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John Byrne Becomes AMD's Chief Sales Officer, Can he turn WW Sales Around?
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
The art of sale is driven by people, not the products themselves. AMD lacked a charismatic sales leader since Henri Richard left the company in 2006, followed by several execs.
On 8/10/2012 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
AMD Poaches Jim Keller from Apple, One of Greatest Contemporary CPU Architects
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
There's no doubt that AMD lost quite a lot of brain power over the past couple of years. Ever since the company announced the acquisition of ATI, former senior management did its best to... screw things up.
On 8/1/2012 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

Win the Fastest Sapphire Card: HD 7970 GHz Edition Toxic 6GB
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE NEWS
We received word from our partners at Sapphire Technology that the company is organizing a giveaway with one special prize - the top of the line graphics card.
On 7/6/2012 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Qualcomm Scores Big: Eric Demers, Former AMD CTO Joins the Company
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE NEWS
What was rumored turned out to be true, former AMD CTO of Graphics decided to exchange the Marine-layer clad Silicon Valley for Sunny San Diego, joining Qualcomm as VP of Engineering.
On 3/5/2012 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

UPDATE: AMD Insiders Speak Out: BAPCo Exit is An Excuse for Bulldozer
HARDWARE, ENTERPRISE, SOFTWARE ANALYSIS
Following our coverage on AMD's exit from BAPCo and blog post made by Nigel Dessau, we got a surprising call which we had to check out.
On 6/24/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
AMD FirePro V7900 Review: Best in Class?
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE REVIEWS
This has to have been the most exciting period in professional graphics we have seen in a very long time. First, with Vx800 Series, AMD finally managed to compete with Quadros, now come the refreshed series.
On 6/6/2011 by Matt Pooled... Comments (0) Read more

AMD Prepares to Demonstrate Holodeck on E3 2011
GRAPHICS, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Since I was introduced to several key ATI executives in 2004, there was one common thread in the company: the desire to create a holodeck. Seven years later, first generation of something we call "Holofinity" is almost upon us.
On 6/3/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Richard Huddy to Leave AMD?
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE RUMORS
Following the departure of Janet Matsuda, we received whispers from several places that outspoken head of AMD's Worldwide Developer Relations is rumored to be leaving the company...
On 5/18/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

Janet Matsuda Leaves AMD FirePro Team, Joins Egnyte
GRAPHICS, CLOUD COMPUTING, BUSINESS NEWS
Roughly four and a half years ago, Janet Matsuda of SGI fame joined then the newly formed FirePro team at AMD, which just acquired ATI Technologies.
On 5/10/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Ian McNaughton Set to Leave GlobalFoundries
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
In the past, we either broke or announced multiple high-level arrivals into GlobalFoundries. This article is the first one announcing a departure of one of key figures in the industry.
On 12/30/2010 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

AMD's Radeon HD5970 Hemlock - Is Wickedly Fast
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE REVIEWS
Today AMD launched Hemlock known from this point forward as the HD5970. Now lets see if this new DX11 poison from AMD is able to kill off nVidia's lead in GPU performance.
On 11/17/2009 by Sean Kalinich... Comments (0) Read more
AMD's next-gen GPU "Manhattan" and "Northern Islands" use 32nm process?
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE RUMORS
AMD's next-generation GPU is taking shape. From the limited information we have, AMD is going to use 32nm process during 2010 and 2011 with Manhattan and Northern Islands.
On 11/2/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

AMD set to increase Radeon HD 5800 prices?
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
The first 30 days of sales are up, and if you were among lucky several thousand of people to buy the board for $379-389, count your blessings. AMD decided to jack up the prices...
On 10/27/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
The fastest ATI 5870 card achieves 3TFLOPS!
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE NEWS
Last week, SmoothCreations introduced Radeon HD 5870 1GB XOC Havoc card. We spoke with the main engineer of the project and learned some interesting things.
On 9/29/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

ATI Evergreen supports Eye resolution with  8Kx8K displays
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE NEWS
If you wondered why ATI named their multi-display technology "Eyefinity", the answer might surprise you.
On 9/14/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
ATI Evergreen features four display outputs, supports four displays?
GRAPHICS RUMORS
Chinese site Chiphell leaked the first public pictures of Redwood, a mainstream card based on RV830 GPU. The board itself reveals quite an interesting feature for the whole Evergreen family...
On 8/24/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

ATI's Digital Audio driver reduces Radeon's 3D performance?
GRAPHICS NEWS

ATI's direct HDMI support came with Radeon HD 2000 through integrated digital HD audio, but now Hardware-Infos are claiming there is a performance difference.

On 6/19/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Get a free ATI Radeon HD 4650*
GRAPHICS, BUSINESS NEWS

The long running Class Action dispute between ATI Technologies Inc. and people who purchased allegeldy HDCP-ready graphics card is drawing to a close.

On 6/11/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

Real codename of ATI's DirectX 11 GPU revealed - Evergreen
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE NEWS

While yours truly decided not to roam the streets of Old Taipei, we have an exclusive story about how ATI's DirectX 11 GPU got its name.

On 6/1/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
AMD and Anti-Competitive Practices
BUSINESS, BLOGS ANALYSIS

Intel has been always viewed as the Evil Empire, but what if AMD was engaging in their own Anti-Competitive practices? How long can you enjoy a stream of positive PR and the underdog attitude if you're undermining your own partners?
 

On 5/27/2009 by Sean Kalinich... Comments (0) Read more

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