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LATEST CUSTOM SYSTEMS/WHITE BOX NEWS

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.

November 13, 2009

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

October 20, 2009

PC modders in eight countries to compete for prizes and glory with custom-built gaming rigs and home integration systems based on Core i5 and Core i7 chips from Intel.

October 05, 2009

Advanced Micro Devices consolidates its CPU and GPU partner tracks and promises to up its investment in the whitebox channel with the AMD Fusion Partner Program.

September 30, 2009

Channelweb.com previews this week's big Intel event in San Francisco.

September 21, 2009

Tier 1 OEMs, custom system builders ready low-price desktop PCs based on new Athlon II X4 620 processor from Advanced Micro Devices.

September 17, 2009

New Nehalem-based products set up opportunities to push entry-level servers, appliances and desktop products ahead of Tier 1 OEMs.

September 08, 2009

New Opteron 2419 EE server part targets cloud computing, Web 2.0 installations.

August 31, 2009

Advanced Micro Devices will blend CPU and GPU partner tracks in September, and also plans to launch HP-like programs tailored to resellers' specialties.

August 24, 2009

Advanced Micro Devices hits the streets with 3.4GHz Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition.

August 13, 2009

Advanced Micro Devices releases five new energy efficient and special edition six-core server processors, with full feature sets available across the new lineup.

July 13, 2009

Memory and performance boosts listed as top reasons for quick adoption of Intel Xeon 5500-based products, according to survey by application platform vendor NEI.

July 07, 2009

Chip giant's researchers demo everything from ray tracing to the home entertainment center of tomorrow.

June 18, 2009

iSuppli estimated that the total global microprocessor market for all of 2009 will reach $28.6 billion, down 15.8 percent from $34 billion in 2008.

June 10, 2009

Chip maker promises up to 34 percent better performance-per-watt with five new, six-core Opterons over previous quad-core Shanghai processors.

June 01, 2009

Intel's Core i5 delay may cause chaos for manufacturers and system builders planning updated mainstream desktop product lines for the back-to-school selling season.

May 26, 2009

Intel CEO Paul Otellini vows to fight a record $1.45 billion fine on appeal; rival AMD anticipates a 'level playing field.'

May 13, 2009

Intel CEO Paul Otellini reiterates remarks that the PC industry 'bottomed out' in early 2009, says signs of recovery are 'a little better than we expected.'

May 12, 2009

Top graphics guy gets the nod over departing x86 man to head a new, unified products group that puts all of AMD's CPU and GPU eggs in one basket.

May 06, 2009

Many North American and European enterprises are slowing PC refresh rates for 2009, but a new Intel study finds that the bulk of companies are still buying new desktops and notebooks.

April 30, 2009

Advanced Micro Devices highlights new 45nm, 40W server chips as part of a larger rollout of Shanghai-class quad-cores, and confirms that six-core Istanbul parts will arrive in June, followed by 12-cores in Q1 2010.

April 22, 2009

Channelweb.com conducts an exclusive conversation about Intel's stimulus strategy and partner channel initiatives with Steve Dallman, vice president of Intel's Sales and Marketing Group and general manager of its Worldwide Reseller Channel Organization.

April 16, 2009

Despite another hit to revenue in the first quarter, the chip giant calls 'stabilizing' desktop demand led by its whitebox channel a leading indicator that 'a bottom in the PC market has been reached.'

April 14, 2009

Hewlett-Packard's latest sub-$1,000 'entertainment notebook' built on AMD's new Athlon Neo chip joins the slightly larger Turion-based Pavilion dv3 released at CES in January.

April 08, 2009

With sales of its netbook-oriented Atom chip soaring, the chip giant owned 80 percent of the global microprocessor market in 2008 as rival AMD slipped to 12 percent.

April 01, 2009

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