The fourth quarter of this year will mark the introduction of a new series of Opteron 6000-series processors based on the Bulldozer architecture and a recent leak has come to divulge the names, as well as the specs, of some of these upcoming AMD CPUs.Back in July, Gateway also leaked four Opteron server chips...
Even though there are still two weeks to go until AMD will release its first FX-Series processors into the wild, reports suggest the Sunnyvale-based chip maker is already planning to introduce faster versions of these chips in the first quarter of 2012. According to a recently leaked company roadmap, the start of 2012 will...
Even though GlobalFoundries has shouted out time and time again that its 32nm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) fabrication process doesn’t face any sort of problems, an AMD official recently refuted these claims as it stated that GloFo’s advanced fabrication node isn’t actually where it would need to be in terms of performance. “We have been pretty...
Rumors may have said that Intel had decided to give up on the Atom brand, but it looks like said reports were wrong, according to more recent words on the company’s part, albeit indirect ones. The Atom brand is one that Intel utilizes for a fairly broad range of central processing units, especially those...
In 2012 and 2013 AMD will introduce a new series of APUs that go beyond Trinity and the other chips that we have come to know, according to a leaked company roadmap that made its way on the Web. As we have revealed previously, the start of 2012 will mark the introduction of the...
Keenly expected by gamers and enthusiast computer users alike, AMD’s high-performance FX-Series processors based on the Bulldozer architecture are rumored to release on October 13, the Sunnyvale-based company already starting the mass production of these chips. The launch of the FX-Series has been a roller-coaster ride until now, as the CPUs were delayed a...
At the same time with Intel’s IDF, AMD is hosting its own press event meant to showcase the company’s latest technologies and chips, and one of the most interesting demonstrations to take place over there is a comparison between a yet-unreleased FX-Series processor and some Intel Core CPUs. AMD hasn’t disclosed the specs of...
iBuyPower has decided to make some profit from the recent world record achieved by AMD with its 8429MHz running Bulldozer-based FX-8150 CPU that made a lot headlines yesterday, and partnered with the Sunnyvale-based company to build a desktop system that uses the same core hardware components as the record holder. The machine was showcased...
