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This week's Friday Night Topic is a doozy, sent in by long-time TR reader liar, who writes: I was showing my 16 year old around...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs

Over the past year or so, GlobalFoundries has started building a new fab in New York state and bought up Singapore-based foundry firm...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics

Is the recent launch of 14 AMD-based HP laptops a sign of things to come? Quoting anonymous insiders, Reuters reports that AMD has...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Mobile computing

AMD isn't quite at the stage where it can match the power-efficiency of Intel's Moorestown platform. However, Fudzilla reports that the smaller chipmaker

Type: News story Tags: CPUs

The new Atom platform, code-named Moorestown, brings a PC-compatible system into a pocket-sized package with dramatically reduced power consumption.

Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Mobile computing Personal tech

Champagne corks must be popping at AMD today. HP, still the world's biggest PC vendor by far, has announced no fewer than 14 new...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Mobile computing

A new version of the ATI Stream software development toolkit has gone up on AMD's Developer Central site. AMD says this 2.1 release offers...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Software

AMD's freshly minted six-core processors offer compelling alternatives to Intel's Core i5 and i7 CPUs, especially if you already have a Socket AM2+ or...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs

Although AMD posted a healthy profit not buoyed by juicy settlement money last quarter, the company lost some market share to Intel, according...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs

We've seen Intel's new Core Mobile processors in a decent number of full-sized laptops, but few ultraportables have stepped ahead of the Core 2 generation....

Type: News story Tags: CPUs

I hope you guys enjoy the Phenom II X6 review. I was in Austin and Houston last week getting briefed on several interesting...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Mobile computing The Tech Report

At last, AMD has added turbocharging to its suite of CPU technologies, giving us a six-cylinder processor that's bulging with potential for questionable car analogies....

Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs

Who needs Core Mobile CPUs to be widely available when you can get new netbooks with slightly faster Atoms? All joking aside, DigiTimes reports...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs

Remember last month's stories about supply of Intel's new Core Mobile processors running tight? The situation hasn't improved, according to PC World, which reports...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Mobile computing

Almost two years have passed since we took our first look at Via's Isaiah architecture in action. Today, that architecture is moving into the...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs

Apple quietly brought mobile chip development in-house over two years ago, culminating with the release of the Apple A4 system-on-a-chip inside the iPad....

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Mac Personal tech

With all the premature appearances at online retailers, AMD's upcoming six-core Phenom IIs are all but a secret now. ASRock thought this was as...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs Motherboards

The 1000-dollar Core i7-980X Extreme may not be Intel's only six-core processor for the foreseeable future. Fudzilla reports that a more affordable derivative, dubbed...

Type: News story Tags: CPUs