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AMD Price Drop

By Maarten Goldstein, Oct 25, 2005 6:15am PDT

DigiTimes reports that AMD has lowered the prices for its CPUs. The biggest changes are for the AMD Turion 64 Mobile CPUs, but Athlon 64 X2s have...

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"I just bought an X2-4400 yesterday from newegg..... oh well, it's only $30..."

- sonik887 see all 11 comments

AMD Tech Plans

By Maarten Goldstein, Oct 17, 2005 5:23am PDT

AMD outlines future technology directions on Tech Report takes a look at what AMD has in store for the rest of the year and beyond. Among the...

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AMD vs Intel, Intel Raided

By Steve Gibson, Jul 12, 2005 10:47am PDT

So the AMD vs Intel lawsuit is indeed raging on and the allegations from AMD have really begun to pile up. One of the most recent ones to come to...

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"Sorry, I got excited and lost track at: "our overly warm, ultra long pipelined""

- yAak see all 119 comments

Athlon 64 Goes Dual Core

By Maarten Goldstein, May 09, 2005 6:39am PDT

Following the release of the Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 840 and dual-core Opterons, AMD is soon releasing the Athlon 64 X2, a line of dual-core...

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"Aye, I feel teh same way. In March 2003, I upgraded to a P4 2.8, 1gb, and R9500Pro. I don't ..."

- Dechter see all 24 comments

Radeon Xpress 200 Previews

By Maarten Goldstein, Nov 08, 2004 6:33am PST

Both Tech Report and 3DGPU have taken a look at ATI's new Xpress 200, a new platform for AMD with PCI-Express support. Most of the test board was...

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"The northbridge with it's active and passive cooling is really close to the PCI Express slot. ..."

- CplBeaker see all 2 comments

AMD Gaming Q&A

By Maarten Goldstein, Aug 26, 2004 6:45am PDT

New on HomeLAN Fed this morning is a Q&A with Linda Kohout, marketing manager at AMD. Questions are about 64-bit CPUS and their importance for gaming.

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Athlon 64 Launch

By Maarten Goldstein, Sep 23, 2003 9:29am PDT

AMD today launched the Athlon 64 desktop CPU, offering 64-bit computing while stile remaining compatible with all 32-bit software. Reviews of the...

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AMD Opteron Benchmarks

By Steve Gibson, Apr 22, 2003 6:42am PDT

Well, the AMD 64bit Opteron CPU has shown up to play, the only three  reviews right now are available at AcesHardware , AMDZone , and...

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"Where did I say 32bit apps would turn 64bit? I was replying to "it will take a few years ..."

- Toraz Chryx see all 48 comments

AMD Releases New Athlons

By Maarten Goldstein, Feb 10, 2003 7:54am PST

AMD has released the latest Athlon CPUs, and apparently we'll actually be able to buy them this time unlike previous Athlon paper launches. You can...

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"if you haven't already pre-ordered a GFFX you aren't getting one."

- Old_Fart see all 34 comments

AMD Hammer Time

By Steve Gibson, Jan 31, 2003 9:12am PST

Well it's finally been decided, AMD will be launching their next-gen 64bit Hammer CPU, the Opteron in April. Along with that are a couple other CPU...

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"Thanks for the replies yall. Although I'm still not sure cause on the website and in my manual ..."

- GrinAid see all 192 comments

AMD Hammer Approaches

By Steve Gibson, Jan 16, 2003 8:06am PST

The long awaited AMD Hammer CPU, their next-gen 64bit crazyness looks to finally be just around the corner. March will see a very light sprinkling...

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"Uhm, that benchmark doesn't say me anything. But the article mentions that the chip will debute ..."

- Tissen see all 30 comments

AMD & FSB

By Steve Gibson, Nov 07, 2002 7:20am PST

Thanks to VE for pointing the way to this quick blurb about the guys at AMD reconsidering the FSB's they are putting in to the lower end AthlonXP...

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"I have one of the earlier 2200s, at stock speeds it averages around 115 F under stress. My old ..."

- reVy79 see all 21 comments

AMD Market Share Drops

By Maarten Goldstein, Oct 31, 2002 8:17am PST

This story on The Inquirer has some bad news about AMD, their market share has dropped to the lowest point in four years. While AMD managed to get...

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"who the hell is actually not buying an AMD I figured they woulda had at least a 40% marketshare"

- flasher 907 see all 26 comments

AMD Hammer Date Slips

By Steve Gibson, Sep 13, 2002 8:37am PDT

For a little while it was looking like the AMD Hammer CPUs were going to come out a bit ahead of schedule, but now that doesnt seem to be the case....

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"Itanium is a pure 64bit processor with onboard x86-32 emulation hardware... expect an 800Mhz ..."

- Toraz Chryx see all 28 comments

XP 2700 with 333Mhz FSB

By Maarten Goldstein, Aug 21, 2002 8:18am PDT

According to The Inquirer and their numerous sources, the new Athlon XP CPU to be released (the 2700+) will finally use a 333Mhz FSB. The XP 2700+...

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"or if you want more than the 30 day warranty you get from the retailer go with the asus A7S333."

- Turd Ferguson see all 47 comments