China Retakes Supercomputing Crown With a Lot of American Chips

Titan, America’s previous champ, is now No. 2.
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AMD Shares Crash on Goldman Sachs Downgrade

Shares of chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices have fallen by more than 13 percent today following word of a downgrade to “sell” by Goldman Sachs analyst James Covello. With sales of PCs slowing to rates not seen since records have been kept, the outlook for AMD, Covello argues, despite winning supply contracts from both Microsoft and Sony in forthcoming gaming systems, doesn’t justify its recent rise to as high as $4.40 a share. AMD was trading at $3.80 a share, down 59 cents with 30 minutes to go in the session.

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AMD Spikes 14 Percent: Rumors of Intel Buy, Acer Laptops, Xbox

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices just had a big pop in heavy volume, lifting off of earlier gains and rising 40 cents, or over 14 percent, to $3.22, and as high as $3.28 just before that.

Graphics Chip Designer Bolts Apple to Rejoin AMD

Raja Koduri spent the last four years at Apple overseeing its graphics chip work.
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AMD Shares Fall After Earnings Report

Shares of chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices fell by nearly 6 percent after hours after it reported quarterly earnings that were slightly ahead of expectations, and which included guidance for revenue that was slightly higher than expectations. AMD reported a 13-cent per-share loss versus the 17 cents analyst had expected. Revenue was $1.09 billion, slightly ahead of the $1.05 billion expected.

How Bad Is the PC Market? Analysts Count the Ways.

A long list.
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Is the iPad Ready for a Challenge in the Enterprise?

Forget consumers, the real battle of the tablets is at the office.
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AMD Completes Sale, Leaseback of Texas Campus

Expected to generate $164 million.
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Former AMD Chief’s Book Describes Fight Against Intel

Advanced Micro Devices for years accused Intel of illegal tactics in the market for microprocessor chips, a dispute that many people may have forgotten. Hector Ruiz wants the story remembered.

Why Acer Is Holding Off on Windows RT for Now