Posts Tagged ‘AMD’

AMD-branded memory to reach US shores

Advanced Micro Devices  (AMD) has just announced that their AMD-branded memory modules will soon be shipping via strategic partners in the US. For years even before the ATI acquisition, AMD has been supplying the memory modules for Radeon GPU’s production-line, making them a pretty big market-player in the memory industry behind the lines.  The company [...]

Nvidia to license SLI for AMD Motherboards

If you built a PC today and chose AMD for your processor/platform, chances are you’ll only have the option of getting an AMD (formerly ATI) video card if you want to go multi-GPU. Nvidia’s announcement today gives you the option of having SLI on the next generation of AMD chipsets. According to Nvidia, SLI support [...]

AMD introduces Radeon HD 6990

AMD introduces Radeon HD 6990 Dual GPU

Move over 5970, the new king of the hill is here. AMD’s top end card, the dual-GPU Antilles or for easier references the Radeon HD 6990 has arrived. The Radeon HD 6990 is clocked at 830MHz GPU frequency (@1.12v) and 1,250MHz for the memory (5.0Gbps effective data rate) and is equipped with 4GB of on-board [...]

AMD-based Dell Inspiron M101z netbook

AMD-based Dell Inspiron M101z ultraportable notebook

Dell has revealed a new AMD-based 11.6-inch ultraportable notebook to replace it’s earlier Inspiron 11z.  It will come in two models, a base unit powered with a single core Athlon II Neo K125 and an upgraded model powered by a dual-core Athlon II Neo K325. Full specifications of both models are listed after the jump.

AMD to ship several new processors

AMD is updating their current line of processors for budget-conscious system-builders.  Nothing ground breaking since they’ll still be using existing core technologies but if you’re looking to build a cheap HTPC (like me), or are in need of an immediate upgrade, you may want to keep a look out for these new cores.