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Intel settles New York antitrust lawsuit

Intel settles New York antitrust lawsuit

Intel has settled a lawsuit with the New York Attorney General that alleged it violated US and state antitrust laws, with the chip giant making a token payment of $6.5 million to cover legal costs.


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Detailed AMD 2012 Desktop Roadmap Leaked

Detailed AMD 2012 Desktop Roadmap Leaked

While AMD released general public roadmaps at the recent Financial Analyst Day, details and branding were omitted. A more detailed slide has now leaked online, covering branding for upcoming Trinity, Brazos 2.0 and Vishera SKUs for desktops in 2012.


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Report: AMD Radeon HD 7750/7770 Specifications

Report: AMD Radeon HD 7750/7770 Specifications

Purported final specifications for AMD's upcoming Radeon HD 7700 series have leaked online. Based on Cape Verde, these will be the cheapest 28nm GCN chips in the HD 7000 family, competing in the mainstream market.


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AMD teases Cape Verde / HD 7700 with... Pills

AMD teases Cape Verde / HD 7700 with... Pills

In a most unique marketing stunt, AMD is sending out special pills to internet websites. Yes, you read that right, pills. They are no ordinary pills, however, they reveal several details about the upcoming AMD GPU along with a viral website for the same pills.


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Notebook makers find ARM cheaper than x86, no-one surprised

Notebook makers find ARM cheaper than x86, no-one surprised

It's surprising how certain apparently obvious things come as a chock to some and now notebook makers have noticed that Intel and AMD's processors cost more than ARM based SoCs, something they think is an issue in the low-power market space. As such, the notebook makers now wants Intel and AMD to offer more competitive pricing ahead of Microsoft's launch of Windows 8 to better compete with ARM based products.


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AMD launches two Llano Athlon II X4 CPUs

AMD launches two Llano Athlon II X4 CPUs

AMD has quietly rolled out two more Athlon II X4 CPUs for Socket FM1. These FM1 Athlon II X4s are nothing but harvested Llano dies with the GPU part disabled. The new SKUs - Athlon II X4 638 and 641 - will close the gap between the current FM1 Athlons - Athlon II X4 631 and 651.


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AMD refreshes FirePro series at the entry level with V3900

AMD refreshes FirePro series at the entry level with V3900

AMD's FirePro family of graphics cards for the Professional/Workstation user has just seen a new addition today with the launch of the FirePro V3900 which replaces the V3800. AMD promises best-in-class workstation experiences at an entry level price point with this card - that being a US $119 MSRP at select online resellers.


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AMD Adds a Third Foundry for its Fusion APUs: Hello IBM

AMD Adds a Third Foundry for its Fusion APUs: Hello IBM

At the recently held Financial Analyst Day held in Sunnyvale, California, AMD disclosed that the company added a third foundry in its manufacturing portfolio - IBM.


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AMD Explains Trinity codename: Piledriver, Northern and Southern Islands

AMD Explains Trinity codename: Piledriver, Northern and Southern Islands

In the breaks during Financial Analyst Day, one AMD executive took the time to explain why the Trinity received its name. It comes from the fact that this is a final part in which AMD will do mix-and-match between different generations of architectures.


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AMD Trinity ULV 3DMark scores revealed

AMD Trinity ULV 3DMark scores revealed

AMD has revealed internal 3D Mark Vantage benchmarks for two upcoming Trinity APUs that will find their way into "ultrathin" ultrabook competitors - A6 17W ULV and an 25W LV.


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AMD APU/GPU 2012-13 Roadmap

AMD APU/GPU 2012-13 Roadmap

At its much awaited Financial Analyst Day 2012, AMD has revealed a roadmap for 2012 and 2013 for Client and Graphics Roadmap covering APUs and GPUs over A, C, E & Z series and Radeon product lines.


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AMD A8-3870K makes it past 6GHz with memory at 3505 MHz!

AMD A8-3870K makes it past 6GHz with memory at 3505 MHz!

We've seen some pretty darn impressive overclocks out of AMD's trusty A-series processors, but this fresh result certainly tops the list, An overclocker from the HWBOT community by the name of "Christian Ney" looks to have crossed the 6GHz barrier using an A8-3870K APU, and that's with all of its cores enabled.


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Arctic Announces First Products with Next-Gen AMD Trinity A8 and A10 APUs

Arctic Announces First Products with Next-Gen AMD Trinity A8 and A10 APUs

Back in 2011, Swiss-Hong Kong brand Arctic announced its entrance into the world of all-in-one HTPC's with their MC001. The company was satisfied with the market success of the first generation part and decided that the time has come to unveil its successor.


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Leo 'Sneezes the day' in latest AMD tech demo

Leo 'Sneezes the day' in latest AMD tech demo

AMD's latest real-time tech demo has just been released for its DX 11-capable Radeon cards. Dubbed Leo, the demo apparently runs fairly well on higher end HD 6000 series cards, but for optimal smooth as glass performance a HD 7900 series card is said to be required.


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AMD Radeon HD 7000 series roadmap revealed

AMD Radeon HD 7000 series roadmap revealed

With Radeon HD 7950 and HD 7970 now retailing, it is time to shift focus to the remaining HD 7000 family GPUs - Pitcairn, Cape Verde and New Zealand. Luckily, CPU-World has leaked a roadmap from AIB MSI, including prices and specifications. 


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