The worldwide microprocessor market will be given a boost by tablets and smartphones in 2012, amidst a fundamental shift to …
Nvidia, AMD release graphics processors for supercomputing
Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices yesterday announced high-performance graphics chips for supercomputers. Nvidia announced GPUs (graphics processing units) called K20 …
AMD to lay off 15 percent of workforce
Chip company Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday said it would lay off 15 percent of its workforce as it tries …
AMD plans to undercut Intel's ultrabook market with $500 alternative using new Trinity chips
Advanced Micro Devices hopes to provide thin-and-light laptops that are less expensive but equally speedy to Intel’s ultrabooks with its …
Facebook's open-source data centre project gains strength
Facebook’s year-old project to develop open-source hardware designs with the aim to build efficient data centres gained momentum yesterday, with …
Tablets making an impact on OS and PC designs: IDC
The post-PC era is not yet upon us, executives from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices insisted, when questioned about the …
SeaMicro crams 768 Atom cores in new cloud server
SeaMicro has crammed 768 Atom processor cores into its latest low-power SM10000-64HD server in an effort to provide a quick …