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AMD posts Q3 loss, announces 15% layoffs by Geoff Gasior — 5:04 PM on October 18, 2012 AMD's third-quarter financial results are in, and they've arrived with a side order of pink slips. The firm recorded a net loss of $157 million... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics	144
A look at Lucid's Virtu MVP Mobile by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:44 PM on October 18, 2012 Origin's Eon laptops are the first to offer Lucid's Virtu MVP Mobile virtualization scheme. We've taken the 11.6" representative of that lineup for a spin... Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics Mobile computing	15
Interested in writing for TR? by Geoff Gasior — 5:01 PM on October 15, 2012 TR is looking for writers, and I'd like to first search our audience before widening the net. The fact is we're a little different... Type: News story Tags: The Tech Report	173
Multiple sources say AMD plans more layoffs by Geoff Gasior — 5:23 PM on October 12, 2012 A couple of weeks ago, we caught wind of a rumor suggesting AMD was preparing to cut its work force to less than 10,000... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics	118
Deal of the week: Cheap SSDs, gaming bundles, and more by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:03 PM on October 12, 2012 OCZ seems to be suffering the effects of its overly aggressive SSD pricing strategy, but for now, the getting's good—so long as you're a... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Storage Gaming Operating systems Windows	11
Release roundup: Big cases, big drives, and ambidextrous mice by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:31 PM on October 12, 2012 In our look at this week's miscellaneous product launches, we have fresh fodder from Cooler Master, Lian Li, and Western Digital: Type: News story Tags: Cases Storage Input devices	17
An update to our discussion rules by Scott Wasson — 12:23 PM on October 12, 2012 The rules that govern discussions in the TR forums and comments haven't changed in over four years, but today, we've decided to update them... Type: News story Tags: The Tech Report	158
AMD: Revenue, margin to shrink more than expected by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:32 AM on October 12, 2012 Alas, poor AMD. We already knew PC shipment forecasts for the third quarter weren't looking too good. Now, AMD has announced that its third-quarter... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics	44
ARM links SoC components with terabit interconnect by Geoff Gasior — 11:49 AM on October 11, 2012 ARM has its eyes set on the high-performance computing market. To help with that mission, it's developed a new interconnect to link multiple cores... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Servers	21
Latest GeForce drivers have full Win8 WHQL support by Cyril Kowaliski — 1:13 PM on October 10, 2012 I should set a keyboard macro so I don't keep having to type "Windows 8" again and again this month. I guess you can't fault... Type: News story Tags: Graphics	10
Logitech intros wireless touchpad, touch mice for Win8 by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:43 AM on October 10, 2012 Windows 8 is going to be all about touch input. At least in the Metro interface, mice might feel a little like second-class citizens. That... Type: News story Tags: Input devices	29
Cherry MX brown switches line Logitech's new G710+ keyboard by Geoff Gasior — 11:04 AM on October 9, 2012 Logitech has rolled out a new addition to its gaming keyboard lineup. The G710+ combines Cherry MX brown key switches with special damping... Type: News story Tags: Input devices	54
Review: Nvidia's GeForce GTX 650 Ti graphics card by Cyril Kowaliski — 8:00 AM on October 9, 2012 Nvidia's new GeForce GTX 650 Ti fills the last great gap in the 600-series lineup, offering Kepler goodness between $149 and 179 or so.... Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics	98
AMD aims Z-60 APU at Win8 tablets, hybrids by Geoff Gasior — 11:01 PM on October 8, 2012 Windows 8 is coming, and it's bringing a wave of tablets and hybrid... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Mobile computing	66
Nvidia program ties GPU warranty support to voltage limits by Geoff Gasior — 11:37 AM on October 4, 2012 EVGA's GeForce GTX 680 Classified is a beast. The card combines a hot-clocked GK104 GPU with 4GB of RAM on a custom circuit board... Type: News story Tags: Graphics	25
AMD teams with Oracle on Java acceleration, Qualcomm on HSA by Geoff Gasior — 1:30 PM on October 3, 2012 AMD has teamed up with Oracle to work on Project Sumatra, a bid by the OpenJDK community to explore how Java can be accelerated by... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Software	50
Are more layoffs in the cards for AMD? by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:36 AM on October 1, 2012 A year on from AMD's last round of mass layoffs, the rumor mill suggests AMD's staff could face further downsizing. News comes from the... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics	67
Deal of the week: Gaming graphics and clicky keyboards by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:36 PM on September 28, 2012 It seems Radeon HD 7850 prices have taken a nosedive since the GeForce GTX 660 rolled out earlier this month. Lower prices may be bad... Type: News story Tags: Graphics	23

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