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The HEXUS.channel week in review

18 July 2008, 17:55

Featuring high drama in the CPU sector, yet another Microhoo chapter and channel fire fighting.

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AMD shares down 12% in early trading

18 July 2008, 15:04

Following the replacement of its CEO and Q2 losses of nearly $1.2 billion, AMD’s share price dropped sharply.

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AMD succession was planned two years ago

18 July 2008, 13:08

An AMD director has revealed that the replacement of Ruiz with Meyer is the final phase of a two year succession plan.

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AMD Board of Directors Elects Dirk Meyer President and CEO

18 July 2008, 12:42

AMD Board of Directors Elects Dirk Meyer President and CEO

AMD CEO Hector quits - AMD announces appointment of Dirk Meyer as President and CEO of AMD

17 July 2008, 22:14

Hector Ruiz is stepping down and has announced the appointment of Dirk Meyer as new President and CEO of AMD as it reports Q2 loss of $1.189 billion.

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Has AMD missed its chance with Puma?

17 July 2008, 19:22

AMD has revealed that there is only one Puma notebook currently available for sale in the UK. six weeks after launch...

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AMD exec questions Intel Centrino 2 graphics

16 July 2008, 18:42

Patrick Moorhead, AMD’s VP for advanced marketing, questions the graphics capabilities of Intel’s new notebook platform.

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Review: Twin-gun AMD R700 aims to blow NVIDIA out of the water

14 July 2008, 18:41

Radeon HD 4870 X2 punches with 2.4TFLOPS of compute power. Good enough to dethrone the NVIDIA GTX 280? - we tell you.

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Review: AMD ATI HD 4870 X2 - the new graphics performance leader?

14 July 2008, 11:37

Radeon HD 4870 X2 punches with 2.4TFLOPS of compute power. Good enough to dethrone the NVIDIA GTX 280? - we tell you.

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HEXUS.sharewatch: Q2 earnings week for Intel and AMD

14 July 2008, 11:10

Intel announces its Q2 earnings on Tuesday and AMD does the same on Thursday amid more ATI writedowns.

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AMD to take a further $880 million impairment charge from ATI acquisition

11 July 2008, 18:06

In a filing with the SEC, AMD announced that it is taking impairment charges from the handheld and DTV units of ATI.

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Review: HEXUS Group Test :: Is there a perfect high-end Intel motherboard?

10 July 2008, 05:15

We look at four Intel-based motherboards, taking in Intel and NVIDIA chipsets, DDR3 versus DDR2 performance and three-card CrossFireX and triple-SLI scaling. Interested? Read on...

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Leaked AMD slides hint at 790GX performance

9 July 2008, 10:02

AMD's 790GX chipset is just around the corner, and a pair of leaked slights boast a significant IGP performance boost.

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AMD or NVIDIA? 74 per cent of HEXUS.community members choose AMD

4 July 2008, 16:52

AMD and NVIDIA's next-generation graphics cards are now readily available, and the HEXUS.community members show a clear preference for the AMD option.

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HEXUS.tv Exclusive : AMD's Guiseppe Amato on Puma: Does the CPU matter?

3 July 2008, 15:49

In part one of this interview, AMD's Guiseppe Amato explains the principles of Puma to HEXUS.tv's Tarinder Sandhu - it's all about 'balance'.

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AMD launches trio of new Phenom CPUs

1 July 2008, 15:39

AMD has today added to its modest line-up of Phenom processors with a new range-topper and two energy-efficient parts.

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When hacks prevail: NVIDIA PhysX running on AMD graphics card

1 July 2008, 11:12

Eran Badit of NGOHQ.com has managed to run NVIDIA's PhysX on an AMD Radeon 3870 and the performance boost is nothing to sneeze at.

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How to control the fan speed of your Radeon HD 4850/4870

30 June 2008, 18:01

Unhappy with the automatic fan-speed controller on your Radeon HD 4000 series graphics card? Here's how to set the speed manually.

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AMD GPU sales VP says “At last we’re making a dent in NVIDIA”

30 June 2008, 13:28

There’s no doubt that John Byrne is right, but the question is: how much of a dent and for how long?

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HEXUS.sharewatch: AMD worst performer in declining market

30 June 2008, 11:19

Every company on our list suffered a fall in its share price last week but, perhaps surprisingly, AMD's loss was the greatest.

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HEXUS.tv Exclusive: AMD's Patrice David talks about Puma - PART 2

30 June 2008, 09:43

HEXUS.tv's Paul Dutton continues his grilling of Patrice David, AMD's EMEA Product Marketing Manager for Notebooks.

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AMD reveals its next-generation mobile technology, Shrike

27 June 2008, 14:15

AMD's Shrike to incorporate CPU, memory controller, and GPU into a single die in late 2009 - Fusion finally coming to life.

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Opportunity knocks: AMD breathes life into ATI All-In-Wonder

26 June 2008, 11:07

AMD's hit many of the right notes with its Radeon HD 4000 series, and it's taking the opportunity to resurrect the forgotten All-In-Wonder series.

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AMD Expands The Ultimate Visual Experience™ Combining Exceptional HD Graphics, HDTV, and HD Video for PCs

26 June 2008, 10:10

One-of-a-kind ATI All-In-Wonder™ HD takes the home theater PC to new levels of TV enjoyment and graphics quality.

AMD loses Dave Everitt 'its most strategic gladiator'

26 June 2008, 09:30

A great many in the European IT channel and Press will be shocked to learn that AMD has lost Dave Everitt, one of its most fearsome long-term gladiators.

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AMD EMEA graphics head says Radeon HD 4850 sales have been “incredible”

25 June 2008, 16:56

Darren Grasby thinks the 4850 has put AMD/ATI back on top and that there’s more to come.

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QOTW: what will be your next graphics card?

25 June 2008, 15:59

AMD and NVIDIA have let loose their next-gen graphics cards, but we ask you, our readers, what will be your next purchase?

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AMD Radeon HD 4850: launch-day pricing comparison

25 June 2008, 13:23

AMD's eagerly-awaited Radeon HD 4850 might have slipped out a little early, but now that it's here officially, let's take a look at availability and pricing.

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AMD Appoints Emilio Ghilardi to Head EMEA Region

25 June 2008, 12:52

AMD Appoints Emilio Ghilardi to Head EMEA Region

Review: AMD's ATI Radeon HD 4850 and 4870: bloodying NVIDIA's profits

25 June 2008, 11:56

Today sees the official launch of the ATI Radeon HD 4850 and HD 4870 graphics cards. We disseminate the technology and evaluate just how hard they punch NVIDIA in the ...

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AMD Delivers World’s First TeraFLOPS Graphics Chip

25 June 2008, 11:15

ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series represents a new milestone in graphics architecture, with 800 cores driving cinema-quality realism in all aspects of visual computing.