EU Decision and the Secret Sauce in Innovation
Posted by Patrick Moorhead at 12:32 PM
(14 votes, average: 4.43 out of 5)
Loading ...I’m still coming to terms with today’s news from Brussels. Wow. I encourage you to read Nigel’s assessment which details how the fallout from Intel’s third straight conviction by government watchdogs comes down to three issues: price, innovation and choice. If you love technology and what it can do for people the way I do, [...]
Read MoreDoes only AMD love the HP Pavilion dv2?
Posted by Patrick Moorhead at 8:43 AM
(21 votes, average: 3.95 out of 5)AMD is excited about the HP Pavilion dv2 powered by AMD “Yukon” platform, as evidenced by many of our communications. Obviously HP is excited, as it’s their baby. On the blog front, Nigel, Casey, and I have written accounts of our personal HP dv2 experiences. But, is this just an AMD love affair [...]
Read MoreAMD: 40 Years of “Just Doing it”
Posted by Patrick Moorhead at 10:30 PM
AMD celebrates its 40th anniversary May 1st and I want to provide my thoughts and perspective. Yes, I am a proud AMD employee, so this blog is biased in that I am personally invested in AMD’s future success and its history. To me AMD means a lot of things, but the best way I can [...]
Read MoreHP dv2: Can you Really Combine Sophistication, Simplicity and Value in an Ultrathin?
Posted by Patrick Moorhead at 1:15 PM
Can an ultrathin notebook be sophisticated, simple, and not cost an arm and a leg? After using the new HP Pavilion dv2 for a few months, I would say, “yes”. Since I did my first blog on it back in January I even found some new tricks with the HP dv2. I was also amazed [...]
Read MoreWhy Your Notebook Battery Life Never Quite Seems Equal to the Claims
Posted by Patrick Moorhead at 4:52 PM
Do you ever feel like the actual battery life on your notebook never quite equals the information that appears in promotional material? For example, you may see “up to five hours,” but actually get about half that. Well, you aren’t alone. I hear it all the time, and if you do a quick Twitter search [...]
Read MoreWhere Can You Go To Engage In The Notebook Battery Life Discussion?
Posted by Patrick Moorhead at 10:35 AM
So how can you provide your input into the controversial “battery life metric” discussion?
It has been nearly two weeks since AMD engaged the community to ask for their feedback on how the industry should evolve notebook battery life metrics. I have received many questions on where folks can send their feedback and follow the discussion.
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I’m No Social Media Expert, but Dig Our New Blog Platform
Posted by Patrick Moorhead at 10:33 AM
So if I am not the in-house “social media expert”, web guy, or IT guy, why do I care about our new blog platform the team is rolling out next week? Well, I am a strategy guy and social media has been invaluable to have real-time conversations with some real smart folks in the community. [...]
Read MoreHow Valuable Are Smartphone Battery Life Figures?
Posted by Patrick Moorhead at 4:26 AM
(As seen on Notebooks.com and Digital Nomads)
I do a lot of hands-on research on smartphones. I do this for two reasons. First, I believe they are fast becoming one of the prevalent cloud clients, and second, they are fast becoming a popular device to consume video. AMD obviously is involved in building the cloud with [...]
Safari 4 Beta: Stakes are High in Browser Wars
Posted by Patrick Moorhead at 3:37 AM
Competition is good for innovation, and there is certainly competition in web browsers these days. It’s not that there’s much money to be made in the browser itself given these are “free” downloads, but the value of the ecosystem that browsers can control is immense. Browsers are the development platform and gateway to the cloud, [...]
Read MoreBlackBerry Bold: My Mobile Cloud Workhorse
Posted by Patrick Moorhead at 7:03 AM
(As seen at Notebooks.com and Dell’s Digital Nomads)
Cloud computing is rising in interest even during these uncertain world economic times and AMD is taking an important leadership role in the creation of the cloud. And in opinion, smartphones are increasingly becoming one of the most important cloud clients. What makes smartphones cloud-unique is their portability and [...]