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Upcoming ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 from AMD fastest ever

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Claiming the world’s fastest computer graphics card title is something of an arbitrary crown, but one well worth fighting for. The new the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 is it, fact. It is based on the new RV770 GPU chip-set, and packs two graphics cards into one.
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Upcoming AMD processors to scare Intel

AMD new Processor Socket

A bit of a technical post, so we’ll keep it simple as possible. The processor manufacturer AMD, who currently reside on the far side of Intel’s dominating shadow, have recently revealed their road-map for their new line of processors. The new 8-core and 12-core CPUs will sit in a new socket offering [...]

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New Acer Aspire X1200 desktop offers a low cost solution for PC users

Acer Aspire X1200

Acer has announced the Aspire X1200 desktop series that offers computer users a new option for a low cost, high quality PC for the home. Starting at $450, the new X1200 features AMD dual-core processors for fast processing and NVIDIA GForce 8200 graphics to help users enjoy high-def movies, games, and sound [...]

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ATI graphics cards running nVidia PhysX?

AMD ATI Radeon HD 3870

Extreme modders over at NGOHQ reveal that they have been successful in porting nVidia’s PhysX to an AMD ATI Radeon HD 3870.
AMD (who own ATI) have been playing catch-up to nVidia’s new GPU-accelerated PhysX technology. With the launch of nVidia’s GTX 200-series, anyone has been able to experience PhysX. However, AMD [...]

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AMD ATI push out even newer GPU chipsets

ATI Radeon 4800-Series

So even now that AMD and ATI have had a while to get to know each other well, we were still somewhat disappointed with the lower end 4800-Series cards. The 4870-Series, on the other hand, was kept a complete secret from everyone until now. Even those with the insider scoops were strictly forbidden [...]

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AMD breaks the Teraflop barrier with new FireStream 9250

AMD announced that its new next-gen stream processor, FireStream 9250, breaks the one teraflop barrier. Announced in Germany at a Supercomputing conference, AMD claims the new Firestream 9250 fits into a single PCI slot, consumes less than 150 watts of power, and uses a second generation double precision floating point unit for delivery.  It [...]

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HP launches new Pavilion and Compaq notebook lineup

HP Pavilion dv7

This morning HP released a slew of new notebook computers that included both budget consumer-geared notebooks as well as some business oriented devices. All of the new laptops released are set to offer Intel’s Centrino 2 or Centrino 2 with vPro or AMD’s Turion 54 X2 Ultra dual-Core mobile processors.
The new consumer [...]

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AMD’s netbook technically a Raon Digital Everun

 
AMD’s presumed ‘Netbook’

The notebook that AMD had on display at Computex 2008 is not a full-blown AMD product.  According to the device manager, the device is an Everun.  As speculated by Engadget, the ‘Everun’ name is most likely a placeholder in the computer, although AMD spokesman Phil Hughes confirmed that the Raon Digital moniker was [...]

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Via to release 45nm, dual-core processors by 2009

According to sources from Via reporting to DigiTimes, Via plans to adopt the standard 45nm manufacturing process and its first dual core processors by the end of 2009.  Additionally, the company announced its plans to release the same number of shipments in the first-half of 2008 as it did for all of 2007.  It’s always [...]

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AMD announces low-power quad-core Opteron chips

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) made available today new low-power quad-core Opteron processor chips. The highly efficient processors have a much lower thermal envelope of 55 watts compared to current processors, which average 75-105 watts.
The new Opteron chips are aimed for servers and are available in both the 2300 and 8300 series. As the [...]

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