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AMD announced several new projects that will compete with Intel’s Atom processor late next year, according to ExtremeTech. The company expects to add the Caspian and Conesus processors sometime next year. Both products are intended for use in mini-notebooks or netbooks, featuring the same 45-nm architecture of the new Shanghai processor announced earlier this week. Dual-cores will be featured in both, along with DDR-2 memory support. (more…)

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AMD may spin-off two of its fabrication plants in Dresden, Germany within two weeks, according to a Wall Street securities analyst. Details on the “asset smart” plan here.

AMD has talked vaguely about a manufacturing spin-off for more than a year now. Company chairman Hector Ruiz told analysts in July that he hopes to complete a deal before the end of 2008. Ruiz stepped down as CEO and was instructed by his board to concentrate his efforts on completing the deal.

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Gamers and digital media enthusiasts will soon be able to experience high-definition performance at mainstream price points with the availability of Advanced Micro Devices’ (AMD) Phenom X3 8000 series triple-core processors. (more…)

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If you’re curious as to what AMD has in store for the remainder of 2008, then a leaked slide should provide some comfort. The full low-down can be read here.

To begin with, AMD will continue to make additions to the Athlon X2 energy-efficient dual-core processors. On October the 2nd, Athlon X2 5050e would be released in both tray and processor-in-[a]-box (PIB) stocks. (more…)

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Please forward this information to any customer running 3DMax

The ATI Catalyst Hotfix driver (8.471.1) for 3DMark Vantage can be found here:

http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp? deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=33840

Release notes regarding the ATI Catalyst 3DMark Vantage hotfix driver: (more…)

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AMD perusahaan processor yang mengakuisisi ATI, menghadirkan terobosan terbaru dalam teknologi Video Card. Yakni, meluncurkan chip grafis teraflop pertama di dunia lewat ATI Radeon HD 4850 dan kartu grafis pertama di dunia yang mengusung memori dengan bandwith sangat besar, GDDR5, ATI Radeon HD 4870.

Yang menjadi sorotan adalah ATI Radeon HD 4850. VGA ini mampu mengungguli 40% lebih tinggi dari GForce 8800GT dibeberapa BenchMark Game, Sedangkan pada 3DMark06, kinerja Radeon HD4850 lebih tinggi 20% ketimbang Geforce 8800GT. Bahkan dibanding Geforce 9800GTX yang harganya berkisar $350 itu, kinerja Radeon HD4850 pada 3DMark06 masih lebih tinggi 10%, padahal ATI Radeon HD 4850 dirilis dikisaran harga $200 saja.

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