AMD, owners of ATI have decided that they’ll drop the ATI brand name by end of this year. This decision is a result of an internal marketing research done by the company that claims that AMD is perceived as a superior brand than ATI. Moreover, AMD is said to be competitive than ATI when […]
AMD’s Eyefinity-enabled Samsung SyncMaster MD Series releasing in June
Samsung has announced that their multi-monitor SyncMaster MD Series equipped with AMD’s Eyefinity technology will make its retail debut around the world in June. Samsung will sell these 23-inchers as a single monitor or will bundle three or six together with a custom stand. The thin 7.6mm bezel on the sides of the monitor […]
AMD powered Acer Apsire One 521 leaks out
Acer will soon be releasing a new Aspire One netbook powered by an AMD processor. Macles, who’s spot on Acer’s upcoming products claims AO521 will be powered by AMD V105 processor. The netbook won’t be the fastest one around since the CPU is clocked at 1.2GHz but will boast decent graphics performance with the […]
Asus launches M4A89GTD PRO Mobo with Core Unlocker for AMD CPUs
Asus has announced a new motherboard series in India that with a switch of a button instantly unlocks cores of an AMD processor. The motherboard supports Phenom II, Athlon II and Sempron 100 Series processors and comes with ATI CrossFireX, DX10.1, SATA 6Gb/s and USB 3.0 support. The USP however, is its Core Unlocker […]
ATI unveils cheap Radeon HD 5450 GPU
Users looking for a decent performer in the graphics department but don’t want to shell out much can take a look at ATI’s newest offering. The Radeon HD 5450 lowers the price bar to around $60 from 5670’s $100 but gives at par performance with 512MB memory and support for DirectX 11, Eyefinity multi-display […]
AMD introduces ATI Radeon HD 5670 GPU
AMD today announced a new and cheap graphics card. The Radeon HD 5670 GPU is the first graphics card that boasts DirectX11 support for a $100 price tag. The card claims to give the full Windows 7 experience with its oodles of features like the GDDR5 memory, 400 stream processors, OpenGL 3.2 and ATI […]
AMD integrates DX11 support in mobile graphics cards
AMD has taken the crown for being the first GPU company to give DirectX11 support for notebooks. The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series is now DirectX11 capable, allowing users to harness more power off their Windows 7 notebooks as well as support ATI’s Eyefinity multi-display technology. Additionally, all the GPUs will have the […]
Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion, settle all disputes
Seems the ongoing semiconductor war between Intel and AMD will end soon. Intel and AMD have reached an agreement where they’ve decided to end all legal disputes and focus on innovation. Both the companies have entered into a cross licensing agreement for 5 years and Intel will pay AMD $1.25 billion along with an […]
AMD rolls out Athlon II triple-core processors
AMD today announced a range of Athlon II processors including the first triple-core processors. The three-core CPUs help to fill the price and performance void which is created by the dual- and quad-core CPUs. The triple-core procs run at clock speed ranging from 2.2GHz to 2.9GHz and operating at TDP up to 95W. The […]
AMD announces DX11 compliant ATI Radeon 5800 Series GPU
AMD has unveiled the world’s first graphics cards to fully support DirectX 11 that will be shipped with Windows 7 this October. The ATI Radeon HD 5870 and the ATI Radeon HD 5850 from the 5800 Series boast full DX11 support, 1GB of GDDR5 memory, 1440 (5850) / 1600 (5870) stream processors and up […]