AMD says it will get back to its glory days
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 10 November 2015 11:46

AMD says it will get back to its glory days


Back to black in 2016

AMD's EMEA component sales manager Neil Spicer is "confident" his outfit can return to profitability in 2016.

Jim Keller was not a big fan of K12
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 05 November 2015 10:50

Jim Keller was not a big fan of K12


Exclusive: Zen drive more important

Legendary, now ex AMD chief engineer Jim Keller was not a fan of the ARM-based K12 and sidelined it in favour of Zen development.

AMD Zen silicon might be in good shape
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 04 November 2015 08:45

AMD Zen silicon might be in good shape


At least a bloke who knows ex AMD chap claims

A website based its article on one forum post claims that AMD Zen meets all expectations because he knows someone who works in AMD. So it must be true. 

AMD's Zen man Keller defects to Samsung
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Monday, 26 October 2015 11:30

AMD's Zen man Keller defects to Samsung


That was Zen but this is now

The brains behind some key CPU designs in AMD and Apple has defected to Samsung.

More poor results from AMD
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Friday, 16 October 2015 09:59

More poor results from AMD


Has to flog plant 

AMD's woes are deepening as its profits continue to fall and it lacks any high tech product to pull its nadgers out of the fire.

AMD sheds 500 more staff
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Friday, 02 October 2015 08:50

AMD sheds 500 more staff


We warned you 

While we want AMD to do well to balance the Intel and Nvidia empires, it does seem that the outfit cannot get a break.  Today it announced that it is letting 500 staff go and will begin another wave of restructuring.

AMD gives TSMC Zen
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Friday, 25 September 2015 14:49

AMD gives TSMC Zen


What is the sound of 16nm FinFET clapping

Amid rumours of Globalfoundries' slow 14nm FinFET yield, it appears that AMD has taken its Zen project to TSMC.

AMD gave Zen engineers a free hand
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Thursday, 24 September 2015 10:43

AMD gave Zen engineers a free hand


Has one hand clapping – but no ARM 

AMD has said that its Zen engineers had total freedom to build a chip from scratch and come up with the best.

ASUS shows off new Zen all-in-one
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Friday, 04 September 2015 11:39

ASUS shows off new Zen all-in-one


All things are One Thing and No-thing

ASUS has been demonstrating its new Zen AiO S series all-in-one PCs.

AMD waves its graphics core next roadmap
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Thursday, 13 August 2015 11:42

AMD waves its graphics core next roadmap


Optimism or misty optics?

AMD has been waving about its graphics core next [GCN] roadmap despite admitting it is having difficulty due to lowering the research and development budget.