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computerworld.com » Computerworld Blogs - Hardware - Oct 9, 2008
Now's the time to recall why Advance Micro Devices Inc., isn't just an important company, it's a critical one. If it wasn't for AMD, we might still be writing stories about latest, greatest 32-bit x86 servers. read more
Also tagged: hardware, amd, intel, abu dhabi, servers and data center
computerworld.com » Computerworld Blogs - Hardware - Oct 8, 2008
Now’s the time to recall why Advance Micro Devices Inc., isn’t just an important company, it's a critical one. If it wasn’t for AMD, we might still be writing stories about latest, greatest 32-bit x86 servers. read more
wired.com » Wired: Gadget Lab - Oct 7, 2008
AMD is making some bold moves. The company has decided to break off its chip manufacturing business and roll it into a new joint venture with an Abu Dhabi-based firm Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC). The …
geek.com » Geek.com - Oct 7, 2008
AMD has announced its intention to spin off its manufacturing assets to create a new and separate company. The company will be created in partnership with the Advanced Technology Investment Company of Abu Dhabi and …
Also tagged: amd, split, spinoff, foundry company
wired.com » Wired: Gadget Lab - Oct 7, 2008
AMD is making some bold moves. The company has decided to break off its chip manufacturing business and roll it into a new joint venture with an Abu Dhabi-based firm Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC). The …
businessweek.com » BusinessWeek Online -- Tech Beat - Oct 7, 2008
Advanced Micro Devices' announcement that it is spinning out its chip fabrication operations to a new Abu Dhabi-financed company is good news for the future of competition in the processor and graphics chips …
gizmodo.com » Gizmodo - Oct 7, 2008
As a former AMD fanboy, this is kind of sad news. AMD will be splitting up into two companies—one the designs chips, and another that makes 'em. The constant need to build new expensive new chip plants was a big drag …
Also tagged: amd, intel, ati, processors, cpus
venturebeat.com » VentureBeat - Oct 7, 2008
Jerry Sanders, the founder of chip maker Advanced Micro Devices, once said, “We’re the oil of the eighties” in reference to the red-hot semiconductor industry so many years ago. So it’s only fitting that oil money has …
Also tagged: business and technology, co intel, co advanced micro devices
venturebeat.com » VentureBeat - Oct 6, 2008
Alien Technology, a maker of tiny radio tags and readers, has a somewhat bumpy history. Back in 2006, without ever recording a profit and with losses exceeding sales, it filed a for a scary IPO, but was forced to pull …
Also tagged: business and technology, inv new enterprise associates, inv rho ventures, inv sunbridge partners, inv advanced equities, co alien technology
businessweek.com » BusinessWeek Online -- Tech Beat - Oct 2, 2008
Chipmaker Freescale Semiconductor has had its fill of the mobile-phone chip business. The privately-held company says in a statement that it is doing the dreaded "sharpening of strategic focus" by looking for a buyer …