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CUSTOM SYSTEMS/WHITE BOX

Advanced Micro Devices' plans for a CPU-GPU combo highlights new product roadmap revelations that also include a six-core desktop chip for next year.

[07:55 PM, November 13, 2009]

AMD sources, system builders also say the end of the companies' x86 cross-license dispute is potentially more important in the long run.

[07:37 PM, November 12, 2009]

Did Intel's white-box channel feel the same strong-arm tactics to exclude AMD products that Intel is alleged to have given Dell, HP and IBM?

[09:14 PM, November 05, 2009]

The chip giant now faces formal U.S. charges on the heels of antitrust rulings, fines in Europe and Asia.

[02:15 PM, November 04, 2009]

Intel is targeting new technology at hosted service providers and also teaming up with EMC on new Atmos-optimized hardware for clustered storage environments.

[07:00 PM, October 30, 2009]

The former CEO of Advanced Micro Devices is identified by The Wall Street Journal as an alleged source of inside information for accused inside traders Robert Moffat of IBM and Danielle Chiesi of New Castle Partners.

[09:33 PM, October 27, 2009]

Whitebox builders desperate to get their hands on Nvidia Ion-based components might find a strong partner in Zotac.

[01:00 PM, October 21, 2009]

The graphics chip maker launches a new combination of Tesla GPU horsepower and Mental Images photo-realistic rendering for a platform aimed at Web services providers.

[07:34 PM, October 20, 2009]

Four new X3 chips part of big release of Athlon II desktop processors from Advanced Micro Devices.

[01:10 PM, October 20, 2009]

Advanced Micro Devices cites strong notebook sales and better 45-nm mix for a sales quarter that beat Wall Street estimations.

[06:33 PM, October 15, 2009]

Have we turned the corner on the recession? The chip giant rebounded mightily from its antitrust fine-spoiled second quarter, projecting even better times ahead for the holiday season.

[07:39 PM, October 13, 2009]

Nvidia's dumping of its Intel chipset business is just one more way the graphics chip maker is reinventing itself as the center of its own GPU computing ecosystem, partners say.

[06:04 PM, October 09, 2009]