http://www.osnews.com/ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2012, David Adams OSNews version 4 donotreply@osnews.com (Adam Scheinberg) donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:17:27 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com/ 120 http://www.osnews.com/story/24714/AMD_Embedded_Commits_to_Open_Source_BIOS_Coreboot/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24714/AMD_Embedded_Commits_to_Open_Source_BIOS_Coreboot/ AMD Embedded Solutions has gained a great appreciation for the value of coreboot to our ecosystem and continues to build momentum by adding support for our existing products, adding new features, and introducing a roadmap for support going forward." Let's hope regular boards are next. BIOS needs to die. Mon, 09 May 2011 21:19:02 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) AMD 4 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News Elv13 http://www.osnews.com/story/24546/AMD_Exec_Says_DirectX_Getting_in_the_Way/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24546/AMD_Exec_Says_DirectX_Getting_in_the_Way/ "AMD worldwide developer relations manager of graphics Richard Huddy has blamed Microsoft's DirectX and its APIs for limiting the potential of GPUs in PCs. 'We often have at least ten times as much horsepower as an Xbox 360 or a PS3 in a high-end graphics card, yet it's very clear that the games don't look ten times as good. To a significant extent, that's because... DirectX is getting in the way.'" Sun, 20 Mar 2011 20:02:34 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) AMD 45 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News fran http://www.osnews.com/story/24329/AMD_Supports_OpenGL_4_1_for_Windows_Linux/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24329/AMD_Supports_OpenGL_4_1_for_Windows_Linux/ "AMD has announced its support of Open GL 4.1 on Microsoft and Linux platforms in its latest driver release for a number of its graphics cards. The driver release, available on the AMD website for the ATI FirePro, ATI FireGl and AMD Radeon cards, will support OpenGL 4.1 for Microsoft's Windows 7, Vista, XP, as well as Linux." Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:37:28 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) AMD 11 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News fran http://www.osnews.com/story/24237/AMD_CEO_Resigns/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24237/AMD_CEO_Resigns/ AMD CEO, president and director Dirk Meyer has resigned, effective immediately. Senior Vice President and CFO Thomas Seifert has been appointed as interim CEO. A search for a permanent replacement is underway. In other news, Microsoft's Bob Muglia, head of the Server and Tools business, is also leaving sometime over summer, and Microsoft is also trying to find a replacement. Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:00:31 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) AMD 6 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News malxau http://www.osnews.com/story/24222/AMD_Releases_Radeon_HD_6000_Series_Open_Source_Support/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24222/AMD_Releases_Radeon_HD_6000_Series_Open_Source_Support/ "On the same day that we learn VIA's Linux support is basically dead and after a troubling week for Intel with regards to open-source graphics support for their new Sandy Bridge CPUs, Advanced Micro Devices has come forward and released open-source graphics driver support for their AMD Radeon HD 6000 series of graphics cards." Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:30:59 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) AMD 11 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News Michael http://www.osnews.com/story/24063/Open-Source_AMD_Fusion_Driver_For_Ontario_Released/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24063/Open-Source_AMD_Fusion_Driver_For_Ontario_Released/ "While we are still waiting on open-source support for the AMD Radeon HD 6000 series of graphics cards that were released last month, today AMD is releasing their initial open-source support for their Ontario hardware. AMD's Ontario is their low-powered Fusion processor designed for use in netbooks and other such devices. This dual-core chip with integrated Radeon HD 6250 graphics is only starting to ship now, but the open-source support for this first AMD Fusion chip is now available to Linux users, complete with 3D support." Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:28:16 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) AMD 6 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News Michael http://www.osnews.com/story/24034/AMD_Joins_MeeGo_Linux_Open_Source_Project/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24034/AMD_Joins_MeeGo_Linux_Open_Source_Project/ MeeGo! Nokia's hope for the future is developing at a quick pace, and considering the rather lukewarm reception of Nokia's Symbian^3 devices, that quick pace is more than justified. MeeGo got a big boost today with AMD announcing support for the platform. The company puts its money where its mouth is, too. Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:25:23 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) AMD 12 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News ebasconp http://www.osnews.com/story/23745/AMD_To_Phase_Out_ATI_Brand/ http://www.osnews.com/story/23745/AMD_To_Phase_Out_ATI_Brand/ I remember a time when you bought ATI instead of NVIDIA, much the same way you still buy AMD instead of Intel. As we all know, AMD bought ATI, further confirming the implicit relationship between the two that already existed anyway. Now, though, the relationship comes to an end, since AMD has confirmed the ATI brand will be phased out. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:24:30 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) AMD 30 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News http://www.osnews.com/story/23727/AMD_Announces_8-Core_Bulldozer_CPU/ http://www.osnews.com/story/23727/AMD_Announces_8-Core_Bulldozer_CPU/ "You can't say that AMD is ever boring. The company says its next-generation Bulldozer CPU core will take a unique approach to computing that goes beyond Hyper-Threading, which some believe could offer phenomenal performance." Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:08:28 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) AMD 33 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News fran http://www.osnews.com/story/23713/Open_Source_2D_3D_for_ATI_Radeon_HD_5000_Series_GPUs/ http://www.osnews.com/story/23713/Open_Source_2D_3D_for_ATI_Radeon_HD_5000_Series_GPUs/ "AMD continues to abide by their commitment to provide open-source support for their graphics cards and as proof of that this afternoon they have released their initial hardware acceleration code that supports the ATI Radeon HD 5000 "Evergreen" family of consumer grade graphics processors. While this Evergreen support isn't yet finished and for the time being is targeted towards Linux developers and enthusiasts, you can now play around with your ATI Radeon HD 5000 graphics processor on an open-source driver while having 2D EXA, X-Video, and OpenGL acceleration." Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:32:31 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) AMD 7 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News Michael http://www.osnews.com/story/23269/Why_AMD_s_Notebook_Prospects_Are_Looking_up/ http://www.osnews.com/story/23269/Why_AMD_s_Notebook_Prospects_Are_Looking_up/ "If you're looking for notebook power on the cheap and you're not too keen on either using Intel's integrated graphics or paying for a higher-performing, NVIDIA-made workaround (i.e., Optimus), then there's an obvious alternative mobile platform for you: AMD/ATI. AMD is gaining steam in the mobile space due to a combination of low cost and its ATI Radeon graphics solution, with Reuters reporting that the company will better than double the number of design wins this back-to-school season compared to a year ago." Sun, 09 May 2010 16:14:47 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) AMD 26 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News http://www.osnews.com/story/22848/AMD_Reveals_Fusion_CPU_GPU_To_Challenge_Intel_in_Laptops/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22848/AMD_Reveals_Fusion_CPU_GPU_To_Challenge_Intel_in_Laptops/ "The 'Llano' processor that AMD described today in an ISSCC session is not a CPU, and it's not a GPU - instead, it's a hybrid design that the chipmaker is calling an 'application processor unit', or APU. Whatever you call it, it could well give Intel a run for its money in the laptop market, by combining a full DX11-compatible GPU with four out-of-order CPU cores on a single, 32nm processor die." Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:34:27 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) AMD 19 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News http://www.osnews.com/story/22784/AMD_Reaches_Profitability_for_the_First_Time_in_Years/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22784/AMD_Reaches_Profitability_for_the_First_Time_in_Years/ AMD has reached profitability for the first time in three years during the fourth quarter of 2009, benefiting from a legal settlement with Intel and a change in its business model. The company reported net income of USD 1.18 billion during the quarter that ended on Dec. 26, an improvement over the loss of USD 1.44 billion it reported in the fourth quarter of 2008. The company reported diluted earnings per share of USD 1.52. Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:32:55 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) AMD 13 http://www.osnews.com/topics/55 News 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