacement

Chris Burns, Jan 10th 2011 Discuss [0]

Breaking just now, just a moment ago, AMD have announced that their CEO Dirk Meyer has resigned and that they've temporarily assigned Vice President and CFO Thomas Seifert to his post. They've begun searching with their CEO Search Committee which is led by Bruce Claflin, Chairman of AMD's Board of Directors. You know what that means? Everyone get your resumes out, get all your business cards stacked up, your dohnuts eaten, and grab that super hard job and rock it! Read The Full Story

Gigabyte and SOYO AMD Zacate mainboards leak

Chris Davies, Dec 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

Motherboards from two manufacturers using AMD's Zacate Fusion APU have leaked, headed to low-cost desktop PC systems in 2011. Gigabyte's GA-E350V-USB3 mainboard showed up at X-bit labs, while the SOYO brand has seemingly been revived for an unnamed Zacate 'board spotted at Expreview. Both use the 1.6GHz dual-core AMD E350 CPU. Read The Full Story