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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. () or AMD is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for commercial and consumer markets.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Hewlett-Packard is lightening up and slapping a new name on a line of laptops.
The PC maker has introduced new Ultrabooks that challenge the weight and size of its earlier entrants into the market. And it has also unveiled a new line of "Sleekbooks" that undercut the price of Ultrabooks and, in some cases, use chips from Advanced Micro Devices, therefore excluding them from the Ultrabook family.First, there's the Envy SpectreXT, a follow-up to the Envy Spectre 14 Ultrabook. The Envy Spectre 14 is more of a premium Ultrabook, due to its glass coating, $1,400 starting price point, pre-installed Adobe and antivirus security software packages, and the fact that it weighs just under four pounds.The SpectreXT, in comparison, is 13.3 inches, weighs just 3.07 pounds, is 14.5mm thick, and has an all-metal body. It comes with an Intel Ivy Bridge processor and, like the Spectre 14, claims a long battery life of up to eight hours.H-P also introduced new Envy-branded Ultrabooks, available in larger ...Intel Corp took the wraps off its newest "Xeon" server chip on Tuesday, seeking to capitalize on an explosion of Internet traffic sparked by Web-based cloud computin...
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices gained more than 3% to $7.29 Monday morning after Bernstein Research analyst Stacy Rasgon upgraded the stock to outperform from mark...
Shares of LinkedIn Inc. gained more than 9% in early trading on Friday, propelled by upbeat results, but more worries about the European financial crisis weighed on ...
Intel Corp. and the New York Attorney General have agreed to end a lawsuit in which the tech company was accused of violating U.S. and state antitrust laws, the chip...
Shares of Rambus soared as much as 12 percent before the market opened Wednesday after the company reached a cross-licensing deal with Nvidia .In early trading, Ramb...
Standard & Poor's Rating Services on Tuesday said it has placed Advanced Micro Devices's B+ corporate credit rating on credit watch with positive implications. S&P s...
Shares of Apple Inc. jumped 7% in early trading on Wednesday on the computing giant's strong results. But the tech sector took a hit from slumping shares of chip gia...
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) swung to a fourth-quarter loss as write-downs tied to the chip maker's investment in its spun-off foundry business offset stronger ...
Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $177 million, or 24 cents a share, compared with a profit of $375 million, or 50 cents a share, f...
Stock index futures fell on Tuesday as talks to resolve Greece's debt crisis stumbled again and analysts pointed to a short-term top in equity markets after the S&P ...
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is apparently looking to outperform Intel in the semiconductor market this year by launching a new platform for thin laptops, combined w...
Apple has traditionally reached out to Asian manufacturers to source and assemble its line of consumer electronics , but the Cupertino, Calif.-based company has repo...
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) swung to a first-quarter loss as the chip maker's results continued to be weighed down by costs related to its spun-off foundry bus...
Semiconductor shares lifted the tech sector Tuesday, as shares of Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices posted gains in early trading. Intel was up a fraction at $2...
FBN’s Lou Dobbs on new research showing recent jobs gains are for lower-wage positions.
Nvidia Corp. (NVDA) on Thursday launched the first chips using its next-generation graphics technology, which improves performance and power consumption while also h...
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices traded up 5% to $8.12 Thursday, after a Jefferies analyst raised the stock's rating to buy from hold, citing the company's ability t...
Shares of Texas Instruments slipped more than 1% Friday morning after the chipmaker cut its earnings and sales outlook citing weak demand for its wireless products. ...
Technology stocks were mostly higher Thursday morning, joining a broad market rally sparked by Wall Street optimism about a resolution of the debt crisis in Greece. ...
