http://www.osnews.com/ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams OSNews version 4 donotreply@osnews.com (Adam Scheinberg) donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:12:45 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com/ 120 http://www.osnews.com/story/21963/AMD_Does_Reverse_GPGPU_Announces_OpenCL_SDK_for_x86/ http://www.osnews.com/story/21963/AMD_Does_Reverse_GPGPU_Announces_OpenCL_SDK_for_x86/ "AMD has announced the release of the first OpenCL SDK for x86 CPUs, and it will enable developers to target x86 processors with the kind of OpenCL code that's normally written for GPUs. In a way, this is a reverse of the normal 'GPGPU' trend, in which programs that run on a CPU are modified to run in whole or in part on a GPU." Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:38:08 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) AMD 10 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News http://www.osnews.com/story/21138/Intel_AMD_Has_Broken_2001_Cross-Licensing_Deal/ http://www.osnews.com/story/21138/Intel_AMD_Has_Broken_2001_Cross-Licensing_Deal/ Recently, AMD spun off its manufacturing business in a partnership with the Abu Dhabi government into Global Foundries. Apparently, Intel isn't very happy about this, and has said in correspondence to AMD that the patent cross-license agreement from 2001 has now been broken by AMD. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:04:06 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) AMD 34 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News http://www.osnews.com/story/21058/AMD_Follows_in_Footsteps_of_Intel_32nm_by_2010/ http://www.osnews.com/story/21058/AMD_Follows_in_Footsteps_of_Intel_32nm_by_2010/ AMD recently said that they'd be starting onto the 32nm track, beginning production around the fourth quarter of 2010. Intel, on the other hand, has already demonstrated some of its prototypes and will be rolling these babies out to the public come the fourth quarter of-- ah-- this year. AMD isn't manufacturing these chips, however, and is instead laying the load on the newborn Foundry Company, which was created with the help of AMD out of ATI. Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:29:04 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Jordan Spencer Cunningham) AMD 18 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News http://www.osnews.com/story/21020/Phenom_II_Competitive_Today_But_What_About_Tomorrow_/ http://www.osnews.com/story/21020/Phenom_II_Competitive_Today_But_What_About_Tomorrow_/ With Intel's Core i7 and Nehalem processors being out and about; Intel's "next-gen" processors are already here today. AMD hasn't been sitting still, and launched the Phenom II earlier this year. Ars decided to take a look at how the competition will go this year, and overclocked a Phenom II to 4.2Ghz, and benchmarked it against Intel's latest and greatest. Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:58:20 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) AMD 23 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News http://www.osnews.com/story/20948/AMD_Launches_New_X3_X4_Parts_Debuts_DDR3_on_Socket_AM3/ http://www.osnews.com/story/20948/AMD_Launches_New_X3_X4_Parts_Debuts_DDR3_on_Socket_AM3/ "The ink is barely dry on AMD's Socket AM2 Phenom II launch, but Sunnyvale is making up for lost time when it comes to debuting new products. On Monday, February 9, the CPU manufacturer released a total of five new Phenom II-class processors, all of which are classified as Socket AM3 parts. Unlike Socket AM2 chips, which are only compatible with DDR2 memory, Socket AM3 CPUs can use either RAM standard and drop neatly into either motherboard. The backwards-compatibility of Socket AM3 chips should make them quite attractive to anyone upgrading an older Athlon 64 X2 or even a Phenom part; AMD's Phenom II (aka Deneb) offers a number of significant performance and thermal improvements over the ill-fated Phenom I. Remember that backward compatibility only goes one direction - AM2+ processors will not work in AM3 boards." Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:25:27 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) AMD 7 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News http://www.osnews.com/story/20860/AMD_Sees_no_Geode_Chip_Replacement_in_Sight/ http://www.osnews.com/story/20860/AMD_Sees_no_Geode_Chip_Replacement_in_Sight/ AMD has no replacement planned for the aging Geode low-power chip, creating uncertainty for its use in products like future XO laptops made by One Laptop Per Child. Comments by AMD executives end speculation about the future of Geode, an integrated chip used in netbooks like OLPC's XO laptop, ultramobile PCs and devices like set-top boxes. Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:43:48 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) AMD 1 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News caffeine deprived http://www.osnews.com/story/20824/AMD_Unloads_Mobile_GPU_Technology_to_Qualcomm/ http://www.osnews.com/story/20824/AMD_Unloads_Mobile_GPU_Technology_to_Qualcomm/ AMD continues to shed assets in advance of its January 22nd earnings announcement: first it was employees, and now it is mobile graphics technology. AMD announced Tuesday that it's selling its handheld GPU technology, along with some of the handheld unit's employees, to Qualcomm for $65 million. Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:07:35 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) AMD 1 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News Adurbe http://www.osnews.com/story/20707/AMD_Releases_Open-Source_R600_700_3D_Code/ http://www.osnews.com/story/20707/AMD_Releases_Open-Source_R600_700_3D_Code/ Since earlier this year we have been waiting for AMD to release documentation and/or code on the ATI R600 series concerning 3D acceleration so that the open-source Linux drivers can begin to support the newer ATI graphics processors. It has taken longer than expected for AMD to complete and release this information, but it's now available. AMD has released the fundamental Linux code needed to begin fostering the development of an open-source R600 3D driver. Furthermore, this code also concerns the latest R700 series of graphics processors! The microcode for the newest GPUs has also been released. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:29:39 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) AMD 2 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News Michael Larabel http://www.osnews.com/story/20367/AMD_to_Spin_off_Manufacturing_Operations/ http://www.osnews.com/story/20367/AMD_to_Spin_off_Manufacturing_Operations/ AMD finally fleshed out the "Asset Smart" strategy it has been talking about since, at least, last December. The result: AMD is now fabless. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:41:20 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) AMD 63 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News Flatland_Spider http://www.osnews.com/story/20281/Re-engineering_AMD/ http://www.osnews.com/story/20281/Re-engineering_AMD/ AMD plans to spin off its chip manufacturing operations by year's end, probably by hawking them outright or by inking a partnership with a larger chipmaker -- a maneuver akin to selling a house and leasing it back. Meyer is vague on the exact timing of a deal, but he knows it's probably the best thing the company can do quickly to improve its financial position, and its reputation with investors. A successful transaction would see AMD pocket a good chunk of cash, while handing manufacturing to a company that can better keep pace with Intel's world-class operations. Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:30:13 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (David Adams) AMD 12 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News irbis http://www.osnews.com/story/20154/Details_Leak_on_AMD_s_Fusion_CPU_GPU/ http://www.osnews.com/story/20154/Details_Leak_on_AMD_s_Fusion_CPU_GPU/ "AMD's plan to integrate a CPU and GPU on a single chip, codenamed Fusion, has been a hot topic since the CPU manufacturer first announced it planned to purchase ATI. AMD hasn't had much to say about Fusion lately, beyond confirming that the project exists and is still in development, but new rumors have surfaced over what form Fusion might take when it surfaces in 2009." Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:28:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Amjith Ramanujam) AMD 10 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News irbis http://www.osnews.com/story/20078/AMD_CEO_Steps_Down_as_Chip_Maker_Struggles/ http://www.osnews.com/story/20078/AMD_CEO_Steps_Down_as_Chip_Maker_Struggles/ The CEO of chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is stepping down. Hector Ruiz had been just the second person to lead AMD after company founder Jerry Sanders. He'll be replaced by the chip maker's No. 2 executive, Dirk Meyer. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:06:52 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Amjith Ramanujam) AMD 31 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News Nehemoth http://www.osnews.com/story/19867/After_a_Treacherous_2007_Where_Will_Big_Green_Go_/ http://www.osnews.com/story/19867/After_a_Treacherous_2007_Where_Will_Big_Green_Go_/ AMD has seen a few serious setbacks lately, especially with their Barcelona server processor, but it seems as if the company is trying hard to get things back on track. The first step in solving an issue is acknowledging it exists in the first place, and AMD CEO Hector Ruiz did just that last December. "We blew it and we're very humbled by it and we learned from it and we're not going to do it again." Reseller Advocate Magazine asks, are you ready to believe him? Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:51:12 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) AMD 27 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News irbis http://www.osnews.com/story/19832/AMD_Launches_External_Graphics_Box/ http://www.osnews.com/story/19832/AMD_Launches_External_Graphics_Box/ Back in the day when PCs were first moving into households, they came in big, clunky desktop form factor machines, with a beige colour, built like a brick. Later on, for some inexplicable reason, the world decided to move to tower configurations - more stuff could be stuffed inside, yes, but I considered them to be impractical and always in the way. These days, people just buy laptops and be done with it. This has a few disadvantages, one of them being the lack of graphical grunt in many laptops, combined with the inability to upgrade the graphics hardware. AMD believes it has a solution. Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:06:30 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) AMD 18 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News http://www.osnews.com/story/19723/AMD_Publishes_Server_Roadmap/ http://www.osnews.com/story/19723/AMD_Publishes_Server_Roadmap/ AMD had a bit of a setback with their Barcelona server processor, the company seems to have moved on. During a conference call today, the company laid out its plans for the server space for the coming years, putting 6 and 12 core processors on the horizon. Wed, 07 May 2008 21:29:53 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) AMD 18 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News irbis