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After long search, AMD hires a new chief executive

Posted August 25, 2011 - 4:28 pm

Advanced Micro Devices has named former Lenovo Group COO Rory Read as its new chief executive.
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Morning wrap: Tweetdeck absorbed into Twitter mothership

Posted May 9, 2011 - 9:38 am

Also: Apple has a valuable brand, says brand-valuing organization.
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Facebook open sources hardware specs? Not really.

Posted April 8, 2011 - 1:44 pm

Facebook released the hardware specs and layout for its Prineville, OR data center in an effort to "open source" the specs and release a disruptive force in the hardware vendor/data center sector. But is it really open source?
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Would Dell want to buy AMD?

Posted February 15, 2011 - 7:02 pm

Whatever thrill the market got out of the rumor that Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) may be up for sale, with Dell as a potential buyer, lasted but a day. Shares of AMD fell 3 cents, or 0.4 percent, to 8.60 on Tuesday after climbing more than 4 percent in Monday's session as the Dell-AMD rumor piqued investors' interest.
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See, this is why you need a CEO succession plan

Posted January 10, 2011 - 8:13 pm

Earlier on Monday I wrote about Apple advising shareholders to reject a proposal to begin the process of finding and/or grooming a replacement for chief executive Steve Jobs. After all, it only makes sense to be prepared.
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Nvidia plan for CPUs marks major disruption in PC processor choices

Posted January 6, 2011 - 1:12 pm

Changes by Intel, AMD, Nvidia and Microsoft have shoved the processor market in a blender, though how good the result will be for consumers or IT is far from clear.
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Intel builds graphics chip into CPU

Posted January 3, 2011 - 2:42 pm

Intel rolled out its combination CPU/GPU chipsets at CES in Las Vegas this week, beating AMD to the punch and pleasing Hollywood with content-control hooks.
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Intel, AMD each plan 'combination' chips

Posted December 27, 2010 - 12:50 pm

Chip makers Intel and Advanced Micro Devices each plan to announce at January's Consumer Electronics Show a "combination" chip which includes microprocessors that power PCs and graphics processing units. tweetmeme_source = 'ITworld';
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Unintentionally, AMD, Intel Build Great Cloud Chips

Posted October 18, 2010 - 11:12 am

It's not what they aimed at when adding GPUs to multicores, but next-gen processors should make virtual desktops, clouds and other forms of virtualization much easier on highly portable hardware.
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Oracle/AMD Rumors: An Apple for the Enterprise?

Posted October 8, 2010 - 3:10 pm

Oracle has Sparc, Java, Oracle database, and OpenOffice.org. Now there are rumors it's thinking about picking up AMD. If true, what possible reason would it have? Here's a thought: to build cloud-ready devices.
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AMD lowers third-quarter revenue forecast

Posted September 23, 2010 - 10:19 pm

Citing weaker than expected demand, "particularly in the consumer-notebook market in Western Europe and North America,” chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
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