AMD Enterprise News

• AMD: First Barcelona systems set to ship in April

Computerworld

March 18, 2008

Exec says systems running quad-core chips will be rolled out by various vendors by mid-year

• HP readying AMD quad-core 'Barcelona' servers

CNET News.com

February 7, 2008

Hewlett-Packard has committed to Advanced Micro Devices' quad-core Opteron "Barcelona" processors in its Proliant DL585 servers

• AMD Quad-Core Barcelona Gets Big Boost from Little-Known Benchmarks

InformationWeek

January 16, 2008

A bunch of under-the-radar benchmark tests run by a respected tech guy, which puts AMD's quad-core Opteron (aka Barcelona) processor in a great light. Moreover, he gives AMD's new native-quad architecture a rave review.

• AMD Sees Growth In Specialized Chips

InformationWeek

November 28, 2007

Eighteen months after first announcing its "accelerated computing" initiative aimed building out an ecosystem of third party-enabled products that compliment and enhance its own processor platform; AMD has about two dozen partners developing new products

• 'Native' quad core joins X86 fray

EE Times

October 1, 2007

The "native" device, code-named Barcelona, is AMD's first quad-core microprocessor and was architected to migrate the K8 architecture into a product that would compete with, and outperform, Intel's new Core architecture

• AMD reveals quad-core processors to the market

VNUNet

September 24, 2007

AMD has taken the wraps off its first quad-core processors, a week after Intel filled out its own quad-core server line-up. The nine new processors will be branded the Quad-Core AMD Opteron and is touted as the first native x86 quad-core microprocessor.

• A Chip That's Worth a Wait

Newsweek

September 17, 2007

Its flagship product was delayed, and its fight with Intel continues. But for AMD's leader, it's all good.

• AMD Goes on the Offensive

eWEEK

September 10, 2007

CEO Hector Ruiz expects 'Barcelona' to strengthen Advanced Micro Devices' position against Intel.

• AMD Ready to Rumble

Forbes

September 10, 2007

Server makers have eagerly anticipated the next-gen processors. One big selling point of the chips is that they use less energy. Lower power consumption can spell big savings for data centers that run multiple servers

• AMD seeks to outflank Intel on virtualization

The Inquirer

August 6, 2007

At this year’s AMD technology analyst day, corporate VP Randy Allen claimed that Barcelona changes the game in four areas. If Barcelona does change the game then AMD would be holding all the virtualization aces

• Betting on 'Barcelona'

eWEEK

July 20, 2007

AMD executives now say they are ready to begin shipping the company's much-anticipated quad-core Opteron processor, better known by its Barcelona code name, starting in August, with the chip finding its way into the hands of vendors by September

• Balancing Performance and Energy Efficiency

Wall Street & Technology

June 20, 2007

At this year's SIFMA Conference, the talk is of "performance per watt," rather than performance at any cost. The Philadelphia Stock Exchange is pleased with the performance it is receiving from AMD. The PHLX is using AMD Opteron processor-based systems

• Italian stock exchange chooses Opteron-run HP servers

Computer Business Review

June 13, 2007

Borsa Italiana IT director Alessandro Pelosi said the exchange migrated to AMD Opteron processor-based HP ProLiant BL series BladeSystem servers in part because of the high performance and performance-per-wattage of the Opteron chips.

• Health Care Gets a Better IT Prescription

eWEEK

May 24, 2007

[AMD]…has partnered with the MedicAlert Foundation and Siemens to come up with a system that allows doctors and nurses to instantly know the entire medical history of a patient.

• AMD shows sunny side of Barcelona

CNET News.com

May 21, 2007

AMD demonstrated its Barcelona quad-core server chip for reporters and analysts here Monday, comparing its performance to one of AMD's dual-core Opteron processors.

• AMD Barcelona can potentially smash Intel

ZDNet Blogs

May 17, 2007

AMD has publicly claimed a 20% advantage over an Intel quad-core “Clovertown” server product “at the same frequency” for Integer performance.

• AMD gives boost to software aimed at multicore chips

InfoWorld

May 15, 2007

The upgrades to the [developer] center, which AMD said will continue, are aimed at helping software developers improve the speed and capabilities of software running on servers, laptops, and desktops armed with multicore microprocessors.

• Testing: One, Two, AMD

internetnews.com

May 15, 2007

AMD today said it has improved its test center for evaluating dual- and quad-core processors.

• Q&A: AMD CEO Hector Ruiz

CRN

May 7, 2007

Advanced Micro Devices Chairman and CEO Hector Ruiz shed light on AMD's channel plans during an interview with CRN at the company's Executive Forum in February.

• Company Keeps Its Cool, Lowers Costs

Baseline Magazine

April 27, 2007

...The combination of virtualization and the AMD Opteron processors' low power requirements keep power and cooling costs down, and enable the company to achieve a smaller footprint with greater rack density.

• AMD brings real competition to Intel

Geek.com

April 24, 2007

Intel is leading the way--right behind AMD--in the areas of innovation and usable technology by system builders, system designers, and even in the areas of benefit for us, the end consumers.

• The benchmark war: AMD vs. Intel

ZDNet Blogs

April 12, 2007

...AMD boards are likely to perform closer to their potential in the hands of ordinary users than Intel boards because the defaults are pretty good and you don't need a lot of hardware expertise to tune them for specific uses.

• AMD kicks dual-core Opteron to 3GHz

The Register

April 4, 2007

AMD has started handing customers its fastest dual-core Opterons to date. Server makers and channel sellers have gained access to the 3GHz Model 2222 SE and Model 8222 SE chips, which will slot in just above the already shipping 2.8GHz processors.

• AMD Offers First Embedded Chip Set

eWEEK

April 2, 2007

Advanced Micro Devices is increasing its embedded offerings with the launch of a new chip set, which includes technology from ATI.

• Embedded Chipset Fills Out AMD Portfolio

internetnews.com

April 2, 2007

AMD has added the final piece to its embedded lineup of products with the announcement today of the AMD M690 chipset.

• CRN Interview: AMD CEO Hector Ruiz

CRN

February 21, 2007

Advanced Micro Devices Chairman and CEO Hector Ruiz and Executive Vice President and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Henri Richard shed light on AMD's channel plans, supply and financial issues, product road map and market strategy...

• Q&A: AMD coming back swinging on the quad-core front, exec says

Computerworld

February 12, 2007

Marty Seyer, AMD’s senior vice president of commercial business, recently talked about where he believes AMD is situated with corporate customers.

• AMD Unveils Mobile Chips

IDG

February 12, 2007

Advanced Micro Devices has announced three new discrete media chips to respond to growing demand for advanced multimedia features in mobile phones.

• AMD reinvents the x86; Quad-core Opteron? Nope. Barcelona is the completely redesigned x86, and it’s brilliant.

InfoWorld

February 7, 2007

The first incarnation of AMD’s redesigned x86 CPU is Barcelona, that which your non-co-readers will call quad-core Opteron. Barcelona is genius, a genuinely new CPU that frees itself entirely of the millstone of the Pentium legacy.

• Interview: New AMD Manufacturing Chief Says New Chips on Track

Reuters

February 5, 2007

Computer processor maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has made test chips using next-generation techniques and is on track to launch those products in the second quarter of 2008.

• Don’t stick a fork in AMD; Everyone say it three times, slowly: "Sun is an AMD customer"

InfoWorld

January 31, 2007

[Tom Yager invites] "...colleagues in the media to run their AMD cover stories with Titanic metaphors now and get it out of their systems. As they say in my business, this whole Intel-eating-AMD’s lunch angle doesn’t have legs.

• AMD Quads to Blaze Past Intel

IT Week

January 29, 2007

AMD expects to power servers that are over 40 percent faster on floating-point operations than those based on Intel’s fastest comparable processor when it delivers its first quad-core processor this summer.

• Breakthrough Not Seen Altering Microchip Arms Race

Reuters

January 28, 2007

Intel Corp. is set to capitalize on a new breakthrough in microchip technology more quickly than its rival AMD, but analysts say the advantage will only be temporary.

• The computing power behind ILM's magic

CNET News.com

January 26, 2007

Inside the data center in San Francisco's Letterman Digital Arts Center, Lucasfilms director of IT operations...stands in front of a rack of the company's state-of-the-art Verari servers, which use AMD Opteron dual-core/dual-processor technology.

• AMD Expands Embedded Solutions Program

eWEEK

January 24, 2007

[AMD] announced Jan. 24 that it's expanding the number of chips it will offer to designers in the high-end embedded market. The company will now include the Sempron 3500+ processor and the Turion 64 X2 dual-core TL-52 processor.

• AMD: Moving On Up?

Red Herring

December 25, 2006

[AMD] has been on a roll recently, with one research firm predicting its revenue will nearly double in 2006. That’s bad news for archrival Intel, which is expected to post a drop in revenue for the year.

• TG Daily Top-10: Most significant Hardware of 2006

TG Daily

December 15, 2006

AMD Opteron 2200/8200 Rev F series is selected as one of the top-10 most significant hardware of 2006.

• AMD Looks to Gain Additional Market Share in '07

eWEEK

December 14, 2006

At a meeting with Wall Street analysts here on Dec. 14, AMD executives said the company's core PC processor business would grow at twice the rate predicted for the industry in 2007.

• Energy Crisis Seen for Tech; Valley Rivals Meet With Feds Amid Fears That Growth Could Be Stunted

San Jose Mercury News

December 7, 2006

The nation's biggest technology companies sat down with federal regulators Wednesday to assess the industry's thirst for power amid fears that volatile and expensive energy could hinder the growing sector.

• AMD Tries To Leapfrog Intel By Showing Single-Die, Quad-Core Server Processor

InformationWeek

November 30, 2006

What will be the next big evolution in AMD's processor family won't be ready to ship until mid-2007, but the company hit a milestone by showing industry analysts and customers that it's moving along in its production cycle.

• AMD Turns Graphics Chip Into High-Performance 'Stream' Processor

InformationWeek

November 14, 2006

"This [The AMD Stream Processor] is pretty darn clever," said Nathan Brookwood, principal analyst with Insight 64. "This gives users the ability to really dramatically increase the floating point processing capability of a standard X86 based server.

• AMD Shakes Up Top500 Supercomputer List

InformationWeek

November 14, 2006

AMD and its dual-core Opteron processor made huge strides on the Top500 Supercomputers list, jumping from just 55 entries a year ago to 113 today.

• AMD-ATI Merger Bears Stream Processor Fruit

IT Jungle

November 14, 2006

This product [The AMD Stream Processor], which turns a GPU into a math co-processor with immense bandwidth and floating point processing capability, was one of the reasons why AMD was so keen on acquiring ATI in the first place.

• AMD gains, Intel Slumps In Latest Supercomputer Rankings

EE Times

November 10, 2006

AMD chips were used in 113 supercomputers...up from just 11 percent a year ago ago. Intel CPUs took their biggest decline ever, slumping from a high of use in 333 systems or a year ago to 261 or 52 percent of systems on the current list.

• Dell Desktop to Use AMD Processor

IDG

November 7, 2006

Dell plans to launch a desktop for its business customers on Wednesday that is powered by an Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) processor, marking another step in AMD’s effort to diversify its gains in the server market.

• With ATI, AMD Adds Ammo Vs. Intel; Rivalry Extended To Graphics

Investor's Business Daily

October 26, 2006

The merged company creates a stronger rival to Intel and Nvidia in the field of high-end graphics chips, products that let computers show all kinds of fancy graphics, video and special effects.

• AMD Completes $5.4 Billion ATI Acquisition

eWEEK

October 25, 2006

With its purchase [of ATI], AMD is positioning itself to offer better chips for business computers as well as opening new markets to reach more consumers.

• Intel sticks to dual-die processors

VNUNet

October 24, 2006

[Nathan Brookwood of Insight 64]...projects that AMD will once again claim the lead in the performance per Watt metric when it releases its quad core chips next year.

• Dell debuts first two AMD servers

CNET News.com

October 23, 2006

Dell on Monday began selling its first servers using Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron processor, ending another chapter of Intel exclusivity.

• Dell Unveils Server Using AMD Chips

Wall Street Journal

October 23, 2006

One reason for Dell to change its stance on chips is that rivals such as Hewlett-Packard Co., International Business Machines Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. have been successfully selling AMD-based machines.

• Oracle World opens with Dell unveiling AMD-powered computers

San Francisco Chronicle

October 23, 2006

Advanced Micro Devices and Dell Inc. cemented their growing partnership Monday unveiling two new business computers that will feature the chipmaker's Opteron microprocessor in a machine produced by the Texas computer giant.

• Dell Formally Unveils AMD-Based Servers

CRN

October 23, 2006

Michael Dell took the stage in San Francisco to formally unveil PowerEdge 6950 four-socket servers and PowerEdge SC1435 two-socket rack-optimized servers based on dual-core AMD Opteron processors.

• Dell unveils first servers running Opterons

IDG

October 23, 2006

Dell had been able to satisfy its customer by selling only Intel-powered machines, but when AMD's Opteron began to cut into Intel's market dominance, Dell's customers started asking for the Opteron alternative, too.

• Dell, AMD Steal Show at OpenWorld

Red Herring

October 23, 2006

Hardware giants Dell and AMD temporarily stole the thunder from Oracle at the software company's annual conference in San Francisco on Monday, which could possibly mean bad news for chip maker Intel.

• Quad-core Opteron faster at virtualization, AMD says

CNET News.com

October 10, 2006

AMD's quad-core Opteron processor, code-named Barcelona and due in mid-2007, includes features to speed up virtualization.

• Supercomputer Users Plan Fast Quad Adoption

Computerworld

October 9, 2006

The Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas in Austin intends to buy 13,000 quad-core processors from AMD to run on Sun Microsystems Inc. servers. The quad-core Opteron chips are due out by mid-2007, according to AMD.

• AMD Starts New Partner Program

eWEEK

October 5, 2006

Advanced Micro Devices announced that it has started a new partner program that will test and validate products made with the company's AMD64 technology.

• Quad-Core Processor Forecast

TechWeb

October 3, 2006

Dual-core processors are barely out of the starting gate, and already Intel and AMD are racing to see who can be first to market with quad-core CPUs.

• AMD, Founder to Bring Processors to China

International Business Times

September 28, 2006

Semiconductor firm Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced on Thursday that they are teaming up with a China's second largest PC provider, providing processors to the company's whole line of offerings

• Virtual IT Experience Offers Web Site As Trade Show; AMD's Flashy Web Site Re-Creates the Look and Feel of a Big Gathering

Investor's Business Daily

September 28, 2006

Enter the Virtual IT Experience, a flashy Web site from chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices that recreates the look and feel of a trade show in an online virtual world.

• Lehman: Intel Hot on IDF, But AMD Hotter

Electronic News

September 26, 2006

Wall Street watcher Lehman Brothers today weighed in with a preview of this week's Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco

• Newsmaker: AMD's CTO Says Intel Messed Up

CNET News.com

September 22, 2006

Strategic changes and new products like the Opteron, however, have transformed AMD from a company too often known for gaffes and financial losses into a major supplier of processors

• AMD opens up crown jewels with Torrenza Initiative

ZDNet Blogs

September 20, 2006

At the AMD Global Vision Conference today, Marty Seyer, senior vice president of the commercial business unit, touted the Torrenza Initiative

• Intel's Worst Nightmare

Fortune

September 20, 2006

Advanced Micro Devices has finally arrived. Long the also-ran of the microprocessor business, a perennial distant second to industry behemoth Intel, AMD is now a contender.

• AMD chip socket makes room for others

CNET News.com

September 20, 2006

Licensing Move Will Let Others Build Specialized Coprocessors That Will Plug Into Sockets Tailored To Opteron Or Athlon

• AMD execs: Chips chip away at virtualization I/O, performance barriers

TechTarget

September 20, 2006

Input/output (I/O) and performance bottlenecks are well-known server virtualization drawbacks and barriers to wider deployment of high-volume, high-performance applications on virtual machines

• AMD quad cores: the whole story unfolded

the Inquirer

September 16, 2006

Barcelona, Shanghai, Budapest and 65 nanometre

• Forget market share, Opteron is a market cap maker

The Register

September 14, 2006

Over the past two years, AMD's flashy server chip has arguably affected the fortunes of five major technology companies in ways that extend far beyond market share and revenue swings

• AMD launches unique online venue

Austin Business Journal

September 12, 2006

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is tapping gaming technology to create a new form of marketing

• Afcom Fall 2006: Reporter's notebook

SearchDataCenter.com

September 12, 2006

The head of commercial and enterprise marketing at Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) gave the keynote address Monday morning at the Afcom conference in Orlando, and spent his time talking about power consumption in the data center.

• Dell Unveils First AMD Desktop

eWEEK

September 12, 2006

Dell is about to take the wraps off of its first AMD-processor-based desktops

• AMD Virtual Trade Show Targets IT Decision Makers

InformationWeek

September 12, 2006

The Online Trade Show Is Aimed At High-Level Tech Buyers Who Often Don't Attend Shows In Person

• AMD's Shaw: Steps Are Needed to Address Power Issue

eWEEK

September 11, 2006

Despite the rapid rise of power and cooling costs in the data center, the technology industry—vendors and users alike—have fallen down on addressing the issues

• IBM to build Opteron-Cell hybrid supercomputer

CNET News.com

September 6, 2006

IBM has won a bid to build a supercomputer called Roadrunner that will include not just conventional Opteron chips but also the Cell processor used in the Sony Playstation

• HP Unveils Vista Ready PCs

InformationWeek

September 6, 2006

The new systems were designed for improved security, mobility, and management

• Less Power (Consumption) to the People

Network World

September 5, 2006

Buyers want boxes that consume less power

• IBM and AMD feed on Los Alamos' ample supercomputing pork

The Register

September 5, 2006

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) will turn to both AMD's Opteron chip and IBM's Cell in an effort to breath new life into its supercomputing program

• San Jose Mercury News: Two chips in one?

San Jose Mercury News

September 3, 2006

AMD Says Its Purchase Of ATI Gives It An Advantage In Combined Chips

• AMD’s Best is Still to Come

InfoWorld

August 23, 2006

AMD’s got years worth of ammunition already locked and loaded. AMD’s road map is guided by IT’s needs and the capabilities of enterprise applications, rather than Intel’s provocations.

• AMD Chip Aims for Edge on Intel

Wall Street Journal

August 15, 2006

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is introducing a new version of its Opteron chip, hoping to defend recent gains in server systems against a counterattack by Intel Corp.

• AMD Upgrades Opteron, Touts Quad Core Milestone

CRN

August 15, 2006

Advanced Micro Devices unveiled the next version of its Opteron processor and said it has taken a significant step toward delivering a quad-core processor next year.

• AMD’s New Weapons

Red Herring

August 15, 2006

Advanced Micro Devices launched a fresh attack on the server processor market Tuesday by introducing a new line of Opteron processors and touting its upcoming quad-core chips.

• AMD Chip Launch Turns Up The Heat On Intel

The Globe and Mail

August 15, 2006

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will answer the latest technical leap made by Intel Corp. with the launch today of a new computer chip.

• AMD Unleashes Next-Generation Opteron Chips

CNET News.com

August 14, 2006

Advanced Micro Devices plans to announce its new "Rev F" generation of Opteron server processors Tuesday, the next volley in a competition with Intel's newly competitive Xeon models.

• AMD's Opteron Gains Ground Against Intel

InformationWeek

July 31, 2006

Advanced Micro Devices has kept the momentum going for its Opteron processor, growing its share of the x86 server processor market to nearly 26% in the second quarter, according to Mercury Research.

• AMD Market Share Increases in Midst of Competition

International Business Times

July 27, 2006

Despite an onslaught of price cuts and new products from the competition, Advanced Micro Devices was able to gain market share against Intel in the second quarter of 2006.

• IBM And AMD Plot Opteron Tie-Up

CNET News.com

July 24, 2006

IBM and AMD are expected to announce an alliance that will lead to mainstream IBM servers based on the Opteron processor. It's a further boost to chipmaker AMD and a new blow to rival Intel's server business

• Three Servers Underpin Sun's hopes

The New York Times

July 12, 2006

Analysts expect Opteron-based servers to be an important way for Sun to pull itself out of its slump.

• Congress to Vote on Data Center Power Bill

eWEEK

July 11, 2006

The bill calls for the EPA's Energy Star program to conduct the study and report back to Congress within 90 days. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif and Steve Kester, manager of government relations for AMD, said they are seeing wide support for the bill.

• At the Core of AMD, a Man Made for a Challenge

Los Angeles Times

July 2, 2006

Hector Ruiz's nimble firm has seized some of Intel's market share and technical laurels as well.

• Opteron Climbs Supercomputer Rankings

CNET News.com

June 29, 2006

Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron chip soared up the latest ranking of the top 500 supercomputers in the world, while Intel's Itanium continued to fall and IBM took top honors among vendors.

• Stick With AMD in Rising Inventory Sea

TheStreet.com

June 27, 2006

AMD has now graduated to the status of investor favorite, and Intel has replaced AMD as the company known for suffering from "poor execution" and "flawed product launches."

• AMD Plans $3.2bn Chip Plant For NY

The Financial Times

June 23, 2006

Intel has traditionally held more than 80 per cent of the market, with AMD taking up virtually all of the rest. But AMD has been making inroads with higher performing chips, and Intel’s share fell to 74 per cent in the first quarter.

• The 64-Bit Solution--AMD Solves SAP Migration Problems

InformationWeek

June 21, 2006

With its SAP applications bogging down, CLP Power Hong Kong turned to HP servers with AMD's 64-bit chips to speed things up.

• AMD chips in with Cray for world's fastest computer

ZDNet News

June 19, 2006

Codenamed "Baker", the 24,000 socket, Opteron-based Linux system is due to be installed at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Labratory in 2008.

• A nod from Knopfler: I want my AMD

The New York Times

June 19, 2006

In the notes for "All the Roadrunning", an album of duets by Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris, Mr. Knopfler offers thanks for a different kind of instrument: a computer chip, in particular the Opteron microprocessor made by Advanced Micro Devices.

• Chipping Away at the Big Guy

The Hartford Courant

June 18, 2006

• Inside AMD

Electronic News

June 16, 2006

Phil Hester, senior VP and chief technology officer at AMD, sat down with Electronic News to discuss future market opportunities, strengths and weaknesses in AMD’s lineup and what’s changing inside the company.

• Dell Seen Using AMD Chip in Desktop PC

Reuters

June 14, 2006

Dell Inc., the world's largest personal computer maker, is expected to offer a desktop PC using a microprocessor from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. in September.

• AMD's Plan of Attack

Business Week

June 5, 2006

AMD Chairman and CEO Hector Ruiz is basking in a year of unprecedented profit and revenue growth at the world's second-largest chipmaker. AMD also has been gaining market share in key segments of the server chip business and at retail agaisnt its rival.

• AMD Entices Dell

Red Herring

June 5, 2006

The chipmaker finally woos the PC giant.

• AMD To License Technology To Other Chip Makers

Wall Street Journal

June 2, 2006

The effort would allow companies to make special-purpose chips that fit into the same sockets as AMD microprocessors.

• AMD's Server Progression

CRN

June 2, 2006

Advanced Micro Devices promised a quad-core processor by mid-2007, as well as a new dual-core processor designed for mobile users and new platforms for the channel.

• Power Play

Forbes

June 2, 2006

Rackable gets 90% of the chips for its systems from AMD, which Barton touted for its ability to deliver high performance at reduced power thresholds.

• AMD's Next Step: Dual Core Times Two

San Jose Mercury News

June 2, 2006

Marty Seyer, head of server chips at AMD, said AMD now expects to take more than 30 percent of the market for server chips sold in 2006, up from the company's earlier forecast that it would take 20 percent.

• AMD Sets A Course For 2008

CNET News.com

June 1, 2006

AMD on Thursday laid out plans to serve 30 percent of the market within the next two years, with new quad-core processor designs scheduled for 2007 and an acceleration of its manufacturing capabilities.

• AMD To Double Down On Chip Designs

eWEEK

June 1, 2006

The chip maker will deliver two new chip architectures in 2007, changing the circuitry that underlies its server and desktop chips as well as its notebook and emerging market processors in order to better tune the chips for their respective markets.

• Desktop to Data Centre

ITP Technology

June 1, 2006

Within six months, processor vendor AMD is planning an assault on the enterprise desktop with a number of thin client-type products that Henri Richard, vice president and chief sales and marketing officer, AMD, says will establish the company as a desktop

• AMD Raising Output In Bid To Boost Share

MarketWatch

June 1, 2006

Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the world's No. 2 provider of chips that power personal computers and servers, is ramping up factory output in an attempt to grab more market share from larger rival Intel Corp.

• AMD Grabs One-Fourth Of Server Market, Gartner Says

CRN

May 25, 2006

Advanced Micro Devices saw a healthy jump in server processor market share in the first quarter, according to numbers released by Gartner this week

• Intel: Not Paranoid Enough

The Economist

May 25, 2006

Can the world's biggest chipmaker reverse its foundering fortunes?

• Dell to Use Chip Made By A.M.D.

The New York Times

May 19, 2006

Dell said that by the end of the year, it would start using an A.M.D. Opteron chip in one of its high-end servers with multiple processors.

• Dell Opts for AMD's Opteron

CNET News.com

May 18, 2006

Dell has agreed to use Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron chip in multiprocessor servers by the end of the year, ending a long-standing policy of sticking exclusively with Intel.

• AMD Touts New Advance In Chip Race

San Jose Mercury News

May 17, 2006

Hoping to curb excitement about Intel's newest microprocessor chips, AMD fired back Tuesday as it described a new generation of chips coming in 2007 that will be its biggest computing advance since 2003.

• AMD's Opteron Spreads Its Enterprise Wings

the Inquirer

May 16, 2006

It's been three years since AMD launched the Opteron processor.

• Data Centers Go Solar

Wall Street Journal

May 11, 2006

Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. says some data centers can consume more power than a small town.

• AMD Sticks It to Intel -- Again

Business Week

May 3, 2006

The chip company takes its quarrel to billboards on both coasts. But it will take more than clever marketing to fend off Intel's counterattack

• AMD Challenges Intel On Power Consumption

EE Times

May 3, 2006

Advanced Micro Devices is turning up the heat on rival Intel by turning down the power.

• AMD Billboard Boasts Of Lower Electric Bills

IDG

May 3, 2006

As Intel prepares to launch its Woodcrest chip for servers in June, rival Advanced Micro Devices has purchased billboard ads that claim its Opteron chip will reduce electricity costs in data centers.

• IBM Warms to AMD Opteron Servers

ZDNet News

April 28, 2006

IBM's top server executive is warming to Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron, eyeing the processor's business advantages and the successes Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems have had with it.

• Is AMD For Real This Time?

Forbes

April 25, 2006

• AMD Boosts Global Server Chip Share

MarketWatch

April 25, 2006

• Opteron boosts AMD sales

IDG

April 24, 2006

Driven by strong sales of its dual-core Opteron processor, AMD reported $1.33 billion in revenue for the first quarter of 2006, equalling analysts' estimates.

• CIO Insight: Powering Down

CIO

April 15, 2006

Electricity-hungry equipment, combined with rising energy prices, are devouring data center budgets. Here’s what you can do to get costs under control.

• Sun Rolls Out Opteron-Based Telecom Blades

eWEEK

April 5, 2006

Sun Microsystems has begun shipping its Opteron-based blade server aimed at the telecommunications industry, and will roll out blades running on its own UltraSPARC T1 processor by the end of the year

• The Big Drain: Where the Most Power is Wasted

Computerworld

April 3, 2006

• Early Adopters Laud Multicore Systems

Network World

April 3, 2006

Systems keeping heat, power under control; some software issues remain.

• AMD vs Intel -- The Stakes Get Higher

CNN Money

March 27, 2006

• Industry Voices: AMD's Henri Richard Puts Priority On Servers

CRN

March 13, 2006

• No More Underdog Role for AMD

San Jose Mercury News

March 12, 2006

COO Says Chip Maker Has Finally Emerged From Intel's Shadow

• Strike Three for Intel

CNET News.com

March 3, 2006

AMD's market share gains are continuing as Intel navigates a painful transition period between its older chip designs and newer models expected by the end of this year.

• Lenovo to Offer Choice: AMD or Intel

Electronic News

February 23, 2006

• Multi-Core Processors Coming of Age

Datamation

February 9, 2006

Some would characterize AMD's start as more like having lapped Intel than having taken an early lead. The company has kept up a barrage of dual-core announcements since the spring and offers an array of products.

• 'All' AMD CPUs to Support Virtualisation Mid-2006

The Register

February 7, 2006

AMD yesterday demo'd its upcoming DDR 2-supporting dual-core 64-bit processor. The core also supports 'Pacifica', AMD's answer to Intel's Virtualisation Technology. AMD said Pacifica was now available for broad licensing...

• Intel, AMD Spar Over Virtualization

CNET News.com

February 6, 2006

Intel and Advanced Micro Devices once again are angling for leadership in virtualization, technology that increases a computer's efficiency by letting it run multiple operating systems simultaneously.

• AMD once again hits the roaring 20s

CNET News.com

January 24, 2006

Advanced Micro Devices has claimed its highest market-share position against Intel in years, cracking the elusive 20 percent barrier, CNET News.com has learned.

• AMD's Q4 market-share numbers revealed - Yeah, they're looking good

the Inquirer

January 24, 2006

A new set of AMD numbers just hit the wire. This time around it is Mercury's take on marketshare. The short story is that AMD did do as well as you heard they did in Q4/05, and made some massive gains in marketshare.

• New microarchitectures, from the ground up

EE Times

January 16, 2006

Phil Hester sits in one of the hottest seats in engineering: the chief technology officer's chair at Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

• Analyst: Dell likely to adopt AMD chips

CNET News.com

January 11, 2006

Dell likely will reverse course and begin selling computers with Advanced Micro Devices' processors, Piper Jaffray analyst Les Santiago predicted Tuesday, sending the chipmaker's stock up 5 percent in midday trading.

• Analyst: Dell Likely To Adopt AMD Chips

CNET News.com

January 10, 2006

Dell likely will reverse course and begin selling computers with Advanced Micro Devices' processors, Piper Jaffray analyst Les Santiago predicted Tuesday, sending the chipmaker's stock up 4 percent in midday trading.

• Q & A: Hester Looks To Fill Crucial Role At AMD

Investor's Business Daily

January 10, 2006

New Chief Tech Officer; Company Working On A Range Of Advancements, Such As New AMD Live

• Dell: AMD A Distinct Possibility

InformationWeek

January 6, 2006

Dell Chairman Michael Dell at CES gave perhaps the strongest indication yet that he would consider using processors in Dell PCs made by Intel rival Advanced Micro Devices.

• Beyond Opteron

CNET News.com

January 4, 2006

CNET News.com recently spoke with Hester about AMD's plan to offer quad-core processors by 2007

• Innovation Puts The Blitz On Mediocrity

InfoWorld

January 4, 2006

As a practitioner of innovation as a success strategy, you can’t beat AMD, the darling of my column for 2005. AMD’s Opteron and AMD64 CPU technology are Space Age stuff.

• Widespread Adoption Of Virtualization Awaits Help From Hardware

InfoWorld

January 2, 2006

In 2006, the addition of hardware acceleration to AMD and Intel x86 processors will expand the market for virtualization.

• Fast Times For Industry-Standard System Hardware

InfoWorld

January 2, 2006

If 2004 was the year that Advanced Micro Devices' 64-bit x86 technology caught the attention of IT, then 2005 was the year that AMD began reaping the benefits of being noticed.

• Dual-Core Processing Drives High-Performance Embedded Systems

RTC Magazine

January 1, 2006

Dual-core processors such as the AMD Opteron can overcome the problems associated with high-performance single-core CPUs, while delivering performance increases.

• 2005's top 10 moments in IT; A look at the major events of the year

InfoWorld

December 19, 2005

For every trend there’s a defining moment. This year had more than its share of watershed events that will have lasting impact on enterprise IT. Here’s our look back at 2005’s wild mix of earth-shakers and underreported occurrences:

• AMD Pushes for Greater Enterprise Share; The chip manufacturer is looking to use its AMD64 technology to drive adoption of such

eWEEK

December 13, 2005

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is looking to use its AMD64 technology to drive adoption of such form factors as blade servers and client-side devices. Officials at the AMD offices here said this push is a key part of their plans as they roll into 2006.

• AMD Declares Victory, But Battle Will Continue

InformationWeek

December 13, 2005

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has declared itself the winner of its self-proclaimed "dual-core duel challenge" it issued to Intel back in August.

• AMD's Asian Thrust

Business Week

December 9, 2005

AMD is seizing the opportunity in the two biggest developing markets, India and China. Intel, meanwhile, senses the heat and is pushing back against its scrappy rival.

• Intel Says AMD May Be Gaining

San Jose Mercury News

December 9, 2005

Intel acknowledged for the first time Thursday that rival Advanced Micro Devices may be gaining market share, and the two companies are locked in ``hand to hand combat.''

• AMD Hits Top 10 Chip Firms, Phillips Drops Out

the Inquirer

December 9, 2005

Dataquest Gartner released preliminary results of the top 10 semiconductor firms worldwide, with...AMD edging up from 11th position last year to 10th this.

• AMD Jumps Amid Signs of Gaining Share on Intel

Reuters

December 9, 2005

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. jumped 5 percent on Friday as investors interpreted a sales forecast from rival Intel Corp. as a sign that AMD, the No. 2 chip maker, is gaining market share.

• PC World: AMD, IBM Team on Speedier Chips

PC World

December 7, 2005

• IBM and Advanced Micro Devices are Stressing Out Their Chips

ZDNet News

December 6, 2005

• AMD CEO Sees Healthy PC Growth And Strong Sales

Reuters

December 6, 2005

Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the world's second-largest chip maker, said on Tuesday technology upgrades from businesses and robust demand in emerging economies will drive healthy growth in the computer market next year.

• Intel And AMD Setting Sights On India

Investor's Business Daily

December 5, 2005

AMD, (AMD) Intel's biggest competitor in personal computer chips, also has deepened its ties to India. Last week the company signed an agreement with the SemIndia consortium. AMD is licensing its flagship chip design to SemIndia

• AMD Scores Huge 7-round TKO Over Intel in Dual-Core Benchmarks

ZDNet News

December 2, 2005

The news keeps getting worse for Intel when it comes to arch nemesis AMD.

• A Watershed Moment For AMD?

internetnews.com

December 2, 2005

For the first time, a national, mainstream publication had run an ad featuring a family of computer systems -- desktop, notebook and server -- featuring AMD processors.

• AMD Annihilates Intel in Dual Core Benchmark Tests

the Inquirer

November 28, 2005

It's no contest

• AMD Gains Traction in Server Market

San Francisco Chronicle

November 26, 2005

Advanced Micro Devices, a perennial underdog to chip giant Intel Corp., is making a dent in its archrival's dominance in the server computer market.

• Where the Tech Buffs Shop

Business Week

November 21, 2005

Earlier this year, Stephen DiFranco, a vice-president for consumer sales at chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices, noticed an unusual trend in sales. Sales of what the company calls a PIB -- for processor in a box -- were surging at online retailers.

• AMD and Intel gear up for server fight to death

the Inquirer

November 20, 2005

Sources who attended the Supercomputer show in Seattle last week were shown a number of boards from AMD behind the scene which indicate to us that 2006 may well be even tougher for Intel than 2005 on the server front.

• AMD To Move To Quad-Core Processors By 2007

CRN

November 18, 2005

Advanced Micro Devices plans to move to quad-core processors by 2007 and will for the first time release a reference platform for notebook computers, top AMD executives said at the company’s annual analyst conference.

• AMD shows off Socket F at Supercomputing

the Inquirer

November 17, 2005

And some killer prototypes on view

• AMD to launch new chip brand

The Financial Times

November 16, 2005

Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday signaled it would step up its battle with Intel to penetrate the digital home with the launch of a new brand for its processors.

• AMD predicts rapid growth

San Jose Mercury News

November 16, 2005

Emboldened by recent gains against Intel, the world's largest semiconductor chip maker, rival Advanced Micro Devices predicted Tuesday that its shipments of personal computer chips would grow twice as fast next year as the overall market.

• AMD Plans Four-Core Opterons by 2007

PC World

November 16, 2005

Chip maker execs tell plans for multicore systems, Hypertransport technology

• AMD says '06 operating profit, EPS to rise significantly

Reuters

November 15, 2005

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. the world's No. 2 microprocessor maker, expects its 2006 operating profit and earnings per share to improve "significantly" in 2006, the company's chief financial officer said on Tuesday.

• AMD Shoots for Quad Cores

eWEEK

November 15, 2005

• Sun, AMD Plan a Supercomputer

Red Herring

November 15, 2005

Sun Microsystems, AMD say they’ll help build Japan’s fastest supercomputer by summer.

• AMD Sets Aggressive Expectations for 2006

Electronic News

November 15, 2005

Advanced Micro Devices set out aggressive growth projections for 2006 at its Analyst Day meeting at its headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. today, making it clear that it intends to take significant market share from rival Intel.

• AMD Aims to Take Care of Business

TheStreet.com

November 15, 2005

• October Sales: AMD Outshines Intel Again

CoolTechZone

November 14, 2005

• AMD's Turion 64 'Making Headway' Against Centrino

Forbes

November 14, 2005

Caris & Co. analyst Rick Whittington said Advanced Micro Devices has a "two-year technical lead" over Intel.

• AMD's Market Gains Help Its Channel Push

The Channel Insider

November 11, 2005

News Analysis: AMD is making an aggressive push into the channel, which traditionally has had closer ties to market-share leader Intel. But recent market gains by AMD point to user acceptance of its technology, and that bodes well for its prospects with c

• Dell Starts Selling AMD Chips

CNET News.com

November 8, 2005

So why suddenly can you find AMD Athlon processors on the Dell Web site? For the same reason the chips are sold individually in other retail outlets, responds Dell: customer demand.

• AMD Says CPU FAB, OK?

Computerworld

November 7, 2005

If nowhere else in the world, in the German city of Dresden, all signs point to AMD — literally. As you drive along the main drag, you see the exit for Prague, the exit for Berlin and the exit for AMD.

• AMD in Hot Pursuit of Bullet-Proof Servers

Techworld

November 6, 2005

AMD CTO Phil Hester filled in some of the mind-expanding particulars of AMD’s server strategy during sessions at the opening of AMD’s Fab 39 in Dresden, Germany. Hester came into AMD with ambitious goals, the most ambitious of which is to carry AMD’s...

• AMD gains ground on Intel

Techworld

November 4, 2005

AMD has stolen nearly two percent of the processor market off Intel in the past three months, according to Mercury Research.

• AMD Gears Up For Blade Battle

internetnews.com

November 3, 2005

AMD is planning a full-scale assault on chipmaking rival Intel's chunk of the burgeoning market for blade servers.

• AMD Bumps Up Third-Quarter Market Share

eWEEK

November 2, 2005

• AMD, IBM Expand Semiconductor Alliance

Electronic News

November 1, 2005

Microprocessor innovator Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and IBM have broadened the scope of their technology alliance through 2011 to include early exploratory research of transistor, interconnect, lithography, and die-to-package connection technologies.

• AMD claws back market share

CNET News.com

October 27, 2005

Intel's market share slipped significantly in the last quarter, and AMD was there to capitalise.

• As Intel Stumbles, AMD's Momentum Grows

EE Times

October 27, 2005

If the news wasn't bad enough when Intel was forced on Monday to reshuffle its market-leading Xeon server processor line and its Itanium chip roadmap, it got worse Thursday for the chip leader when the latest market share numbers showed rival Advanced...

• AMD to go green for all Austin operations

Austin American Statesman

October 25, 2005

Chip maker is state's largest private user of renewable power

• AMD’s New Opteron Plan

Red Herring

October 24, 2005

Chip maker pursues business computer distributors by creating a new marketing and training program.

• AMD signs x86 licensing agreements in China

Reuters

October 24, 2005

Advanced Micro Devices said on Monday it has signed agreements with the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and Peking University to license AMD x86 microprocessor design technology.

• Sun Shines on AMD's Opteron

eWEEK

October 20, 2005

• Opteron Rules, HP Says

PC World

October 20, 2005

• With New Factory, AMD Ups Ante Against Intel

CNET News.com

October 18, 2005

For years, Advanced Micro Devices has dreamed of nabbing 30 percent of the market share for PC microprocessors.

• AMD to Pull Partners onto Standards Bandwagon

the Inquirer

October 15, 2005

AMD has a complex relationship between its chipset partners, such as Nvidia, ATI, Via, SIS and others. The motherboard makers choose which chipset they're going to implement. The chipset firms compete vigorously with each other.

• AMD's Margin Upside 'Is Just Beginning'

Forbes

October 14, 2005

Rick Whittington of Caris & Company Equity Research reiterated a "buy" rating on Advanced Micro Devices (nyse: AMD - news - people ), expecting the company to raise operating margins to 30% in second half 2006 and 2007 due to its "superior" product line..

• AMD Output to Double

Electronic News

October 14, 2005

Amidst typical fab opening fanfare, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) today opened its 300mm Fab 36 in Dresden, Germany, marking what the company said is the latest achievement in its growing track record of flawless execution on its manufacturing strateg

• AMD Posts Record Sales

Electronic News

October 11, 2005

AMD today beat market expectations and reported a spike in Q3 sales of 23 percent year-over-year and 21 percent sequentially, driven by strong computer sales.

• AMD Posts Higher Profit, Computer Chip Demand Strong

Reuters

October 11, 2005

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. , the world's second-largest microprocessor maker, on Tuesday said profit rose a higher-than-expected 73 percent, fueled by strong demand for its computer chips.

• New Fab To Triple Capacity At AMD

The Financial Times

October 10, 2005

Advanced Micro Devices, long outgunned by its bigger rival Intel in chip production, will open a new manufacturing plant this week that will more than triple its current capabilities.

• Help for Info Age Have-Nots

Business Week

October 3, 2005

Companies From AMD To Yahoo Are Pushing Devices And Services Aimed At Bringing Cutting-Edge Tech To Parts Of The World That Need It Most.

• AMD Ups the Ante, Again

Business Week

September 26, 2005

Not only is the upstart increasing its market share, its new round of dual-core chips will put even more pressure on Intel Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD ) is raising the stakes in an ongoing turf war with Intel (INTC ) in the market for high-end c

• Opteron Upgrades Ready for Launch

CNET News.com

September 26, 2005

AMD plans to announce faster new models of its dual-core Opteron processor on Monday, an attempt to stay ahead of rival Intel in the market.

• AMD Raises Clock Spec for Dual-Core Opterons

InformationWeek

September 26, 2005

The x86 dual-core processor market will pick up speed Monday with the introduction of a second wave of Opteron processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and the introduction of the first dual-core Xeon systems from Dell.

• AMD Reaches Higher With Dual-Core Opteron

internetnews.com

September 26, 2005

AMD is launching three new models of its dual-core Opteron processor family for one-way to eight-way x86 servers and workstations, keeping the pressure on competitor Intel in the dual-core market.

• AMD Launches Second Wave of Dual-Core Offerings

SearchDataCenter.com

September 26, 2005

Advanced Micro Devices launched the second phase of its dual-core processor technology Monday by announcing the general availability of two new Opteron dual-core chips, with a third expected to be released by mid-October.

• AMD: We're Upping The Embedded Ante

internetnews.com

September 14, 2005

At the Embedded Systems conference in Boston, AMD rolled out two classes of processors. The high performance AMD64 is designed for rugged special-purpose field PCs, workstations and servers as well as blade and process automation servers.

• Sun Using AMD Chips to Spark Servers

Network World

September 12, 2005

Sun next week hopes to step up its position in the exploding low-end server market by introducing its Opteron-based Galaxy machines, with a focus on high performance, better cooling and advanced manageability.

• Sun Microsystems Returns to Its Roots to Determine a New Direction

The New York Times

September 12, 2005

Scott G. McNealy, the chief executive of Sun Microsystems, likes to describe his "iPod moments" - businesses that could potentially snowball like something thought up by his counterpart at Apple Computer, Steven P. Jobs.

• InforLucasFilm Sinks $4 Million Into 64-Bit Workstations For Special Effects

InformationWeek

August 25, 2005

The workstations powered by dual-core Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s Opteron processors out-performed all other systems evaluated, Plumer says. The switch from the Intel Pentium 4 workstations will enable Lucasfilm's graphic artists to perform more interac

• AMD Knocks Intel on Power

eWEEK

August 25, 2005

• AMD Swings Dual-Core Jab at Intel

InfoWorld

August 23, 2005

AMD wants a Dual-core Duel with Intel

• AMD to Intel: Let's Rumble

Business Week

August 23, 2005

The challenger has called for a "shoot-out" over whose dual-core chip performs better. Question is, can it shake Intel's corporate dominance?

• AMD Looks to Crash Intel's Party

internetnews.com

August 23, 2005

Intel would like to have the party to itself all week, but AMD (Quote, Chart) insists on playing spoiler.

• AMD Chips Get Greener Ahead Of Schedule

CRN

August 9, 2005

AMD has complied with upcoming global environmentally-friendly microprocessor regulations for vendors one year ahead of deadline

• AMD: Going For The Gold In Tinseltown

Business Week

August 4, 2005

It's taking a run at Intel's supremacy in chips as studios gear up for online movies

• AMD announces dual core Opterons "longevity" programme

the Inquirer

August 4, 2005

AMD SAID that its dual-core technology is now available through the AMD64 Longevity Program, which will serve high-end embedded designs that need "stable and longer-than-standard" processor supply roadmaps.

• AMD's server share leaps 10 percent mark

CNET News.com

July 25, 2005

Advanced Micro Devices claimed 11.2 percent of the market for x86 server chips in the second quarter, a major milestone for the company.

• AMD Ascendant

Business Week

July 25, 2005

Research firm Mercury Research says AMD's x86 server chip market share jumped to 11.2% in the second quarter, from 7.4% previously.

• Multi-core serves up performance

Network World

June 13, 2005

As application performance demands grow, data centers require more computing power in a smaller box so that more servers can fit in a rack. Multi-core processing helps address these needs.

• How AMD's Pacifica handles memory

the Inquirer

June 7, 2005

Part II Swimming in the different pools: FIRST A LITTLE primer on memory management on x86 hardware, vastly simplified for sanity and brevity. In the good old days, you could only run a single program on a computer at once, and life was easy.

• AMD's Pacifica revealed in full

the Inquirer

June 6, 2005

Part One A bigger pool to swim in?: WHICH IS THE BIGGER BODY of water, a Pacifica or a Vanderpool? Well since Pacifica is a functional superset of Vanderpool, it would appear that Pacifica holds more water, and does more to virtualise an OS.

• AMD's Grand Ambition: Half Of The Processor Market By 2015

InformationWeek

June 1, 2005

Advanced Micro Devices is becoming more clear about its ambitious goals: To parlay its success in new chip technology over the past two years into market share growth and become the provider of half of all computer microprocessors within the next decade.

• AMD details Pacifica virtualization plan

CNET News.com

May 25, 2005

Advanced Micro Devices has released full details of technology called Pacifica that will let computers run multiple operating systems more easily, an idea the computing industry is embracing enthusiastically.

• AMD Bares Chip-Based 'Pacifica' to Attract Developers

eWEEK

May 25, 2005

• AMD to move Opteron into storage

CNET News.com

May 23, 2005

Storage is one of the next logical steps in the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based chipmaker's "x86 everywhere" strategy. Processors designed around the x86 architecture--which was originally devised by Intel, but licensed by AMD--have already conquered the desktop

• The Opteron Option

Computerworld

May 2, 2005

The momentum behind AMD's Opteron technology is pretty remarkable. Sun's interest aside, IBM is all over it, and now even Hewlett-Packard, the company that jointly developed Itanium, has joined the Opteron fold.

• Wither Itanium?

internetnews.com

April 29, 2005

Two years after the launch of AMD's Opteron processors and their 64-bit extensions to classic x86 architecture, a robust computing ecosystem is finally growing around dual-core 64-bit computing.

• Clever design gives AMD edge over Intel

San Jose Mercury News

April 24, 2005

When Advanced Micro Devices created the Opteron, the Sunnyvale company devised some clever designs that caught rival Intel by surprise, analysts say.

• Dual-Core Opteron to Power IBM Blade Server

eWEEK

April 22, 2005

• AMD Debuts Dual-Core Opteron

InformationWeek

April 21, 2005

For the second time in past two years, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today will take the lead in transforming the industry-standard, mainstream computing market with the release of the first dual-core x86-based microprocessors for servers.

• Hardware Vendors Rally Around AMD With New Dual-Core Servers

CRN

April 21, 2005

As Advanced Micro Devices readies the Thursday introduction of its first dual-core processors Thursday, hardware vendors are rallying their first servers based on the new chips.

• AMD's Day In The Sun

Forbes

April 21, 2005

For AMD the launch of dual-core--or dual-brain--Opteron chips represents a continued push into the server market it first addressed with the launch of the first Opteron chips two years ago.

• Vendors Rally Around Dual-Core

internetnews.com

April 21, 2005

AMD’s largest hardware partners are stumbling over each other in support of the chipmaker’s new dual-core Opteron.

• AMD Serves Up Dual-Core Chip

Red Herring

April 21, 2005

The dual-core version of Opteron gives AMD another advantage. Hewlett-Packard and IBM already plan to market servers and work stations featuring the new Opteron.

• Windows Done Right

InfoWorld

April 6, 2005

Author: Tom Yager - Windows x64 is designed for Opteron. I'll back that up with facts, but I won't rush it. Nobody's going to run out to buy 64-bit hardware the second they get their hands on Windows x64 CDs. I'll take my time, but by the time I'm done...

• Hardware Today: AMD Eats Into Intel's Server Chip Monopoly

ServerWatch

April 4, 2005

Author: Drew Robb - In its nearly two years on the market, the AMD Opteron processor has gained more than 5 percent of the worldwide x86 server market according to Gartner Dataquest, and Opteron now claims more than 20 percent of the 4-way server...

• AMD pushes Opteron for embedded systems

InfoWorld

March 8, 2005

AMD has spotted a new market opportunity for its Opteron microprocessor. On Tuesday, the Sunnyvale, California, chip maker was set to announce a new program designed to make Opteron more attractive to developers of custom-designed embedded devices.

• AMD brings Opteron to embedded market

Network World

March 8, 2005

Storage systems, medical imaging equipment and other custom-designed, hardwired devices – so-called embedded systems – may soon be available with AMD’s 32/64-bit Opteron processor.

• Tightwad IT Buyers Loosen Up

Business Week

January 10, 2005

Take Sabre's 140 new servers. They cost less to buy and maintain...they're designed around a 64-bit chip from AMD, they're able to handle complex tasks...[jobs] that earlier cheapo servers never could have handled.

• AMD works to chill out Opteron

CNET News.com

December 6, 2004

Advanced Micro Devices announced on Monday technology that will help its server processors run cooler when idle, a feature that could help customers grapple with electricity and air-conditioning costs.