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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.

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AMD to Start Shipping "Fusion" Chips

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said it has begun shipping its first chips that combine microprocessor and graphics circuitry on the same piece of silicon, fulfilling the promise of a costly 2006 acquisition that reshaped the company.

AMD CEO Dirk Meyer’s Comments on Intel Settlement [Transcript]

Earlier today, Intel and Advanced Micro Devices announced a comprehensive agreement to end their outstanding legal disputes. After the jump, AMD CEO Dirk Meyer’s official remarks about the agreement.
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AMD Gets at Least Brief Bragging Rights for Graphics Chip

Hardware freaks flocked to San Francisco last week to hear Intel talk about microprocessors, the electronic brains in PCs. But Advanced Micro Devices made some pretty brainy claims of its own.

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Tessera: ITC Finds No Infringement of Wireless Patents

Tessera Technologies is disappointed tonight after the Administrative Law Judge overseeing its patent infringement case against Advanced Micro Devices, Fresscale Semiconductor, Motorola, Qualcomm, Spansion and STMicroelectronics judged for the semiconductor companies. The company was hoping for a judgment in its favor and an accompanying windfall–instead, its share price dropped 44 percent today.