Chuong Nguyen caught up with Andy Lusky of AMD at CES 2012 and got a quick look at something Ultra. Well, that’s Ultra as in Ultrathin not Ultrabook. Given that everything with the word Ultra attached to it these days usually has thin attached, this Asus Ultrathin notebook has a few things that might be [...]
Chipmaker AMD may be readying an ultra-sleek notebook platform to challenge Apple’s MacBook Air and rival Intels’ Ultrabook. The company hinted at its plan in a recent interview with The Australian. AMD wouldn’t use Intel’s Ultrabook moniker, however, and the company would create its own brand, perhaps Ultrathin. In order for AMD to be successful [...]
Google is now releasing the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich compatibility code for x86 chip architecture, covering AMD and Intel processors, in addition to the ARM CPU that the platform already supports. Earlier this Fall at the Intel Developer Forum, Intel’s been hot and heavy over Android, showing various prototypes of Android running on Atom [...]
Not that we don’t already know Windows can run on AMD processors, but in the interest of fairness, here’s a video from Engadget featuring an Acer Iconia Tab W500 and MSI WindPad 110W running Windows 8 on AMD processors.
As part of the company’s strategy to not only accelerate development of its forthcoming Windows 8 operating system, but also to ensure that everything works according to plan, Microsoft had implemented an Integrated Development Program consisting of PC and tablet-makers as well as chip companies. The Apple-like approach to restrictions to ensure a better, tightly [...]
This morning in Notebooks we have news about the U.S. release date of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer, a review of Dragon Dictate 2.0 for Mac, a timeline for when you might see USB 3.0 in more notebooks and a review of the Scosche MotorMouth II Bluetooth speaker phone and streaming device. If you have been waiting for a notebook with [...]
Another week is behind us which means another week of tech news and reviews to keep up on. We’ve rounded up the most popular news, how tos and reviews of the week from Notebooks.com and GottaBeMobile to make sure that you know what’s happening in the world of notebooks, tablets and smartphones. Hot News from [...]
My wife wasn’t too concerned when I received a Valentine’s Day card from another girl yesterday. In fact we both laughed about it and we both applauded AMD for a creative PR stunt. AMD launched its power sipping APU at CES 2011 and I really liked them. The APU earned Notebooks.com’s Best Innovation Award at [...]
We’ve heard quite a bit about APUs over the past couple of years, so it’s nice to finally see living, breathing products that are built around AMD’s Fusion technology. We’ve seen a handful of 11.6″ notebooks featuring Fusion in the days and weeks leading up to CES 2011, but we had no idea exactly how [...]
Lenovo took the wraps off of its S205 AMD laptop, which utilizes the latter company’s AMD Fusion APU, combining graphics and processing units on a single die to increase efficiency while consuming less power. Josh Smith and Xavier got a chance to sit down with the company at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, [...]
Chip-maker AMD is looking to enter the tablet and netbook business by providing the processor (CPU) and graphics (GPU) capabilities through the Deccan APU, or accelerated processing unit, platform. AMD’s Deccan APU will most notably compete against rival Intel’s Atom-based processors. Intel’s Oak Trail platform is expected to make an entry into the netbook, tablet, [...]
Following LG’s sales of the E-Note, Acer has gone ahead to announce its own 10.1-inch Windows 7 tablet that will be powered by AMD and will be shipping in February complete with WiFi and 3G for ubiquitous connectivity. The Windows 7 tablet from Acer will be shipping in February for an undisclosed price at this [...]
While Intel and AMD are rivals in the chip space, AMD is now backing the MeeGo platform that is developed jointly by its rival and Nokia. MeeGo is an open-source operating system that is based on Linux and promises many powerful features, and Nokia’s support of the Qt development environment means that Symbian apps can [...]
AMD’s crashed Intel’s party by setting up a demo suite at a hotel next door to the Moscone Center, home of Intel’s IDF 2010. Bob Grim, an AMD exec, is on hand to talk about Fusion. In the near future, AMD and its partners will be selling PCs with APUs, which puts discrete graphics and [...]
For the past four years we’ve struggled to get my in-laws set up with video conferencing and media sharing. They live in a very small town in Pennsylvania, while three of their kids are in California and a fourth is in Illinois, which means they miss out on quite a bit. I can’t count the [...]
I just had an insightful twitter conversation with AMD’s Patrick Moorhead about Microsoft’s anti-Netbook / Low Cost Small Notebook PC naming strategy (LCSNPC). I asked him for his thoughts, and although they don’t reflect AMD’s official position on this whole thing, they are pretty insightful and humorous none-the-less: @rbushway: @PatrickMoorhead would love to hear your [...]
I just received an evaluation HP DV2-1001 and took a few minutes to film a quick unboxing. This little media machine comes with an external Blu-ray drive and lots of glossy everything. GottaBeMobile Shortcuts are Sponsored by Lenovo.
At an IT Supply Chain conference, Stu Pann, VP in Sales / Marketing at Intel, seems to be poo-poohing the whole Netbook craze, of which Intel and their Atom processor is largely associated with: “If you’ve ever used a Netbook and used a 10-inch screen size–it’s fine for an hour. It’s not something you’re going [...]
During AMD’s Financial Analyst meeting, they are announced a number of technologies, but of interest to our readers is their Netbook and ultra-portable strategy. AMD announced the Yukon platform for the mini-notebook, netbook, and ultra-mobile platform — to be released first half of 2009. They also laid out the platform roadmap for the next several [...]
Are Netbooks the answer? That’s a big question on a number of different fronts these days. AMD is hosting a Financial Analyst Day and the expectations are that they are going to dip their toes in the Netbook waters in a big way. AMD has been struggling on a number of fronts this year, and [...]
I guess the wait and see period for AMD is just about over when it comes to Netbooks. Previously AMD had been content to sit on the sidelines and watch the market develop. In fact some of AMD’s talk was completely dismissive of the Netbook scene. Now that it is clear that Netbooks will continue [...]
Interesting video featuring Pat Morehead, VP of Advanced Marketing at AMD in which he talks about Netbooks and AMD’s wait and see approach to that crazy market. What do you think folks, is AMD playing it smart or just defending their wait and see posture? >> Via jkkmobile Technorati Tags: Netbooks,AMD
Long-time GBM community member and contributer Steve Seto has written an open letter to Dell and AMD/ATI requesting they fix the video/graphics driver for the Dell XT on our forums. The problem seems to lie with the incomplete installation of the Catalyst Control Center and the impending incompatibility of said driver causing BSODs and other [...]
It appears that AMD is going to play wait and see when it comes to the NetBook phenomenon. Pat Morehead of AMD is quoted as saying the following to InfoWorld: “We haven’t announced anything for this type of cheap mini-notebook and we’re still taking this wait-and-see attitude,” and “If you can’t grow the market with [...]
Several weeks ago, I went to Austin, TX to meet with AMD. I asked our readers for questions they would like answered, and I submitted them. I just received the answers, which are posted at the Read More link: What AMD chip is in the new raon Everun umpc that was at computex ? AMD [...]
You can certainly say that these are interesting times we live in when it comes to mobile computing, the chips that power them, and the companies who make those chips. Some would call it confusing. AMD has been going through some rough times of late and has had some significant turnover in the executive suite recently, which [...]
Just before announcing their second quarter results, a stunning $269m loss, Hector Ruiz stepped down as CEO of AMD. Ruiz has been replaced by President and COO, Dirk Meyer. During the six years that Ruiz ran AMD, they posted a combined loss of $6.3 billion. In other AMD news, newly-minted CEO Dirk Meyer talked about [...]
The past few weeks have been the busiest ever for me. With trips to the Surface team, AMD, Dell, and Motion, my mind is crazy with everything that is going on. Here is a quick run-down on the companies and technologies that I’m most excited about and why. I’m excited about the iPhone 2.0 software [...]
Most folks have noticed AMD quite absent from the Low Voltage / Ultra-Low Voltage space, thus the reason you don’t see them in the likes of Motion Computing’s LE1700, Fujitsu’s U810, Lenovo’s X61, OQO’s Model 02, and Dell’s Latitude XT. With their most recent PUMA announcement, AMD is taking mobile computing seriously; and now with [...]
I’ve been waiting for something like this for a long time, and AMD has brought it. Imagine running three or more external monitors off your laptop, two of which are running off of a dedicated graphics card ( ie, HD 4800), the other off an integrated card. Using AMD’s XGP (external graphics platform) technology you [...]
I’ll share more details later, but the biggest takeaway for mobile users is Shrike ( PUMA’s successor) and Hybrid CrossfireX. Hybrid CrossfireX is discrete graphics and integrated graphics on the same mobile computer, and turns discrete off when going to battery: great graphics capabilities when plugged in, battery savings when mobile. I’ve very excited about [...]
I’m about to head over to AMD’s offices for a series of meetings on PUMA, mobile computing, and much more. If you have some questions you’d like for me to ask AMD, please post them here. I’ve already collected the questions from the previous article, so no need to duplicate those here. I’ll be bringing [...]
It seems that my travel schedule has hit full force the past couple of weeks. Next week takes me to Austin, Texas to meet with AMD for a series of discussions on mobile computing. There will be other mobile computing websites represented, so we should have some lively talks. What questions would you like for [...]
AMD is upping the ante for the mobile pc user: a new chip set, along with a new graphics solution -the Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processor. Here is the press release from Computex in Taipei, along with a video demo here. Check out hi and low res images here. AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced [...]
With all the ultra-portable news hitting the interwebs yesterday, the focus has now shifted to the processor wars. AMD is attending Computex and is setting up quite the social network to spread news and converse with mobile readers about all the mobile processor happenings. Check out these following resources to keep up to date with [...]
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