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AMD and Blizzard Entertainment® Join Forces in Strategic Global Agreement
13th Aug 2008 Collaboration helps ensure rich experience for World of Warcraft® gamers playing on new AMD ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series graphics cards SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- 12th August 2008 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Blizzard Entertainment® that will allow AMD to bundle Blizzard’s best games across all ATI Radeon™ graphics products, to...
AMD Delivers World’s First TeraFLOPS Graphics Chip
25th Jun 2008 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 SUNNYVALE, Calif. — June 25, 2008 — AMD (NYSE:AMD) today achieved two world firsts in visual computing: the launch of the first teraFLOPS graphics card, the ATI Radeon™ HD 4850, and the launch of the first...
AMD Employs GDDR5 to Fuel Next-Generation ATI Radeon Graphics Solutions
21st May 2008 SUNNYVALE, Calif.--AMD (NYSE:AMD) today announced the first commercial implementation of Graphics Double Data Rate, version 5 (GDDR5) memory in its forthcoming next generation of ATI Radeon™ graphics card products. The high-speed, high-bandwidth GDDR5 technology is expected to become the new memory standard in the industry, and that same performance and bandwidth is a key...
AMD GAME! Enables Console-like Simplicity for Mainstream PCs
19th May 2008 SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--From the company powering the visual experience of the two most popular gaming consoles in the world today1, AMD (NYSE: AMD) announces AMD GAME!. This program is designed to help consumers select perfectly suited PCs for high-definition gaming. AMD GAME! platforms combine the powerful balance of multi-core processors, exceptional HD digital...
AMD Introduces AMD Business Class, Designed
29th Apr 2008 AMD Introduces AMD Business Class, Designed With Business in Mind First desktop platforms featuring commercial stable AMD Phenom and AMD Athlon processors with up to 24-month stability and longevity now available from leading OEMs SUNNYVALE, Calif. April 28, 2008 AMD (NYSE: AMD) today introduced AMD Business Class, an initiative dedicated to developing AMD...
AMD DELIVERS INDUSTRYS FIRST 3D WORKSTATION GRAPHICS CARD WITH DISPLAYPORT
1st Apr 2008 AMD DELIVERS INDUSTRYS FIRST COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE 3D WORKSTATION GRAPHICS CARD WITH DISPLAYPORT SUPPORT ATI FireGL V7700 provides superb performance and image quality for professional 3D and imaging markets SUNNYVALE, Calif. March 31, 2008 AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced it is advancing application performance with stunning imagery through the introduction of...
AMD EXTENDS ENERGY-EFFICIENT PROCESSING LEADERSHIP WITH 65-WATT QUAD-CORE CPU
28th Mar 2008 AMD EXTENDS ENERGY-EFFICIENT PROCESSING LEADERSHIP WITH WORLDS FIRST 65-WATT QUAD-CORE DESKTOP PROCESSOR AMD Phenom X4 9100e processor enables fullfeatured, sleek and quiet quad-core PCs SUNNYVALE, Calif. March 27, 2008 AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the availability of the worlds first energy-efficient desktop quad-core processor, providing customers with a...
AMD LAUNCHES WORLDS FIRST X86 TRIPLE-CORE PROCESSORS
28th Mar 2008 AMD LAUNCHES WORLDS FIRST X86 TRIPLE-CORE PROCESSORS New AMD Phenom X3 8000 series processors and AMD 780 chipsets create the ultimate mainstream desktop platform SUNNYVALE, Calif. March 27, 2008 AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the availability of AMD Phenom X3 8000 series triple-core processors, providing gamers and digital media enthusiasts with exceptional...
AMD Collaborates With Microsoft on Windows Server 2008
28th Feb 2008 AMD Collaborates With Microsoft on Windows Server 2008 to Deliver Industry Leading Solution to Customers Microsofts New Operating System Paired with AMD Processors Provides a Solid Business Foundation with Better Investment Protection, Low Energy Usage and Unmatched Performance SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced it has worked closely with...
AMD Accelerates Application Development with Release of Open Source Perf Library
20th Feb 2008 AMD Accelerates Application Development with Inaugural Release of Open Source Performance Library Partners, customers and open source software developer community encouraged to download new Framewave code and start contributing to the project immediately SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that it has open sourced its AMD Performance...
AMD sharpens focus on latest multimedia technologies
14th Feb 2008 BARCELONA, SPAIN Feb. 13, 2008 Today at the GSMA Mobile World Congress, AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced an expanded portfolio of products and technologies to enable such popular, media-rich applications as mobile TV, 3D games and high-fidelity audio, delivering immersive entertainment to tomorrows mobile phones and handheld devices. AMD has enhanced its established line of...
AMD Unleashes Enthusiast Gaming Performance for the Masses with ATI Radeon HD 3800
15th Nov 2007 AMD Unleashes Enthusiast Gaming Performance for the Masses with ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series Incredible performance per watt and scalability with never before seen price points put enthusiast-class gaming in reach of all users SUNNYVALE, Calif. November 15, 2007 AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the introduction and immediate availability of the ATI Radeon HD 3800...
AMD Introduces the World's Most Advanced x86 Processor
10th Sep 2007 Sunnyvale, Calif. Sept. 10, 2007 AMD (NYSE: AMD) today introduced the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor, the worlds most advanced x86 processor ever designed and manufactured and the first native x86 quad-core microprocessor. Designed from inception for the most demanding datacenters, Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor-based servers from global OEMs and system builders...
AMD To Boost Performance Through New Extensions To x86 Instruction Set
30th Aug 2007 SUNNYVALE, Calif. August 30, 2007 AMD today announced further plans to innovate the x86 architecture by introducing SSE5, a new extension of the x86 instruction set that is designed to allow software developers to simplify code and achieve greater efficiency for the most performance-hungry applications. SSE5 will give developers additional capabilities to help maximize...
AMD Unveils Innovation-Packed Series of ATI FireGL Workstation Graphics Accelerators
10th Aug 2007 SIGGRAPH, San Diego, Calif. -- August 6, 2007 --At SIGGRAPH 2007 today, AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced five new high-performance ATI FireGL workstation graphics accelerators for CAD, DCC and medical imaging professionals. The ATI FireGL V8650, FireGL V8600, FireGL V7600, FireGL V5600, and FireGL V3600 graphics boards are based on the next-generation ATI graphics processing unit...
AMD Unveils Technology Innovation To Extend Memory Footprint for Servers
27th Jul 2007 AMD Unveils Forward-Looking Technology Innovation To Extend Memory Footprint for Server Computing Latest Customer-Centric Innovation from AMD to Improve Performance Burgeoning Technologies like Virtualisation and Multi-Core Computing SUNNYVALE, Calif. July 25, 2007 Responding to customer and industry demand for increasingly improved system memory capabilities...
AMD Imageon Drives Multimedia Technology Behind Avant-Garde New PRADA Phone by LG
5th Apr 2007 SUNNYVALE, CALIF. April 3, 2007 AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that powerful AMD multimedia technology is concealed behind the sleek, elegant exterior of the new touch-screen PRADA phone by LG Electronics Mobile Communications. Despite an ultra-thin profile of just 12 mm, the model KE850 PRADA phone by LG features such multimedia functions as a camera, video player...
New AMD Platform Advances the Windows Vista Premium Experience for Mobile Computing
29th Mar 2007 New AMD Platform Advances the Windows Vista Premium Experience for Mobile Computing Notebooks featuring new AMD M690 chipset deliver greater value to businesses and consumers with improved battery life and exceptional graphics performance SUNNYVALE, Calif. March 29, 2007 AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the availability of the AMD M690 chipset. Together with AMD...
AMD Drives Industry Efforts To Enable Console-Quality Games For Handheld Devices
8th Mar 2007 SUNNYVALE, CALIF. March 7, 2007 AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced its strategy to enable visually stunning and immersive games and multimedia content optimised for handheld devices powered by AMDs next-generation graphics technologies. As a leading supplier to the handheld market, AMD is introducing a suite of tools to help content creators jumpstart the development of...
AMD Demonstrates Accelerated Computing Solution that Breaks Teraflop Barrier
1st Mar 2007 San Francisco March 1, 2007 AMD (NYSE: AMD) today showcased a single-system, Accelerated Computing platform that breaks the teraflop computing barrier. Organizations are ultimately expected to be able to apply this technology to a wide range of scientific, medical, business and consumer computing applications. At a press event in San Francisco, AMD demonstrated a...
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