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more about #amd more comments → MrBlahBlah: "In addition, allegedly, Intel secretly redesigned key software, known as a compiler, in a way that deliberately stunted the performance of competitor... more » savage3006: damn better get ready Intel cus you ain't winning this one. Can intel just call the FTC and say, "can we just pay and get this over with so we don't ... more » Robusto68: I'm suing them for anti-competitive practices too. I tried making my own CPU's at home for sale, and some intel guy came in my house and kicked my leg... more » bagellord: Intel makes superior chips (Core 2 Duo, Core i7, etc), but AMD is a better bang for your buck. Given a choice I'll take AMD because it's cheaper. Inte... more » FermentedDischarge: More pocket change for Intel to shell out for no good reason. It's a no-brainer that Intel's chips are better. They even had to use the phrase "potent... more » madog: Money for nothing and the chips for free. I want my, I want my, I want my AMD... more » mustanganator: Intel CPUs are just better, since the core 2 family intel has been wasting AMD, their chips suck "uuuh we will sell you a triple core(its really a bad... more » blash: "potentially superior" chips from AMD... cough, cough... AMD is relevant today (versus Intel... not talking about ATI vs. nVidia here) for one reason... more » taniquetil: It might be important to note that Intel hasn't actually been proven guilty of any market price fixing yet. On another note, why, when the American e... more » Mikestan: more » yantelope: I'd like to believe these fines actually do something to help the marketplace become more competitive but in the end it seems like all they do is make... more » Mikestan: Uncle Sam just wants his cut. It's basically a billion+ dollars for free. They would be stupid not to do this. more » Noobs-R-Us: Anti-Schmanti! Intel has changed their practice a long time ago. Back when AMD was still a competitor. In fact, when AMD's chip was garnering all the ... more » Bertone77: All I want is for every fricking computer to have a PEN-TI-UM processor, is that too much to ask!? more » SuperSonik: "Intel apparently designed compiler code so that it "deliberately stunted" the performance of the code when run on non-Intel CPUs, and then told the p... more » -
#lawsuits
FTC Suing Intel For Anti-Competitive Practices
As predicted, the Federal Trade Commission is suing Intel for, as they put it, "[engaging] in a deliberate campaign to hamstring competitive threats to its monopoly." This isn't going to end well for Intel. More » -
#intel
Intel's High-End Larrabee Graphics Card Won't Be Released Anytime Soon
Intel just told us that its first Larrabee graphics card isn't ever coming out "as standalone discrete product," because they're behind where they'd hoped to be in development, meaning you won't be shoving one inside of your PC anytime soon. More » -
#intel
The FTC Still Wants to Slay the Intel Monopoly Monster
Sure, Intel paid off AMD to drop their antitrust suit, but the FTC's still mighty interested in their their fights with Nvidia, and concerned about preserving competition in the chip marketplace overall. It could get ugly. [BW] -
#graphicscards
ATI Radeon HD 5970: The World's Fastest Graphics Card
The ATI Radeon HD 5970 slaughters the competition in pretty much every benchmark thrown at it. It's outrageously fast. We're talking five teraflops here, people. Teraflops. More » -
#amd
AMD Phenom II Breaks 7GHz Barrier
7.08GHz. That's the record-shattering speed an AMD Phenom II processor was overclocked to using a massive amount of liquid helium. You can watch the whole process in this documentary video set to one kickass soundtrack. [Crunchgear] -
#amd
AMD's Atom-Mauling Bobcat and High-End Bulldozer Chips
Sure, AMD's sorta reveling in getting handed $1.25 billion by Intel, but more importantly, they've just revealed the future of AMD chips: The promised Atom competitor Bobcat, and a new high-end architecture called Bulldozer. More » -
#antitrust
Intel Pays AMD $1.25 Billion To End Antitrust, Patent Wars
In case you were wondering if Intel's business practices were as shady as the European Commission and the NY Attorney General think they are, look no further than this: Intel is paying $1.25 billion—plus frills—to avoid fighting. More » -
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#remainders
Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
Insane Graphics Card Packs 2GB Memory and Six (Yes, Six) DisplayPort Ports...Volcano Prevention Efforts May Result in Volcano Eruption...Makeshift Bike Rack Attaches to Street Signs...PC Built Inside a Classy-as-Hell Leather and Wood Chest... More » -
#intel
Intel Hit With a Massive Antitrust Suit, In the US This Time
Remember how Intel got smacked in the face with a $1.45 billion fine in the EU for shadily suffocating AMD into submission? Today, New York's Attorney General has brought the fight to the US. This is going to get messy. More » -
#windows7
PC Makers May Have Too Much Stock, Deals On the Way?
Sounds like PC makers might have missed Ballmer's call for tempered Windows 7 expectations. There's a chance that they're sitting on a glut of inventory now, is there any hope that excess stock will translate to even better holiday deals? More » -
#xbox360
Rumor: ATI Locked in for Next-Gen Xbox Graphics?
Nothing is official, but Fudzilla's sources suggest Microsoft liked the Xbox 360's Xenos graphics enough to stay with ATI for its next console, possibly slated for 2012. Given the lead-time, it may even be a 28-nanometer chip. [Fudzilla via CrunchGear] -
#amd
ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series Is First to Support DirectX 11, Drive 180 Inches of Monitors
Do you remember that crazy, 6x30-inch monitor rig by AMD? Well their upcoming ATI Radeon HD 5800 series graphics cards are what drive the uber display. More » -
#amd
AMD Confirms Six-Core Consumer Processors Codenamed "Thuban"
Just one day before Intel's IDF conference, AMD dropped a little bit of a bomb on us, confirming that they will bring hexa-core processors to consumer computers. Even better, they'll be backwards compatible with existing AM3 and AM2+ motherboards. More » -
#amd
AMD Athlon II X4 620: Four Cores for $99
AMD's new Athlon II X4 chips are like a Phenom II minus the L3 cache. But they're super-cheap: $99 (2.6GHz-620), and $122 (2.8Ghz-630). Also looks like they hold their own against the $150 Core 2 Quad 8200: [Maximum PC] -
#amd
AMD's Eyefinity Graphics Card Drives Six 30-Inch Monitors At Once
Good Lord—that is badass. What you are seeing here is the product of AMD's next-gen DirectX 11 graphics cards with an Eyefinity feature that allows you to use multiple monitors as a single display. More » -
#notebooks
AMD’s Next-Gen Ultrathin Notebook Platform Promises 1080p Video and Decent Battery Life
We have already told you there are gonna be more rail thin Windows 7 notebooks than you can count—most packing new Intel ULV chips—but AMD's promising 1080p video playback capabilities and solid battery life. More » -
#amd
AMD Vision Takes Complicated Processor Stickers off Laptops…Kinda
Alright AMD, I'm feeling what you're putting down. Instead of stickers with XY and Z processor names taking up palmrests, you'd rather just tell people what the computer can do. More » -
#laptops
Why Laptop Battery Claims Are So Useless, And Why That Won't Soon Change
It's one of those things we take for granted: official laptop battery life claims have an extremely tenuous relationship with reality. Not surprisingly, everyone's using the same tricks to conjure their silly estimates—and they don't plan on stopping. More » -
#directx11
AMD Unveils World's First DirectX 11 Graphics Processor, Takes It for a Spin in Public
AMD demoed their buzzed-about DirectX 11 graphics processor at the Computex show in Taiwan, offering proof that they're making progress in getting to market first with their product. More »
