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AMD's 2012 Mobile Strategy Revealed: Trinity Becomes Fusion
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE ANALYSIS
AMD launched the Trinity APU as a successor to the Llano chip on Tuesday, May 15th. Llano emerged in June 2011 as AMDs first mainstream APU and is considered a success by the company. Can Trinity keep up the pace?
On 5/21/2012 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more
AMD's Close Future Analyzed: What Tomorrow Brings?
HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
Last week AMD presented their first quarter 2012 earnings numbers. This is an in-depth analysis of what was said during the call.
On 4/27/2012 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more

Soitec Announces Fully Depleted Silicon - Can it Bring SOI Back into the Game?
HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
Soitec announced a comprehensive product roadmap centered on fully depleted (FD) silicon technology. They are aiming for the magic 3-way combo: better performance, less power consumption, and cheaper manufacturing.
On 4/23/2012 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more
AMD releases First Quarter 2012 Results: $1.59B Revenue, $592M Loss
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
AMD released its financial results for the first quarter of 2012. The company reported 1.59 billion dollar revenue, -6% QoQ and -2% YoY, while recording a massive loss of $590 million.
On 4/19/2012 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

AMD Ditches SOI: Kaveri goes Bulk at GF, More Details From the New WSA
HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
On the conference call regarding the Wafer Supply Agreement for 2012, AMDs CFO Thomas Seifert delivered a few interesting statements that reveal some small details regarding the roadmap going forward.
On 3/6/2012 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more
AMD Not Leaving SOI for 28nm 10-Core Macau and 20-Core Dublin CPUs?
HARDWARE NEWS
Following the GlobalFoundries Technology Conference, there is a lot of confusion on the status of SOI processing nodes before the arrival of Fully-Depleted Extra-Thin SOI with the 14nm process.
On 9/6/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

AMD Fusion Tapeouts Unveiled: 28nm in 2Q 2011, 20nm in 2012 and 14nm in 2014
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE NEWS
In the Q&A session of last weeks first quarter 2011 earnings call of AMD, the interim CEO Thomas Seifert made an interesting statement: "We expect several 28-nanometer tape-outs during the current quarter."
On 4/27/2011 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more
BulkyPix Christmas Sale: Stack Up With Great iOS Games
APPLE, SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Cozy up by a fireplace with your favorite holiday drink and a great game to boot. That said, take a moment, if you will, and check out BulkyPix's huge Christmas sale.
On 12/25/2010 by Christian Zibreg... Comments (0) Read more

Six BulkyPix Games for Your iDevice to Play This Christmas
APPLE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
If you’re on the lookout for quality gaming experience on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad, Bulkypix has you covered with a comprehensive holiday lineup.
On 12/13/2010 by Christian Zibreg... Comments (0) Read more
ARM showcases 40% power savings when using SOI
HARDWARE NEWS
On IEEE SOI Conference in Foster City [CA], the company showed test results from 45nm SOI wafer featuring ARM 1176 core. Results are quite tempting...
On 10/9/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

TSMC reacts to GlobalFoundries threat, promise 28nm as a full-node
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS

The chilling prospect of nVidia adding GlobalFoundries to their foundry mix and decreasing TSMC's share caused TSMC to re-focus and pushes the 28nm process forward.

On 6/18/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Is TSMC getting nervous about GlobalFoundries?
BUSINESS ANALYSIS

There are lots of behind the scene maneuvers by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) to maintain their top ranked status in the fab world. The threat of GlobalFoundries is above their heads...

On 6/15/2009 by Thomas Gordon... Comments (0) Read more

The Future of GlobalFoundries revealed
HARDWARE, BUSINESS INTERVIEWS

GlobalFoundries is the new player on the foundry market - we decided to dig down deep and find out how they differ from current foundries? We interview Tom Sonderman, VP of Manufacturing Systems.

On 5/26/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
TSMC has to improve 40nm - or ATI/nVidia are gone!
HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS

Weekend conversations are the best… you start discussion with Star Trek, end up with timeframe TSMC has to improve 40nm yields.

On 5/11/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

Global Foundries gets ready to take 32nm orders in Q4
BUSINESS NEWS

AMD's manufacturing spin-off just announced that the company is preparing for 32nm orders and should begin accepting 32nm chip designs by the fourth quarter of this year.

On 3/24/2009 by Sean Kalinich... Comments (0) Read more
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