AMD Announces New Mobile CPU
CNET is reporting that AMD is introducing a new laptop CPU, the Athlon 4 1.3Ghz. Notebooks from Compaq using this CPU are shipping today.
READ MORE >AMD Introduces 1.3Ghz Duron
AMD today announced the introduction of their 1.3Ghz Duron CPU. It's priced at $118 in 1000-unit quantities, so you will probably find it online...
READ MORE >AMD Roadmap
There is an AMD roadmap overview on The Inquirer showing what we can expect Desktop processor-wise this year. Thoroughbred and Appaloosa will find...
READ MORE >" i say one that used both p4 and XP at 1.5Ghz but they used pc2100 with the p4............"
see all 29 commentsAMD Clawhammer Benchmarks
Not sure how legit these are, but here's some AMD Clawhammer benchmarks showing off performance of the next-gen AMD CPU. Thanks HardOCP
READ MORE >" 1350 is probably high for SPECint performance of either a 3.4 GHz P4 or a "model 3400" AMD ..."
see all 15 commentsThe Next Athlons
The Inquirer has a few details on upcoming Athlon XP CPUs based on "reliable sources". We'll be seeing a XP 2200+ this quarter, running at 1800Mhz...
READ MORE >" but since they are keeping socket a, you can upgrade to a XP compatable board and keep your ..."
see all 40 commentsAMD Tops Estimates
AMD didn't have a great last quarter in 2001, but they beat analyst estimates. AMD had quarterly sales of $951.9 million and lost $15.8 million...
READ MORE >"Is it a loss or just reduced profit compared to last quarter? If they're making 951 MILLION ..."
see all 11 commentsAMD Market Share Up
ZDNet is reporting that AMD is doing the happy dance, with increased market share in pretty much all areas. AMD is now in 27% of U.S. PCs, 54% of...
READ MORE >" I guess you aren't European or Japanese huh? Cause then it would be "smarter 'than'..." :) ..."
see all 50 commentsAMD Debuts 1.2Ghz Duron
AMD today released the 1.2Ghz Duron, matching the speed of Intel's 1.2Ghz Celeron which was released a while ago. Don't really see how much this is...
READ MORE >"Maarten you forget that durons cost even less at the OEM level. Systems with Durons in them can ..."
see all 4 commentsNew Mobile AMDs
AMD has announced their newest mobile CPUs, the 1.2Ghz Athlon 4 and 950mhz Duron. As you can see, AMD still states the actual speed in the mobile...
READ MORE >AMD in 2002
Here's some general stuff talking about AMD and their future plans with Laptops, servers and Hammer (64bit). They are going mostly mobile in 2002...
READ MORE >"are there actually any laptop manufacturers currently using AMD?"
see all 6 commentsAMD To Outsource Production
CNET is reporting that AMD will be using factories from other companies to produce its processors starting 2003. About a quarter of AMD processors...
READ MORE >"I doubt it's fujitsu, It'll be either Motorola or IBM.. or both..."
see all 6 commentsAthlon 1900 Review
AnandTech has a review of the Athlon 1900+ CPU that's being released today. Of course, the 1800+ (1.53Ghz) was already beating the fastest P4 in...
READ MORE >" no you weren't, you were trying to imply that an AMD cpu would fail in that heart monitoring ..."
see all 46 commentsAMD Not Burning
I see on Tech-Report that a new AMD heat video has been released, showing that AMD's newest processors can run without a heatsink for a while...
READ MORE >"I noticed a bunch of things from the video: - They could've saved megabytes of file size by ..."
see all 33 commentsVIA KT266A Roundup
If you're looking for an Athlon motherboard with VIA's latest chipset, the KT266A, but don't know which one to get, AnandTech helps out. They have...
READ MORE >" The KT133 is older than hell dude. You should have at least got a KT133a and if you were ..."
see all 17 commentsHammer Article
Anand Tech is the latest with an article about the AMD Hammer. The K7 architecture was AMD's most succesful architecture yet, and Anand looks if...
READ MORE >"AMD's advertising campaign: Introducting the AMD Hammer The processor that's 2 Legit 2 Quit"
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" Yeah, back when that 30 or 50Mhz actually mattered... Math Coprocessors? That was about the ..."
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