Back safely from Computex. Even though this was my tenth trip, this one will stand out for a long time for the high spirit of adventure it produced as a result of implementing many social media tools at once. We … Continue reading
Day 3 @Computex: The Innovation Cycle Continues
Day three at Computex comprised of more 1:1 regional press interviews and spending more time, maybe too much time, on the show floor given security booted us out of the facility. Although I had spent a good part of time … Continue reading
Day 2 @Computex: Innovation Book-ends
Today was a huge day for AMD which was capped off with the launch of our next generation mobile platform, formerly code-named “Puma”. For me, it was really a tale of book-ends ranging from checking out some of the coolest … Continue reading
Day 1 @Computex: In The Beginning….
As I said in my previous blog, we are planning to bring you some of the insights from Computex 2008. We wanted to bring it to you in a more multimedia fashion, and it’s just beginning now. Day 1 was … Continue reading
AMD@Computex 2008 with 130,000 of My Closest Friends
It’s Computex time again in Taipei, Taiwan, and we are gearing up for an exciting show. It’s my tenth show personally, which by no means makes me a Computex veteran, given that the show has been going on since 1981. … Continue reading
Thirty days with a small & inexpensive mini-notebook: The MINUSES
In my last blog I wrote about my experiences with a $499 Asus Eee PC 8G mini-note and a $499 HP Compaq Presario F756NR full-note and showed some of the strengths the mini-note has versus the full-note at the same … Continue reading
Thirty days with a small & inexpensive mini-notebook: The PLUSSES
There has been a lot of excitement around some of the small, inexpensive mini-notebooks out there. One in particular that is getting a lot of attention is the Asus EeePC, with models currently priced from $299 to $499. The Eee … Continue reading
The Right CPU and GPU Combination for a Balanced Platform?
In my last blog I talked about the importance of a balanced platform and what I believe consumers are doing with and aspiring to do with their systems. For this blog, I would like to discuss the required type of … Continue reading
Why care about a balanced PC configuration?
There has been an incredible amount of discussion in the high-tech community talking about “balanced platforms” or “optimized systems”. The conversation or press coverage has interestingly enough been more about which component is more relevant versus the need for a … Continue reading
Secret Find of the Family Network Administrator: HP MediaSmart Server
My name is Patrick Moorhead and I am vice president of advanced marketing at AMD. Most of what I focus on is the non-traditional marketing like developing the new strategies to change the ways we would like people to relate to … Continue reading
