28 Oct 08 Broadcom completes AMD DTV buy at reduced price
Broadcom has completed the acquisition of Advanced Micro Devices' digital TV (DTV) chip business for $141.5 million, more than $50 million less than the two companies originally agreed upon, Broadcom said.
Tagi: advanced micro devices, chip business, broadcom, compas, digital tv, amd
06 Nov 09 Atheros exec, others charged in trading case
Federal authorities have charged 14 individuals arising out of their ongoing investigation of insider trading at hedge funds and stock trading firms.
The case has implicated individuals from AMD, IBM, Intel, GlobalFoundries, and now, Atheros.
Tagi: advanced micro devices, federal authorities, insider trading, stock trading, hedge funds, amd, exec, intel
07 Jan 10 AMD to show upcoming laptop processors
Advanced Micro Devices is expected to show off its latest laptop processors on Thursday, including quad-core chips for laptops that are due in a few months.
The chips will include two to four cores and achieve higher levels of integration that could offer longer battery life to laptops, AMD spokesperson Steve Howard said at an event during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Tagi: laptop processors, advanced micro devices, mths, battery life, cores, laptops, amd, chips, las vegas
09 Jan 10 AMD to offer triple-core laptop processors
Advanced Micro Devices will put triple-core processors into laptops to fill a power and performance gap, the company said.
Laptops today contain either dual-core or quad-core processors, and offering a triple-core CPU could bring laptops that are faster than the dual-core chips but more power-efficient than quad-core processors, said Bob Grim, director of client product marketing, at an AMD event during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The chips will ship by the end of the first half.
Tagi: advanced micro devices, quad core processors, laptop processors, performance gap, product marketing, dual core, laptops, gap, amd, chips, las vegas
10 Feb 10 AMD details Fusion's speed, power saving features
Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday offered more details about its forthcoming Fusion processor, including the speed, power consumption, and plans to begin shipping samples in the first half of this year.
Tagi: advanced micro devices, speed power, sames, amd, fusion
