AMD

Good news. If you own a AM2+ or AM3 mobo the new 6 core cpu’s from should be backwards compatible according to AMD. According to a recent article from Maximum PC it also states the following:
Although heavily reported as a rumor that an AMD six-core was coming to consumer desktops, the company had not confirmed [...]

AMD is going to try a different approach in how they will market their new processors and graphics, which will be optimized for Windows 7 when it launches next month. In what appears to have come from a Microsoft playbook, AMD is going to use what they call Vision with 4 distinct versions. The new [...]

When Microsoft announced that their new Windows 7 operating system would support virtualization on what they call XP Mode, that one of the common complaints about Vista would of have been solved. For those who purchase Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate, or who buy a new computer with  Windows 7 Professional or Windows 7 Ultimate [...]

As many of you know, AMD had previously decided not to compete in the Netbook market against Intel. I remember when I first read about this I found it strange. Why wouldn’t AMD want to get into what was being described as a revolution. A revolution of cheap computers with a main purpose of getting [...]

Now that Intel has received a whopping fine from the European Union, AMD is displaying their pleasure with the decision. On their web site they are displaying the following:

Which makes one wonder. When is the U.S. going to take Intel to task?
Your thoughts and comments are welcomed as always.
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For those of us who have been around computers since the first PC’s were introduced, we are familiar with the era when Intel was the only game in town. Intel charged what they wanted and there was little we could do about it. But AMD came along and gave the big CPU boys a moderate run [...]

On May 5th, most of you who are interested in trying out the next operating system from Microsoft will hit the servers to get a copy of Windows 7 RC [Release Candidate]. Be patient. There is going to be a huge crowd trying to get the download. Once you get the download and have it [...]

Now that Intel and Nvidia have been attacking each other, it now appears that Nvidia may, just may, enter into the x86 processor market. At a recent conference a senior executive from Nvidia indicated that in the next few years Nvidia would be producing a processor to challenge Intel and AMD.
In the article it also [...]

When I first read this article over at CNet about AMD and their decision not to get into the Netbook arena, my first response was ‘Why?’ One would think that from all of the hype about Netbooks and just about every OEM having their own Netbook models, that this would be a lucrative investment. But [...]

In a surprise move, Apple has decided to stop using Intel graphics chips in favor of NVidia. NVidia has remained silent about the change as well. According to Appleinsider the announcement for the change is planned to be announced tomorrow.
I have read in some of the forums, that some users are dissatisfied with the bulit [...]

AMD is expected to announce today that it is going to split the company into two distinct operations. One operation will be in charge of designing microprocessors and the second company will handle the business of manufacturing the chips. AMD is hoping to inject funds into both operations that will hopefully make it a true [...]

Last week I wrote an article about Silicon Valley and what some seem to feel is a lack of innovation coming from the area. [See article here.] So over the long three day weekend, as I read about how Google was coming out with their own browser Chrome, I thought to myself is this innovating [...]

My goodness. How many years has it been since the dispute started between AMD and Intel. It seems like AMD has been claiming that Intel uses dirty tricks to maintain its business dominance, since both companies started back in the late 60’s. But is the world starting to take notice? It seems it may have. [...]

AMD has a secret. On their 3 core and 4 core cpu’s they have six secret pins that will enable a user to crank up the speed [overclocking] of their cpu’s. Over at Tom’s Hardware they indicate that these new cpu’s when coupled with supporting motherboards will:
Taipei (Taiwan) - AMD has pulled a rabbit out [...]

You can always tell when it’s a slow news day in the technology field, because someone, somewhere writes about one of the following subjects:
1. ‘Is this the down fall’ of’ Microsoft, AMD, Intel, Cisco, Dell, HP,  SUN, the list goes on forever. [pick one]
2. Than we have the ‘What’s Better - AMD or Intel’ articles.
3. [...]

I started noticing a few years ago that some titles of the newest games  were not being released for the PC. That games were being developed for the PS3, Wii and X-box that left the PC gamer wondering. Is the PC gamer a thing of the past? Then along comes AMD with some type of [...]

It now seems that it is not only AMD users who are facing a reboot problem when installing SP3 for Windows XP, but also some Intel users as well. Over at the Microsoft Update Product Team Blog it appears that a filter is going to be in place to prevent SP3 from being installed on [...]

I thought I would do some follow up reporting on some issues that keep coming up.
AVG 8 is still posing problems for Eudora users. Though the nag screen from AVG 7.5 states the freebie will expire on May 31, 2008 in the forums AVG tech. support has stated that the actual date is Dec. 31, [...]

Just a quick note:
Thanks to Jesper Johansson, MVP for this fix for the AMD reboot problem after installing SP3 for Microsoft’s Windows XP
The free-of-charge VBScript file is available for download.
Comments welcome
PS I ran this on my wife’s AMD powered Gateway laptop and the Intel driver was not present.
[tags]windows, xp, sp3, reboot, fix, AMD, microsoft, [/tags]

Now that Dell is dumping their XPS line of computers, it is time for Alienware [owned by Dell] to step up to the plate. The people at Alienware seem raring to go and have plans for a low-end gaming system based on the AMD-ATI combo. But this system is going to offer another surprise. Price.
Take [...]