4 posts and columns on circuitry

AMD to Start Shipping "Fusion" Chips

in News on November 9, 2010 at 11:32 am PT

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.

IBM Offers Faster Chips, Thanks to the Memory

in News on November 8, 2010 at 11:09 am PT

Chip makers use many techniques to make their products do more while using less energy. IBM is preparing to share more of its tricks, particularly an unusual type of built-in memory it had previously limited to Big Blue’s own computers.

Intel's Itanium Again Marches to Different Drummer

in News on February 9, 2010 at 4:55 am PT

Intel loves to talk about Moore’s Law, its co-founder’s famed maxim about how rapidly miniaturization improves semiconductors. The company also prides itself on setting the pace, underscoring the strategy recently by deploying its most tiny circuitry in microprocessors for mainstream PCs.

AMD Gets at Least Brief Bragging Rights for Graphics Chip

in News on September 29, 2009 at 4:59 am PT

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.