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AMD chips into business market
News On Monday the chipmaker launched what it is calling its Business Class platform, previously code-named Hardcastle. The new line-up of business chips will include AMD Athlon and AMD Phenom processors for desktop machines. [29 Apr 2008]
AMD takes knife to desktop chip prices
News The cuts, as much as 35 per cent on high-end dual-core Athlon 64 X2 processors, come just weeks after rival chipmaker Intel made a similar pricing move. AMD has slashed prices on desktop processors, as new manufacturing technologies make it easier... [12 Feb 2007]
Intel, AMD fight it out for market share
News The chipmaker had 25.3 per cent of chip shipments in the fourth quarter of 2006, an increase from 23.3 per cent from the year-earlier quarter and the highest number in its history. AMD and Intel both showed gains in x86 processors for servers with... [31 Jan 2007]
Sun set to bring back Intel's Xeon for servers
News That means the chipmaker will devote engineering resources to validate the software and help with hardware support such as support for chip power management. Sun pushed Intel out of its x86 server line in favour of AMD's Opteron in early 2005... [22 Jan 2007]
Intel flaunts Xeon mark two
News Dell and Intel this week showed off servers using the chipmaker's forthcoming high-end "Tulsa" Xeon, a chip Intel has begun shipping but not formally announced. AMD this week announced its new "Rev F" line of dual-core Opteron processors, which in... [17 Aug 2006]
Dell to crank up the heat on AMD love-in
News Dell, the last of the big four server makers to accept AMD's chips into its product portfolio, is expected to announce today it's expanding its partnership with the chipmaker to include new AMD-based servers, desktops and laptops. [17 Aug 2006]
Intel to launch business PC brand?
News The famous "Intel Inside" campaign gave the chipmaker a direct relationship with customers even though they buy computers from another supplier such as Dell or Toshiba. The chipmaker has a "brand hierarchy", with Intel being the "master brand" at... [27 Mar 2006]
Mactels won't show off "Intel inside"
News Most brand-name PCs that use Intel processors take part in the "Intel Inside" programme, which gives the computer makers marketing dollars for displaying the chipmaker's logo on their products and in their advertising. [11 Jan 2006]
Dell to phase out Itanium-based servers
News Dell is phasing out Intel Itanium-based servers, a move by one of the chipmaker's closest allies that reflects Dell's emphasis on low-cost servers and the processor's failure to spread into the mainstream. [16 Sep 2005]
Intel and Skype buddy up for better VoIP
News An Intel representative said Skype does not receive funds from Intel Capital, the chipmaker's investment arm. Intel is investing in VoIP giant Skype to make sure the company's software products are streamlined for Intel's next generation of dual... [25 Aug 2005]
Intel's Pandora has a Mac Mini feel
News The chipmaker unveiled the prototype with AOpen on Tuesday at the Computex trade show in Taiwan. AOpen also said it is making PC motherboards based on Intel's latest Pentium D processors with 945G and 945P chipsets. [01 Jun 2005]
AMD hires ex-Dell exec
News AMD on Monday appointed former Dell executive Mort Topfer to its board of directors, prompting analysts to wonder if the chipmaker is making more of an effort to cosy up to Dell. It is thus a major target for the chipmaker. [08 Feb 2005]
Intel ushers in new naming era
News The chipmaker unveiled three models of its latest Pentium M processor, a chip dubbed Dothan, at an event in San Francisco. Additionally, on Friday the chipmaker revealed that it plans to redraw its desktop processor road map for 2005. [10 May 2004]
Back to the drawing board for Intel roadmaps
News The Santa Clara, California-based chipmaker confirmed that it will shelve Tejas, a version of the Pentium 4 due out later this year, and Jayhawk, a similar Xeon chip for servers that had been slated for 2005. [10 May 2004]
HP goes twos-up on Itanium chips
News The plans, which apply to the next-generation "Madison" and "Montecito" models in Intel's Itanium chip line, illustrate that HP is able to expand on the basic processors that Intel offers, decreasing its reliance on the chipmaker. [25 Oct 2002]
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