While antitrust lawyers say the missing documents probably won't give AMD a decisive legal edge, shifts in antitrust law could make Intel vulnerable.
Featuring the latest AMD A-Series Accelerated Processing Units (APUs), the ThinkCentre M78 gives business professionals a reliable PC with powerful performance, a high level of security and energy efficiency.
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"The HP Pavilion TouchSmart Sleekbook is HP's most affordable touch-enabled system, perfect for Windows 8 users and with the performance of the AMD A-Series APU supporting an excellent overall experience, " said Kevin Frost, vice president and general manager, Consumer PCs, Printing and Personal Systems, HP.
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So no surprise to find AMD coveting a cut of that turf too, with this, their new living room PC reference design -- a prototype AMD hopes will be copied by manufacturers to bring AMD's Live!
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But in the hyper-competitive microprocessor market, where computer-makers relentlessly demand cheaper chips with ever-higher performance, being a lot smaller puts AMD at a distinct disadvantage.
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Last month, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo launched an investigation into whether Intel forced its customers to lock out rival AMD, mirroring a case filed by AMD against Intel in 2005 in a U.S. District Court in Delaware.
Subtract a one-time charge related to its acquisition of graphics chip specialist ATI, and AMD reported a loss of 90 cents per share during its March quarter, far short of analyst expectations of a loss of 48 cents per share--even after AMD had guided estimates lower not once but twice over the preceding quarter.
The sweeping allegations in Cuomo's statement mirror those made in a case filed against Intel in 2005 by AMD in a U.S. District Court in Delaware, Mulloy said.
They seemed enthusiastic, and I suspect they were a little more so by the end of the conference, as AMD painted a convincing portrait of the benefits of Fusion during the keynote speeches and breakout sessions.
Spider is a step toward AMD's goal of putting high-end graphics capabilities on a single slice of silicon with its processors, a project AMD has dubbed Fusion.
Spider is a step toward AMD's (nyse: AMD - news - people ) goal of putting high-end graphics capabilities on a single slice of silicon with its processors, a project AMD has dubbed Fusion.
What if using Avastin for AMD has a worse safety profile, but also costs a lot less?
Specifically, can you remember the last time AMD had a legitimate claim to the desktop performance crown?
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First, scrappy chip maker AMD grabbed a huge chunk of Intel's market share in the lucrative server processor business.
That awful quarter has sent AMD into a rethinking of its entire business.
Thirty-one days after Meyer was ousted, AMD began a review of its strategy.
In an effort to strengthen its competitiveness and reduce its expense base, AMD announced a restructuring plan last quarter.
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In September, AMD released a new four-core processor design, nicknamed Barcelona, that is getting strong reviews and commanding premium prices.
In one corner, AMD had a pair of laptops playing a battle scene from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
Scrappy AMD has a history of surprising Intel by defying the numbers and cranking out a better chip, with fewer resources.
On Thursday, AMD announced a first-quarter loss far wider than analyst expectations.
Even in Q2 2o12, while AMD registered a sequential decline, Intel posted a 14% increase in revenues from its data center group.
Not that long ago AMD blew a tentative deal to supply processors to the single most attractive customer in the device market: Apple.
Towards the end of 2009, AMD had a head-start in the DirectX 11 desktop graphics market, which facilitated a gain in market share.
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In the lucrative server-processor market, Barcelona, slated for introduction in August, may help AMD keep a grip on hard-won territory in corporate data centers.
While AMD fought a successful three-year campaign to grab market share, Intel began hitting back last summer, overhauling its lineup of processors and slashing prices.
Historically, AMD enjoyed a 15% share in the server processor market but has witnessed a continuous slide ever since, mainly on account of execution issues.
Backing out one-time charges, AMD reported a loss of 90 cents per share, far short of analyst expectations of a loss of 48 cents per share.
And AMD got a mention at the end of splatter-fest Grindhouse in theaters over the weekend, continuing the company's campaign of popping up in unexpected places to plug its processors.
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