Posted by viper on Monday, November 17 @ 11:02:14 CET
SUNNYVALE, CA -- November 17, 2003 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced new additions to the AMD Opteron™ processor family — Models 148, 248 and 848 — enabling servers and workstations to simultaneously provide cutting-edge 32-bit performance and 64-bit capability.
“With the AMD Opteron processor, we’re giving the server and workstation industry an opportunity to hit a grand slam with its purchasing decisions,” said Marty Seyer, vice president and general manager of AMD’s Microprocessor Business Unit. “IT managers, small and medium businesses and workstation users are increasingly interested in products that meet their immediate needs for 32-bit processing power and protect their investments as they move to the next phase of computing with 64-bit applications.”
Posted by viper on Sunday, November 16 @ 13:43:27 CET
CHIP FIRM AMD is to hold a forum server and supercomputer event on the 25th of November in Cannes, France.
The event, which is sponsored by AMD, Fujitsu, IBM and Microsoft, will include a number of other firms presenting including Arima, CS Communication & Systemes, Dataswift, Dolphin, Fujitsu Siemens, Kingston, Linuxnetwork, Mandrakesoft, Solunix and Tyan.
Hardware: AMD to ship 1GHz FSB Athlon 64 FX Q1 '04 - SiS
Posted by sensemann on Sunday, November 16 @ 11:37:04 CET
SiS has begun shipping its latest Athlon 64 FX chipset, the SiS755FX - a part designed to support next years 939-pin processors.
It also supports PCI Express alongside AGP. SiS next Athlon 64 chipset, the SiS756, will do away with AGP altogether as soon as Q2 2004, The Register has learned.
AMD has already said it will ship 939-pin versions of the FX next year, most recently when it updated its public roadmap. However, its less well known that the company plans to up the chips HyperTransport bus speed.
Posted by Adek on Saturday, November 15 @ 20:36:11 CET
U.S. semiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices is set to announce it will build a new chip plant in the eastern German city of Dresden, industry sources told Reuters on Saturday.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the 1.1 billion euro plant, which would be the first new major chip plant in Europe in several years, could be held as early as next week if a German parliament committee approves a loan guarantee of 336 million euros ($396 million), the sources said.
Hardware: Silicon on insulator key to AMD 90nm success
Posted by sensemann on Saturday, November 15 @ 15:27:49 CET
AMDs Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) technology is going to save the companys migration to a 90nm process from the delays that appear to have plagued Intels shift to 90nm.
So says American Technology Research (ATR) analyst Rick Whittington, who also reckons we should all go out and buy AMD stock.
Posted by sensemann on Wednesday, November 12 @ 12:20:40 CET
We have tested 13 mainboards for Socket754 platform based on NVIDIA nForce3 150 and VIA K8T800 chipsets. In our roundup you will find everything you want to know about their features, performance, stability and overclocking potential. Discover your best Socket754 solution today!
Hardware: AMD to Speed Up Opteron Processors Next Week
Posted by sensemann on Wednesday, November 12 @ 12:19:15 CET
Advanced Micro Devices will update its lineup of Opteron microprocessors for servers and workstations next week, sources inside the channel said. The improvements include core-clock increase to 2.20GHz as well as support for PC3200 memory by AMD Opteron processors, at least, by some platforms.
The new Opteron processors are expected to be available in models 148, 248 and 848 for systems with 1, 2 or 4/8 processors in that order. The chips will increase the speed to 2.20GHz and gain support of PC3200 DDR SDRAM memory with ECC. By now all AMD Opteron processors supported only PC2700 ECC RAM.
Posted by sensemann on Tuesday, November 11 @ 22:48:06 CET
Roadmaps seen by the INQUIRER in London last week have revealed some specifications of the 30 watt and mid power 55 watt Opterons the chip company is reading.
AMD currently dubs these chips the low power series, and so far they haven’t been assigned model numbers.
The current specs, scribbled down on the back of a menu, illustrate what AMD hopes to achieve with these low power server and workstation chips.
Posted by sensemann on Tuesday, November 11 @ 08:51:48 CET
A bouyant AMD wants to build a new 65-nanometer fab, possibly in either New York or Singapore, sources suggest.
Other suggestions for the site of the fab site include Austin Texas and Dresden, Germany, where the chipmaker already has facilities churning out chips and the company certainly enjoys some financial kick-backs in Dresden, where the local government is keen to boost the local economy and jobs market.
Posted by sensemann on Sunday, November 09 @ 22:10:47 CET
Roadmaps seen by the INQ reveal plans for AMD K9 Opterons to arrive in the first half of 2006, and gradually during that year to shove out the K8s into obscurity.
The K9 processors will be introduced as the 870, 868 and 866 Opterons – with these chips being released during the first half of that year.
In the second half of the year, the K9s will migrate to the top end 874 and 872 series, while the earlier introductions will shuffle their way down the Opteron line.
Posted by sensemann on Sunday, November 09 @ 12:34:55 CET
After the somewhat disappointing overclocking experience with the initial BIOS revision of the ASUS K8V and the Athlon64 3200+, we used the latest production BIOS Rev. 1003 that, amongst other new features allows manual changing of the frequency and voltage ID (FID and VID). Overall, the new BIOS greatly increases stability as well as overclocking potential, after all, we were able to crank up the speed to 240 MHz and run 100% stable at 235 MHz.
There were, however, a number of sacrifices that we had to make to get there, that is, lowering the multiplier, lowering the memory speed and by the end of the day, when we counted our scores, whatever was left was --- actually more than we can say in one sentence. Read on.
Posted by sensemann on Friday, November 07 @ 09:44:52 CET
The AMD Opteron 250 should ship early next year, if a Canadian high performance computing specialists next major launch is anything to go by.
Little-known - to us, at any rate - British Columbia-based hardware company OctigaBay will ship its recently announced OctigaBay 12K 12-CPU machine "commercially... early in 2004", it says in a press release issued on Tuesday and pointed out to us by a number of eagle-eyed Reg readers.
Posted by sensemann on Friday, November 07 @ 09:24:31 CET
At the AMD Analyst Conference a new processor roadmap was publishe showing AMDs way up to 2005. The second generation of 90nm SOI chips will appear then. The workstation- and server cpus are codenamed Egypt, Italy and Denmark, for the desktop theres the Toledo and Palermo in the pipe. Oakland and Trinidad will cover the range of mobile processors. Apart from the 90nm SOI process there are no further information on these cpus.
Hardware: AMD sees higher sales, profit in fourth quarter
Posted by viper on Thursday, November 06 @ 21:25:00 CET
SUNNYVALE, Calif, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (nyse: AMD - news - people) expects to post higher sales of both microprocessors and flash memory used in cell phones in the fourth quarter as consumer spending and corporate investment improve, the companys chief executive said on Thursday.
Posted by Adek on Tuesday, November 04 @ 17:05:07 CET
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) today announced the AMD Alchemy™ Au1100™ processor has been selected by AMX Corporation (NASDAQ: AMXC) to power its Modero family of innovative Touch Panels. The 7.5" and 8.4" Modero ViewPoint Touch Panels and 7" Modero Widescreen Touch Panel provide one-touch automated control to simplify the automation and integration of audio/video, environmental and communications technology.
AMX Modero ViewPoint and Modero Widescreen touch panels are designed to seamlessly enable centralized control and automation in almost any environment, making the operation of complex equipment straightforward and convenient. Users have the ability to take instant command over many types of integrated equipment - from projectors, audio/video and window treatments to security, lighting and PCs. The AMD Alchemy Au1100 processor offers a number of benefits to AMX, most notably extended system battery life based on the processor’s low-power capabilities, consuming only 250mW of power at 400 MHz. AMX leverages the high-performance, low-power features of the processor to create an intuitive interface that includes G4 graphics, rich color display and pinpoint on-screen clarity.
Hardware: AMD Athlon FX-53 to Emerge Before Year End?
Posted by viper on Tuesday, November 04 @ 15:30:12 CET
Since our yesterday’s report titled “AMD Athlon 64 3400+ to Come in December?” about an upcoming 64-bit desktop CPU we have heard a number of claims coming from various sources about the Athlon FX-53 release before the end of the year. The information is unconfirmed, but looks logical enough.
According to rumours, AMD plans to respond to Intel’s actual release of the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition with the launch of yet another AMD Athlon 64 FX chip with dual-channel memory controller clocked at massive 2.40GHz.
Software: AMD claims Microsoft delays are not 'substantial'
Posted by Adek on Tuesday, November 04 @ 11:34:24 CET
After watching Microsoft cast AMDs 64-bit processor line to the backwoods of the Windows release cycle, you have to ask - did Jerry Sanders do enough?
Two weeks ago Microsoft dropped a bomb. It pushed the first Windows Server 2003 Service Pack back to the second half of 2004. And along with the Service Pack go new versions of Windows for both AMDs Opteron (Windows Server 2003) and Athlon 64 processors (Windows XP). This places the Windows for AMD64 release close to nine months behind original expectations, adding risks to an already risky proposition from AMD.
Hardware: AMD Announces High Tech Treasure Hunt Comdex 2003
Posted by viper on Monday, November 03 @ 14:58:52 CET
SUNNYVALE, CALIF. -November 3, 2003- AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor High-Tech Treasure Hunt at COMDEX 2003, a geocaching promotion where participants seek out 15 locations in the greater Las Vegas area. The interactive promotion, which targets the AMD Athlon 64 processor target audience of PC enthusiasts, will begin on Sunday, Nov. 16, and last for 64 hours. Each correctly identified location and submission enters eligible participants in a grand prize drawing for an AMD Athlon 64 processor-based desktop system and a new global positioning system (GPS).
Eligible participants are invited to register at 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 16, 2003 at the Las Vegas Hilton to receive promotion information, including waypoints, clues, official rules, and a participant packet. The promotion is limited to the first 250 people who register. Promotion information, a downloadable registration form and complete rules can be found at www.amd.com/lasvegashunt . AMD will have a limited number of GPS units for participants to use on site, so potential entrants are encouraged to bring their own GPS units.
Hardware: AMD Athlon 64 3400+ to Come in December?
Posted by sensemann on Monday, November 03 @ 09:45:51 CET
Advanced Micro Devices is set to release its AMD Athlon 64 3400+ processor by holiday season, an unofficial source with some knowledge of the company’s plans told X-bit labs on Sunday.
As a result of the announcement that will presumably happen next month, AMD’s Athlon 64 lineup will catch up with the Athlon 64 FX-51 processor in terms of clock-speed. Its performance is still to be confirmed, however, as the FX-family of microprocessors from AMD have one tangible improvement over the ordinary Athlon 64 chips – the dual-channel memory controller...
Posted by viper on Friday, October 31 @ 00:27:07 CET
Down below you can find a little quote from the new PC Gamer magazine which is kinda interesting:
AMDs first Athlon 64 FX, the FX-51, is the fastest consumer-level PC processor in the world when it comes to playing todays games on todays operating systems. Our benchmarks tell the tale...the Athlon 64 FX-51 beats a comparably equipped 3.2Ghz P4 (Canterwood) into submission over and over again.
Posted by viper on Friday, October 31 @ 00:21:16 CET
We just noticed that finally the Opteron prices have dropped! You can now grab a 140 for just over $200, and a 142 for $250, a 144 for just over $300, and a 146 for
$462. So for the first three speed grades there is a $50 jump with a 50% price increase for the 146. This could also signal a 148 coming.
Hardware: AMD to sell 64 FX 940, 939 side by side next year
Posted by sensemann on Thursday, October 30 @ 12:58:39 CET
Although earlier indications from AMD showed it expected to move to a new socket infrastructure, AMD Socket-939, for the AMD Athlon 64 FX family in mid 2004, we believe that this technology may start sampling to infrastructure partners and system integrators as soon as Q1 next year.
And it may even start appearing with the launch of the Athlon 64 FX 53 in that quarter.
Posted by viper on Thursday, October 30 @ 10:33:01 CET
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 2003--AMD (NYSE:AMD - News) today announced the appointment of W. Michael Barnes, retired senior vice president and chief financial officer of Rockwell International Corporation, to its board of directors. Mr. Barnes, 61, was elected at AMDs most recent board of directors meeting.
Posted by viper on Wednesday, October 29 @ 11:05:11 CET
AMD is having an Athlon 64 contest. You can win these prizes:
AMD Athlon 64™ FX processor-based gaming systems
AMD Athlon 64™ processors in a box (PIB)
So how do you win? First, read the AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor Site Overview. Then review the official rules, login, and take a brief quiz on the newest additions to the AMD64 family of processors. If you correctly answer 7 out of the 10 questions, you’ll be entered into a drawing to win an AMD Athlon 64 FX processor-based gaming system or an AMD Athlon 64 Processor in a Box (PIB).
Posted by viper on Wednesday, October 29 @ 11:02:10 CET
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) on Monday announced the appointment of Digicom Computer as its third agent in Taiwan, a move expected to impact current market pricing and relationships in the near future. Digicom will add Athlon 64, Opteron and Athlon XP processors to its product offerings. The company also sells processors and DRAM modules. AMD’s two other Taiwan agents are Xander International and Weikeng Industrial.
Posted by viper on Monday, October 27 @ 11:29:49 CET
AMDZone has the first benchmarks of an Athlon 64 FX system with Cas 2 DDR400 registered memory from OCZ.
Setting aside pricing and availability OCZ has been able to get DDR400 Cas 2 registered memory to us. If other memory makers will follow suite remains to be seen. For now this is the fastest memory for Opteron or Athlon 64 FX we have ever tested. If you are looking to get the most performance out of your AMD64 dual channel memory CPU then OCZs PC3200 EL Dual Channel registered ECC memory should be on your radar.
Posted by sensemann on Wednesday, October 22 @ 12:38:39 CEST
We have all seen several different models of Athlon XP unlocking kits on the market. They pretty much all include some form of permanent conductive marking, a magnifying glass and a stick pin or something similar to apply your conductive material with. The principle behind the Speed-Strip is that many people dont want to permanently alter their chip or may be nervous that their hand may be not quite steady enough to connect small bridges on a processor with a pin; so why not make it easier?
So what is it you ask? The Speed Strip is a small piece of plastic with several holes drilled in it. Two of the holes (pic on bottom right) are coated in such as way as that the pins passing through the holes are shorted unlocking the multiplier giving you a range from 5 to a multiplier of 12.5.
Posted by sensemann on Saturday, October 18 @ 15:32:19 CEST
ABOUT A WEEK AGO, we mentioned that AMD was trying to combat a new wave of remarked chips in the USA. Since then, we have gotten a little more information, and without delay, we are passing it along.
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