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ST-Ericsson to restructure, possibly be acquired by AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, or TI
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ST-Ericsson, the joint venture between Sweden’s Ericsson and France’s STMicroelectronics, is planning on undergoing a restructuring event within the next few weeks which may position the struggling mobile chipmaker to be viewed as a “strategic asset” by potential buyers.
The restructuring event is expected to include site closures and major layoffs. This plan to lower costs is due to be unveiled by Didier Lamouche, Chief Executive, by the end of March.
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AMD Radeon HD 7990 launch in April ?
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It could very well be that AMD is to introduce its new high-performance dual-GPU video card next month. A specific launch date isn’t available so far, but Donanim Haber claims that the graphics card is scheduled to arrive this April.
Most likely, the Radeon HD 7990 will be built using two Tahiti XT graphics cores that will be linked together via CrossFireX.
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AMD's acquisition of SeaMicro puts Intel on the defensive
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Intel suffered a setback in the server market last week with the news that its former partner, SeaMicro, is being acquired by AMD. But the world's top chip maker said it was internally developing technology to remain competitive in the dense server market.
Intel is developing integrated fabrics to boost I/O and high-performance networking and storage in servers, said Jason Waxman, general manager of Intel's data center business unit, in an interview. The technologies are being developed as the company tries to boost its presence in the market for dense servers used in cloud computing deployments in data centers.
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AMD buys SeaMicro, enters server hardware business
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Advanced Micro Devices announced Wednesday it is buying low-power server vendor SeaMicro, a surprise move that puts AMD in the systems business and disrupts Intel by acquiring one of its close partners.
AMD will pay $334 million in cash and stock for SeaMicro, a 40-employee Silicon Valley startup that has gained attention for building highly dense and power-efficient servers for use in large-scale cloud computing environments. SeaMicro CEO Andrew Feldman will become general manager of a new division at AMD, the Data Center Server Solutions group.
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AMD Releases Catalyst 12.2 Drivers, Supports Radeon HD 7000 Series
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AMD has released the WHQL-certified version of its Catalyst 12.2 driver package for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows XP, Vista, and 7. In addition to the fixes and enhancements we'll discuss below, this is AMD's first unified driver package that has added support for members of the Radeon HD 7000 series in Windows Vista and Windows 7, specifically the 7900, 7700, and OEM-only 7300 series. Support for the 7800 series will follow at a later date, and Windows XP support will come in Catalyst 12.4.
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Single Slot Radeon HD 7850
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AFOX out of Hong Kong showed off a custom made Radeon HD 7850 card at CeBIT as vrzone reported. The card is the first single slot Radeon HD 7850 card we've seen so far and despite this, AFOX has managed to squeeze in four display connectors.
The AF7850-1024D5S1 as the card is awkwardly called also differs in terms of its overall specification compared to AMD's reference cards. For one, the GPU is clocked at 900MHz rather than 860MHz, a fairly modest overclock, but still a peculiar move considering the single slot the design. As the model name gives away, AFOX halved the graphics memory to 1GB and underclocked it by 75MHz (300MHz effectively) for an effective clock speed of 4.5GHz compared to...
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AMD Launches the Radeon HD 7800 Series
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AMD just launched the Radeon HD 7800 series graphics cards, consisting of two models, the Radeon HD 7870, and the Radeon HD 7850, targeting crucial price-points that appeal PC gamers. The two models are based on new 28 nm silicon by AMD, codenamed “Pitcairn,” which packs 2.8 billion transistors. The new chip takes advantage of AMD’s Graphics CoreNext architecture.
The Radeon HD 7870 packs 1280 GCN stream processors, 80 texture memory units (TMUs), 32 raster operations units, and a 256-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface, holding 2 GB of memory. This card is AMD’s second “GHz Edition” model (after the Radeon HD 7770), sporting a core clock speed of 1 GHz. The memory is clocked at 1200 MHz (4.80 ...
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AMD Intros the FX-6200 and FX-4170 Processors, Cuts Some Prices
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unnyvale-based AMD Inc. has today launched two new FX Series processors, the FX-6200 hexa-core and the FX-4170 quad-core, and announced price reductions for the October-released FX-8120 and FX-6100.
The FX-6200 and FX-4170 are made on 32 nm process technology, and feature an AM3+ package, a TDP of 125 W, and 8 MB of L3 cache. The FX-6200 has a base clock of 3.8 GHz (4.1 GHz Turbo) and is up for pre-order @ 152.70 Euro while its quad-core sibling is set to 4.2 GHz (4.3 GHz Turbo) and is selling for 120.60 Euro.
The updated FX-8120 and FX-6100 prices stand at $185 and $145, respectively.
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AMD Designing Next-Gen Playstation's GPU
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Sony has begun working on its next-generation gaming console under the Playstation brand, and Forbes learned that it's none other than AMD designing its graphics processing unit (GPU). AMD is far from new to the game console GPU business, as its GPUs already drive graphics processing in Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii consoles. If launched anytime soon, the next-gen Playstation will create a rare moment where GPUs of all three major game console makers would be AMD-made. The current Playstation 3 console uses an NVIDIA GPU.
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New Arrival: AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition and 7750 Graphics Cards
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AMD is giddy as all get-out today over the arrival of its Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition and HD 7750 graphics cards, the first of which is the world's first graphics card equipped with a 1GHz GPU, the Sunnyvale chip maker claims. The 7750's special talent is that it doesn't require its own separate power connector and pushing gaming grade pixels while staying under 75W.
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AMD Launches the Radeon HD 7700 Series
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AMD has just launched the new Radeon HD 7700 series, in a bid to cement its competitiveness in the sub-$200 market-segment. The Radeon HD 7700 series, according to AMD, is designed to offer "the world's most advanced graphics for everyone." The series is based around a new ASIC built on the 28 nm fab process, codenamed "Cape Verde". The new chip takes advantage of the Graphics CoreNext architecture, and features 10 GCN compute units, amounting to 640 stream processors; 40 TMUs, and 16 ROPs; and a 128-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface.
The Radeon HD 7770 has all components on the chip enabled, and features clock speeds of 1000 MHz core, and 1125 MHz (4.50 GHz GDDR5 effective) memory, yielding ...
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AMD Radeon HD 7000 Launch Schedule Leaked
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First up is the release of the HD 7770 and HD 7750 (codenamed Cape Verde), which is set for February 15 just in time for a belated Valentine's Day gift. The cards will have 1 GB of GDDR5 memory, and are expected to have a base core frequency of 900 MHz with, 896 and 832 stream processors, and 56 and 52 texture units. The HD 7770 looks to be priced around $149, with the HD 7750 coming in at a cheaper price. In March will be the release of the HD 7870 and HD 7850 (codename Pitcairn). The cards will have 2 GB of GDDR5 memory with similar core and memory frequencies comparable to 77x0 series. The difference with the 78x0 series will be the stream processor & texture units. The HD 7870 is expecte...
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AMD A8-3870K Cracks 6 GHz with All Cores Enabled
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Overclocker "Christian Ney" of the HWBOT community claims to have cracked the 6 GHz clock speed mark with an AMD A8-3870K APU, with all four of its cores enabled. The feat consisted of a clock speed of 6067.7 MHz achieved using a base clock of 258.2 MHz and multiplier of 47.0x. The memory was clocked at 3505 MHz, just 95 MHz short of a world-record. The chip was put through a scorching core voltage of 2V. Supporting components included GIGABYTE A75-UD4H motherboard, and GeIL EVO Corsa DDR3 memory. The setup was cooled sub-zero. CPU-Z Validator rejected this submission, probably because like us, it finds 2V vCore and 258.2 MHz base clock unreal for Llano, since it uses a common 100 MHz clock ...
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AMD Radeon HD 7950 Graphics Cards Now Available
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Maybe the Radeon HD 7970 graphics cards launched earlier this month wasn't quite your cup of tea. At $550, you should make damn sure your proverbial tea meets your tastes before you buy it. But that's the thing about graphics cards; like tea, they come in a variety of flavors. Today, AMD launched its second 28nm next-gen GPU, the Radeon HD 7950, another high-end offering -- but this one costs $100 less than its 7970 sibling.
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AMD Catalyst 12.1 drivers officially released, 12.2 Preview offers enhanced Eyefinity functionality
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AMD released a preview of their Catalyst 12.1 driver package last December, and now the update has become official— along with a new 12.2 Preview build that should please users who favor multiple displays. Catalyst 12.1 doesn't offer any surprises in comparison to its preview version. Along with the usual assortment of tweaks and bug fixes, it features custom application profiles, 3D support for those running CrossFireX rigs, and a stereo 3D mode over HDMI 1.4a that enables 1080p at 24Hz on supported displays. It's available for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Vista, as well as the entire Windows XP line.
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