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Apparently there is something going on between AMD and Intel, and from what it looks like Intel is trying to crush AMD, as well as crush its own outstanding anti-trust suits, which have been in question for some time now. Its not 100%, but it seems the patent in question is over the x86 architecture, which Intel says it will vigorously protect. AMD responded by saying that they nor their partners have infringed on any patents.
I think this is a whole lot of Intel BS, they are afraid of AMD’s new financial situation, via gaining wealth from the ATIC deal, and are afraid they are going to do something like they did with their Athlon 64’s. So now Intel is bringing up whatever they could find on their x86 patents. On a final note, i thought patents lasted from 15 to 20 years, X86 has been around since the beginning of time. (obviously not, but you get it.)
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Its a pretty extensive article, but to sum it up, AMD and ATIC of Abu Dhabi are creating a new semi conductor company to fill the gap that has been left by various companies leaving the semi conductor market, because of the complexity and cost of doing business. The Foundry Company will team up with IBM in joint efforts on 22nm fab processes for bulk silicon. For the full report check out the Foundry companies website and AMD’s newsroom in the links below.
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AMD have announced two entry-level graphic cards, the Radeon HD 4550 ($59) and Radeon HD 4350 ($39), these probably won’t appeal to any hardcore gamers but should perform good enough for the casual gamer or anyone wanting to view HD material, jump for more details!
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Well, its not really news, more like expected at this point but AMD has more delays. They are apparently going to have their CPUs ready in time, but their AM3 boards are behind schedule, and will make a first half 2009 launch.
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However, its a little bit more complicated than that. AMD released a couple roadmaps with some catalyst drivers and some software. They are apparently only allowing OEM units that come bundled with AMD hardware/software to play HDCP content under Linux, that would be probably in a HTPC. On a side note, i used enough acronyms to keep a small army busy.
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I may have been a little short, but i think not. Don’t get me wrong, i don’t have anything against Intel, i just don’t really like when companies bash something, then turn around and then are all about it. Intel’s next generation Atom, will basically be the same Atom, only integrate what AMD had planned. Funny thing about this situation, is that Intel was bashing AMD saying that having the GPU integrated with the CPU would be to costly, and would give no advantage over having them separate. Intel seems to have changed their minds rather quickly.
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Yes, thats right, i’m not evening kidding around. Although, i’m thinking this is mostly just a “for show” deal. There are only talks of planned drivers at the moment, nor a board that supports it, minus the skulltrial route. However, there are planned boards with enough PCIe slots to accommodate such a graphical monster, but ether way, this is still pretty cool.
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