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TSMC Future Revealed: 450mm Wafers, 16/10/7nm FinFET, CoWoS & More
HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
Couple of weeks ago, we attended TSMC's Technology Symposium in San Jose's McEnery Convention Center. Now in Taiwan, we can finally feel the pulse of often criticized industry leader in semiconductor manufacturing.
On 6/3/2013 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
AMD Updates Roadmaps, Shows 28nm Kaveri for Socket FM2+
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
Recently AMD released updated roadmaps on their investor relations website. While most of the contents were already known by followers of the company, there are some details that are newsworthy, as they previously were only discussed in rumors.
On 6/1/2013 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more

TSMC Future Revealed: 450mm Wafers, 16/10/7nm FinFET, CoWoS & More
HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
Recently, we attended TSMC's Technology Symposium in San Jose's McEnery Convention Center in order to feel the pulse of often criticized industry leader in semiconductor manufacturing.
On 5/25/2013 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
AMD 1Q 2013 Earnings – Still Losing Money, Albeit Less.
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
AMD today reported earnings for their first fiscal quarter of 2013, which saw losses of $146 million on $1.09 billion in revenue.
On 4/18/2013 by Anshel Sag... Comments (0) Read more

AMD Launches “Elite APU” with Richland, Successor to Trinity
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE NEWS
AMD is showing a new face today. After the company went on a hiring spree, old roadmaps were trashed and new products were introduced. Today, AMD is launching the first product from the new roadmap.
On 3/12/2013 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Analysis: AMD Kaveri APU and Steamroller Core Architectural Enhancements Unveiled
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE ANALYSIS
Recently, we exclusively unveiled that Kaveri, successor to the current "Trinity" high-end APU (Fusion A8 and A10 family) features a GDDR5 memory interface. This time, we'll talk about the architectural enhancements.
On 3/6/2013 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more

AMD Kaveri Unveiled: PC Architecture Gets GDDR5
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE NEWS
According to documents we saw, AMD’s upcoming Kaveri APU will include a GDDR5 memory interface. Currently Kaveri is scheduled to be released at the end of 2013. Kaveri is the successor to the upcoming Richland APU.
On 3/5/2013 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more
Common Platform Alliance Announces Fast Track to 10XM Process in 2015
HARDWARE NEWS
At the 2013 Common Platform Technology Forum, the alliance members announced their new roadmap, accelerating the introduction of the new manufacturing processes in a bid to set the pace of the industry.
On 2/8/2013 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

AMD Commits to 2013 Wafer Targets, Revises Globalfoundries Agreement
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS, ANALYSIS
A bit earlier than previously expected, AMD announced the details of their new amended Wafer Supply Agreement (WSA) for 2013 in a conference call yesterday.
On 12/7/2012 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more
Opteron 6300 Series Launch: An Incremental Upgrade on an Outdated Platform
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
Today marks the introduction of AMDs Opteron 6300 line of server processors codenamed Abu Dhabi based on the Piledriver core architecture.
On 11/5/2012 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more

GlobalFoundries to be Profitable by 2015, Freezes Investment in Abu Dhabi
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
Several weeks ago, we learned that the board of directors at Mubadala Abu Dhabi met to discuss the future of ATIC and GlobalFoundries. The result of these talks was quite expected...
On 11/1/2012 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
AMD to Launch Hybrid 64-bit ARM, x86 Chips for Servers in 2014 on 14nm?
CLOUD COMPUTING, ENTERPRISE NEWS
AMD held a press conference at the Omni Hotel in San Francisco, officially announcing that the company is completely shifting its product line, to offer hybrid 64-bit ARM/x86 server chips in 2014.
On 10/29/2012 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

Earnings Call Analysis: AMD Restructuring, New Markets, and 28nm
BUSINESS ANALYSIS
A few days ago, AMD announced their Q3 2012 earnings and they were not pretty. During the earnings call, the executives gave detailed insight as to why the company is stumbling as well as their plans for a better future.
On 10/21/2012 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more
AMD Virgo Uncovered: Trinity Gives You Wings?
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE ANALYSIS
As an intro into the Speed Month, as AMD representatives codenamed October 2012, AMD is unveiling the desktop iterations of its Trinity APU, which debuted on Ultrathin notebooks many moons ago.
On 9/27/2012 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

AMD Q2 Earnings Call Analysis: Company Admits Huge Llano Sales Slip
HARDWARE, ENTERPRISE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
We analyze the latest AMD earnings call and what this means for the future of the company.
On 7/25/2012 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more
Qualcomm Reports Lukewarm Fiscal 3Q 2012 Earnings, Reduces Volume Outlook
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
Qualcomm [NASDAQ:QCOM] today announced their earnings for the third fiscal quarter of 2012, representing the second calendar quarter of 2012 with $1.49 billion in earnings on $4.6 billion in revenues.
On 7/18/2012 by Anshel Sag... Comments (0) Read more

AMD Answers Intel Xeon, Opteron Trinity APU Comes in Q4 2012?
HARDWARE, GRAPHICS, ENTERPRISE NEWS
Even though AMD Fusion Developer Summit i.e. AFDS 2012 hasn’t even started yet, we managed to get a confirmation that AMD is coming with something really special - an answer to Intel’s APU efforts.
On 6/11/2012 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
AMD Comes Clean on Transistor Numbers With FX, Fusion Processors
HARDWARE NEWS
Following our expose on the transistor numbers in the Llano and Trinity processors, AMD's Peter Amos came back to us with an official explanation.
On 5/28/2012 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

AMD Revises the Llano Fusion APU Transistor Count
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE NEWS
Recently one of our readers accused us of not checking the facts, when in fact it is someone else who should probably dedicate some effort to get their facts straight.
On 5/23/2012 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more
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

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