Amd Intel Archive

  • HP and Dell say the 10-inch netbook market is getting too crowded

    HP and Dell say the 10-inch netbook market is getting too crowded

    Posted on April 1, 2010 | No Comments
    Despite the boom in netbooks in recent years thanks to a poor economy and cash-strapped consumers, a recent Digitimes article reported that HP and Dell are actually reducing their investments in the commoditized 10-inch netbook market. In fact, HP is considering quitting the 10-inch segment altogether to focus on its 11.6-inch AMD notebooks as the Intel Pine Trail netbooks have not been very profitable.

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  • AMD’s low-voltage ‘Congo’ platform due soon?

    AMD’s low-voltage ‘Congo’ platform due soon?

    Posted on October 15, 2009 | No Comments
    amdNot content to sit back and let Intel have all the ultra low voltage fun, AMD's low voltage Congo platform is apparently due in the coming weeks – late October or early November, according to DigiTimes.

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  • AMD’s Atom killer won’t be here until 2010

    AMD’s Atom killer won’t be here until 2010

    Posted on June 8, 2009 | No Comments
    AMDAMD CEO Dirk Meyer recently revealed that his "company is currently developing a platform that features lower-power, smaller-sizes, more complete functionality, and a cheaper price than Intel's Atom for netbooks," according to DigiTimes. Sounds great. The fact that AMD owns ATI should make for an awesome mish-mash of processors and graphics. So let's start rolling these things out, eh? Whoops, not so fast. The platform won't be ready until next year.

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