Review Highlights: AMD Athlon™ II X3 and Low-Power Variants
Posted by John Taylor at 11:46 AM
Loading ...AnandTech: “AMD’s Athlon II X3 435 & New Energy Efficient CPUs: Killing Intel Below $90″
Putting today in context:
“A month ago AMD introduced the world’s first quad-core processor to debut at $99… And for the consumer, AMD is providing a ton of value these days. You’re getting more transistors per dollar than Intel will give you, and [...]
Not Just Another Day in the Office
Posted by Catherine Greenlaw at 11:31 AM
PRSourceCode recently wrapped its 2009 Top Tech Communicators Study, in which more than 300 IT and business journalists told them which companies’ public relations departments they felt did the best job getting them the info they wanted to know. Hopefully some of those ‘judges’ are out there reading this post. We are thrilled (we really [...]
Read MorePeople are talking about the 40-watt ACP Six-Core AMD Opteron™ EE Processor
Posted by Phil Hughes at 4:04 PM
(6 votes, average: 4.83 out of 5)Yesterday we launched our latest energy-sipping server processor, the 40-watt ACP, Six-Core AMD Opteron™ EE processor. For those of you scoring at home, 40W ACP / 6 cores = ~6.67W per core.
In case you didn’t have time to read the enormous volume of coverage from Yesterday’s news, we at AMD’s Global PR headquarters here in [...]
Is it time to stop trying to define the Cloud?
Posted by Phil Hughes at 1:33 PM
“Either you stand for something or you don’t”
Jack Ryan from the Tom Clancy novel Clear and Present Danger
Cloud Computing is real and seems to be growing rapidly. Cloud providers need the most energy-efficient servers they can get without compromising the features and reliability of traditional rack servers. That aspect of Cloud Computing seems to [...]
Read MoreBoom or Bust
Posted by Phil Hughes at 4:13 PM
This is the final chapter of my blog looking back on the first year of the AMD OpteronTM processor.
If you’re a fan of professional sports, you know that the stretch from April until the end of June is draft time for the big four North American leagues — NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL. Inevitably during [...]
Recap of early “Istanbul” Reviews
Posted by Phil Hughes at 8:51 AM
(4 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)On June 1 we launched our Six-Core AMD Opteron™ processor, formerly code-named “Istanbul”. Here are some of the early highlights from some of the industry’s most-respected hardware reviewers.
AnandTech: AMD’s Six-Core Opteron 2435
“It is out of the scope of this article, but it is clear that even if the CPUs cost the same, the AMD [...]
The Sun Also Rises
Posted by Phil Hughes at 11:44 AM
As part of the build-up toward launching our six-core “Istanbul” processor in June, this is part two of a multi-part blog looking back on the first year of the AMD Opteron™ processor as seen through my personal lens working in AMD Communications.
Starting in third quarter of 2003 following IBM’s launch of its 1U, 2P e325 [...]
One week since EC ruled against Intel, where do things stand?
Posted by Michael Silverman at 4:51 PM
One week ago, the European Commission fired a very loud antitrust shot at Intel that was no doubt heard ’round the world. This “shot heard ’round the world” has sparked a tremendous amount of dialogue across the IT ecosystem regarding what the ruling could mean for Intel, the marketplace, consumers, computer makers and innovators in-general.
The [...]
The Verdict is in
Posted by Michael Silverman at 5:46 PM
European regulators spoke on behalf of consumers Wednesday when they issued a record €1.06 billion fine against Intel for engaging in anti-competitive practices in the European Union. In their ruling, the European Commission unequivocally found that Intel had paid to keep AMD products off shelves and out of the hands of consumers. The decision sends a strong [...]
Read MoreAMD-on-AMD action
Posted by Phil Hughes at 6:31 PM
A couple of weeks ago at a press event in Sunnyvale celebrating the sixth anniversary of the AMD Opteron processor launch in 2003, we provided details on Direct Connect Architecture 2.0 and our 2010 server platforms code-named “Maranello” and “San Marino”.
Both “Maranello” and “San Marino” will be “AMD on AMD” platforms, meaning they will leverage [...]