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Microsoft Releases AMD Bulldozer Patch by Mistake: Incomplete Update
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE NEWS
On the news of Microsoft pulling the AMD Bulldozer kernel patch, we contacted AMD and Microsoft to get to the bottom of this. The answer was quite surprising.
On 12/16/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Intel Retailers Jack Up Core i5/i7 Prices After Bulldozer Launch?
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
Last week AMD finally launched their long-awaited AMD FX high-end CPU series based on the Bulldozer architecture. But the launch triggered some other reactions as well, including pricing changes on the Intel side.
On 10/20/2011 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more

iBUYPOWER Launches World's Fastest AMD FX-8150 "Bulldozer" System
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE NEWS
AMD might have scope some headlines in the morning, but just like Ferrari would be just another F1 team if there wasn't for iconic cars, AMD and iBUYPOWER came out with a production version.
On 9/13/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
AMD Trounces Intel: Guinness Crowns Bulldozer as the Fastest X86 CPU
HARDWARE NEWS
Before the first day of IDF Fall 2011, Intel's annual conference even started, AMD staged a major coup - AMD's FX processor received acknowledgement from the Guinness Book of World Records.
On 9/13/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

AMD Ships First Bulldozers: 16-Core Opteron "Interlagos" Processor
HARDWARE, ENTERPRISE NEWS
AMD just released a press release stating that the first revenue shipments of the 16-core "Interlagos" are underway. As stated in their second quarter earnings call, AMD began production of the chips in August
On 9/7/2011 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more
AMD Confirms FX Pricing: Mid-$300 for an 8-Core Processor
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
Today, we met with AMD PR and executive team at E3 2011 exhibition in Los Angeles, CA and got a confirmation of a lot of information that's been rumored around the Internet.
On 6/7/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

AMD Reintroduces FX Processor Brand at E3
HARDWARE NEWS
As we mentioned couple of times, AMD chose E3 game show in Los Angeles to introduce the marketing push behind the Bulldozer CPU Architecture.
On 6/7/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
AMD Touts Future of Fusion at Computex
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
This week has clearly been rough for AMD. A lot of people were speculating back and forth when the much-awaited desktop-version of the Bulldozer architecture would launch.
On 6/3/2011 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more

AMD Delays Bulldozer Citing Performance Issues
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
Late last week, AMD officials got back to us and cited that remarks made by Rick Bergman were true and that the Bulldozer is not delayed. Day zero of Computex Taipei painted a different story...
On 5/30/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
AMD Officially Denies Bulldozer Delay, But...
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
In the recent days, numerous motherboard makers from Taiwan started to leak information about motherboards with the upcoming AMD 9-series chipsets which are meant to complement upcoming AMD FX CPUs.
On 5/26/2011 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more

AMD Waves Good Bye to Phenom II with X4 980 Black Edition
HARDWARE NEWS
With the release of the Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition AMD released their fastest clocked processor to date. It is clocked at 3.7GHz, slightly shy of the highest clocks Intel officially reached on the Pentium 4 years ago.
On 5/4/2011 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more
nVidia Officially Confirms Return of SLI to AMD Platform
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE NEWS
nVidia's director of technical marketing Tom Petersen today confirmed in a blog post, that SLI will be opened up on AMD 9 series chipsets. This is the official confirmation for what we reported about almost a month ago.
On 4/28/2011 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more

Hello Bulldozer: nVidia Officially Confirms Return of SLI to AMD Platform
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE NEWS
nVidia's director of technical marketing Tom Petersen today confirmed in a blog post, that SLI will be opened up on AMD 9 series chipsets. This is the official confirmation for what we reported about almost a month ago.
On 4/28/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Hello Bulldozer: nVidia Officially Confirms Return of SLI to AMD Platform
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE NEWS
nVidia's director of technical marketing Tom Petersen today confirmed in a blog post, that SLI will be opened up on AMD 9 series chipsets. This is the official confirmation for what we reported about almost a month ago.
On 4/28/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

AMD's FX "Bulldozer" CPU Clock Speeds Revealed
HARDWARE NEWS
While AMD is rather cautious in its official statements in regards to anything related to the upcoming CPU offerings based on the next-generation Bulldozer architecture, unofficial sources leak more and more information.
On 4/26/2011 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more
Intel Core i7 995X: Saying Good Bye to Westmere
HARDWARE NEWS
Faced with the upcoming AMD Bulldozer architecture and the fact that benchmark results are better than expected, Intel is preparing the final ride of Rohirrim, i.e. last of Westmere CPUs.
On 4/5/2011 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more

nVidia (Finally) Brings SLI to AMD FX Bulldozer Gaming Platform
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE NEWS
Since AMDs CPUs weren't dominating in gaming performance, the platform wasn't that interesting for NVIDIA. With upcoming Bulldozer CPUs, SLI technology on AMD platforms just might become interesting again for gamers.
On 4/3/2011 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more
ASUS vs. AMD: Bulldozer Support on Old Motherboards via BIOS Update
HARDWARE NEWS
For as long as AMD had fought Socket Wars with Intel, the company always kept the mantra of cross-socket compatibility. In reality, the company would break compatibility across the product line.
On 3/16/2011 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more

UPDATED: AMD Next-Gen "Bulldozer" FX CPU Retail Box Concepts
HARDWARE NEWS
As AMD continues to finalize the market approach for their next generation Zambezi processors (based on new Bulldozer architecture), it appears that concept images of their new retail boxes leaked onto the Internet.
On 3/12/2011 by Anshel Sag... Comments (0) Read more
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