In case you missed it AMD is turning over a new leaf with CEO Rory P. Read and with him a road map focused on delivering on promises and bringing products to market. Lisa Su Senior VP and General Manager of Global Business Units gave…
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AMD Looking to Trinity to Boost Sales in Q4 2012
AMD released its sales numbers in a call on Tuesday and there were defiantly mixed signals. AMD has always played second fiddle to Intel and this quarter was no different AMD boasted $1.7 billion in revenues, while Intel had $13.9 billion.
Typically AMD has been…
Android 4.0 runs on AMD Tablets, Thanks to Intel
Looks like AMD is reaping the rewards of Intel’s hard work getting Android up and running on X86. The Android-x86 project has recently released a test Android 4.0 ISO for AMD Brazos-based tablets. If you happen to have an MSI Wind Tablet hanging around you…
AMD’s Trinity APU Offers Direct X11 Support for Ultraportables
AMD quietly showed their Trinity Platform which they hope will compete in Intel’s Ultrabook category. In a back room at CES AMD demo’ed what looked like a beefy desktop processor in a large gaming rig, playing a DirectX 11 game on one screen and transcoding…
ASUS Eee PC Flare Netbook Teaser Photo
CES starts in just a few days and ASUS is showing off a teaser photo of the ASUS Eee PC Flare Netbook. It reminds us of a mash up between the X101 in its design with some of its styling cues taken from ASUS’ Ultrabook…
Intel Already Running 14nm Chips in the Labs
Next generation processors from Intel are on the way in Q1 of 2012 and Intel is on track with its Ivy Bridge architecture. Not to rest on its laurels, in an interview with Nordic Hardware, Pat Bliemer, Managing Director Intel Northern Europe, revealed that Intel…
AMD Entering Ultrabook Game with Brazos 2.0?
AMD maybe readying to enter the Ultrabook game in January 2012 with their own Ultrathin devices according to a report from The Australian.
In an interview AMD mentioned that they have held discussions with a number of manufacturers about Ultrathins one of which has become…
AMD Bows Out of Battle with Intel with a Move to Mobile *Update
AMD has been floundering in terms of a strong direction in mobile since CEO Dirk Meyer was dismissed in January. In a San Jose Mercury News profile, AMD spokesman Mike Silverman spoke about the new direction that AMD is looking to take in 2012. There…
CompuLab Fit-PC3 Tiny PC with AMD CPU
Remember the Trim Slice palm size Tegra 2 computer? Well the guys over at Compulab have come out with a new model using AMD’s low-power APU. The fit-PC3 is a 16 x 15 x 2.5 cm fanless box packing a choice of single-core or dual-core…
ASUS Lamborghini VX6S Cedar Trail Netbook Vs ASUS 1215B Vs ASUS VX6 Benchmarks
Looking to have a sleek and sexy 12 inch netbook? The ASUS Lamborghini VX65 is heading to market with the Intel Atom CedarTrail D2700 2.13 GHz CPU, AMD Radeon 6470M GPU with Lamborghini sports car details. This latest edition takes on the Pine Trail/ION2-powered VX6…
Acer Aspire One 522 & 722 AMD Netbooks Beef Up
AMD has released a slight bump in their netbook line up moving their Acer Aspire One 522 & 722 from the 1GHz AMD C-50 to the 1.33GHz C-60. 1.33 GHz. The processor also experiences a graphics increase from the Radeon HD 6250 graphics to the…
Asus Eee PC 1015BX with AMD C-60 Available in Germany
ASUS has up dated their most popular SeaShell line netbook with 1015 series with the Asus Eee PC 1015BX which now features the AMD C-60 CPU. The device features the same 10 inch chassis with a 1024 x 600 screen resolution, 1GB of RAM and…
AMD Windows 8 Tablet with “Desna” Fusion APU hands on at BUILD 2011
The Netbook News team was in attendance at 3 different conferences this week! Roland over at NetbookNews.de was in Anaheim at the BUILD Conference where he got to participate in workshops and check out Windows 8 devices. We’ve got a video for you of the …
AMD Windows 8 tablet boot comparison “Desna” Z-01 & “Ontario” C-50 Fusion APUs
At the BUILD conference where Microsoft launched their new operating system Windows 8, AMD showed off a pair of slates we’ve seen before, specifically the Acer Iconia Tab W500, running on the company’s C-50 APU, and MSI’s WinPad 110W, sporting the Z-01 APU. This is…
Samsung Series 3 305U1 Ultra-thin 11.6″ Notebook Running AMD Fusion at IFA 2011 [video]
Roland has a quick walkthrough video for the ultra-thin Samsung Series 3 305U1 laptop. Spec rundown:
- 11.6″ screen, 1366 x 768 resolution, matte display
- AMD E-350, dual-core, 1.6GHz processor
- Radeon 6350 integrated graphics
- 2 GB RAM
- 250 GB hard drive
- 3 USB ports
- Gigabit Ethernet
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