AMD Sales Chief Ghilardi Leaves

Another shake-up in the top ranks for chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices.
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Tilera’s Server Chip Challenges Intel, Sort Of

A start-up called Tilera has a server chip that can do roughly the same work that a server chip from Intel does, but uses less power.
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AMD’s Outlook Sinks Stock

Earnings in the quarter just ended were okay, but the outlook ahead is weak. Also, a big writedown hurts results.
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Despite Hard Drive Shortage, Expect Few Surprises From Intel

The recent flooding in Thailand has sapped PC demand — and demand for Intel’s chips. Today the chipmaker reports its quarterly results and gives a look at business conditions for the months ahead.
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AMD Claims Major Gains in Graphics Chips

Advanced Micro Devices hasn’t had much to brag about lately, amid layoffs, management changes and chips associated more closely with low price than impressive performance. But one part of the company is downright jazzed.

Intel’s Plan to Remain the Supercomputing King

Today the company is disclosing some new advances that will help it maintain its role as the chip supplier of choice to the supercomputing elite.
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Fujitsu Supercomputer Remains World Champ, but IBM and Intel Are the Real Computing Kings

The latest edition of the semiannual Top 500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers is out. Strangely, there’s no movement among the Top 10, and yet there’s still plenty to talk about.
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Patrick Moorhead, Longtime AMD Exec, Leaving Company

The last of a generation of AMD VPs who had been hired by its legendary founder, Jerry Sanders, is headed for the exit.
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Chipmaker AMD to Cut 10 Percent of Workforce

In what appears to be the first big job for new CEO Rory Read, chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices is cutting jobs to reduce operating expenses.
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Fujitsu Beefs Up Its Best Supercomputer

A Japanese computer that this summer was the most powerful in the world just got a little more powerful, but not so much as to catch the brawniest American machine. At least not yet.
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