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Long-Term Investor: Profit Surprise Helps Big Blue Buck Tech Slide

Tech stocks got hammered Friday amid disappointing Q2 results from Google , Microsoft and Advanced Micro Devices .

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Software, Semiconductors, Startups, Financial Markets, Google, Opinion

Wed Jul 23, 2008

X-bit labs

AMD to Discuss Rival for Intel Atom Towards Year End

CPU Category: CPU [ 07/23/2008 03:35 PM ] The market of ultra low-cost personal computers is on the rise these days as many PC vendors are looking forward to add appropriate products into the lineup.

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Related Topix: PC, Semiconductors, Computers, CPU, Science / Technology

International Herald Tribune

Loss widens at Advanced Micro Devices

SAN FRANCISCO : Advanced Micro Devices, the second-largest maker of personal computer processors, reported a wider loss after writing down the value of its purchase of ATI Technologies by $880 million.

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Related Topix: Sunnyvale, CA, Advanced Micro Devices, Semiconductors, Startups, University of California System, PC, ATI Technologies, Electronics, Computers

MarketWatch

Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks mostly off; earnings drag down technology shares

U.S. stocks wavered mostly lower Friday but were still on track for weekly gains, as financials shares struggled to regain their footing after Citigroup Inc.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Merrill Lynch and Co, Investment Services, Semiconductors, Banking, Citigroup, Microsoft, Software

Tue Jul 22, 2008

MarketWatch

Tech Stocks: AMD, Google, Microsoft lead technology sector retreat

Technology stocks closed lower Friday led by some of the sector's biggest players including Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Google Inc.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Software, Google, Startups, Advanced Micro Devices, Semiconductors

Neowin.net

AMD Will Pass on 'Netbooks' for Now

AMD Chief Marketing Officer Nigel Dessau says AMD will pass on the low-cost notebook or netbook market for now, although Web sites are offering interesting details about a low-cost AMD notebook chip.

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Related Topix: Marketing, Semiconductors

Electronic Engineering Times Asia

Commentary: Ruiz carries on processor fight

It's going to be a really long goodbye for Hector Ruiz. When industry executives hand over the reins of power to a successor, they might stay on briefly as chairman of the board of directors before ...

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Related Topix: Advanced Micro Devices, Startups, Santa Clara, CA, Semiconductors, CPU, Science / Technology, Marketing

Mon Jul 21, 2008

Game Industry

AMD Gets New CEO

AMD today announced that its board of directors elected President and COO Dirk Meyer as the company's chief executive officer.

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Related Topix: Advanced Micro Devices, Semiconductors, Startups, Marketing, CPU, Science / Technology

TechTarget

VMware engineer praises AMD's Nested Page Tables

The Nested Page Table technology in Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s quad-core processor Barcelona may be the answer to virtualizing large workloads, said a prominent VMware Inc.

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, Software, CPU, Science / Technology

Optionetics

Closing Wrap-Up, July 18

Friday ended with mixed results for the major market indices with tech stocks underperforming.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, SPX, Electronics, Advanced Micro Devices, Semiconductors, Startups, Financial Markets, Google

Jurist

European Commission brings new antitrust charges against Intel

The EC announced [press release] that Intel has eight weeks to respond to the complaint: Each of the conducts outlined in the 26 July 2007 Statement of Objections and the SSO is provisionally considered to ...

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, CPU, Science / Technology, Computers

Sun Jul 20, 2008

The Record

Schumer: AMD still committed to Malta factory

Even after posting a $1.2-billion second-quarter loss and announcing the sudden replacement of its CEO, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, Saratoga County, NY

NetworkWorld

AMD takes on Intel with its own low-power chip

Advanced Micro Devices is developing a low-power processor for mobile devices and sub-notebooks, the company confirmed Friday, quashing months of speculation that it had abandoned the project.

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Related Topix: Advanced Micro Devices, Semiconductors, Startups, CPU, Science / Technology, Laptops/Notebooks

Sat Jul 19, 2008

Customer Interaction Solutions

Intel Corp. Gains 5.16% On Higher Volume

July 18, 2008 Intel Corp. gained 5.16% Thursday on volume of 94,035,207, which was higher than its three-month average 56,939,200, to end the day at $21.99. Other companies in INTC's sector include Advanced ...

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, Electronics, Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, Startups, Texas Instruments, STMicroelectronics NV

NetworkWorld

Change in leadership could revitalize AMD, analysts say

The change in AMD's leadership may have come late, but it is a kick the company needs to become more competitive in the microprocessor market, analysts said.

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Related Topix: Advanced Micro Devices, Semiconductors, Startups, Science / Technology, CPU

Topeka Capital-Journal

Wall Street falls after earnings reports

Wall Street retreated Friday after disappointing results from technology companies and higher oil prices offset a more upbeat report from Citigroup Inc.

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Related Topix: Banking, Citigroup, Financial Services, Semiconductors, Microsoft, Software, Merrill Lynch and Co, Investment Services

Forbes

Sector Snap: Chip stocks mostly rise

Chip stocks traded higher Thursday, with Catalyst Semiconductor Inc. soaring with word that it will be purchased by ON Semiconductor Corp.

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, Electronics, ON Semiconductor

Fri Jul 18, 2008

WGY-AM Albany

Head of AMD Steps Down

THE HEAD OF ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, THE COMPANY THAT'S SUPPOSED TO SET-UP SHOP IN MALTA, HAS STEPPED DOWN.

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Related Topix: Semiconductors

CNET News.com

AMD, Intel Centrino 2 make strange bedfellows

AMD thriving in Intel Centrino 2 notebooks? At Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest PC maker, the answer is "yes." HP 17-inch 6830s is offered with the AMD-ATI HD 3430 graphics chip.

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, Cave Creek, AZ, Startups, Intel, Electronics, Hewlett Packard, Laptops/Notebooks

Globeinvestor.com

Once-immune tech sector catches an economic chill

The U.S. economic downturn, which has derailed the auto and financial industries, appears to be claiming another sector: technology.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Advanced Micro Devices, Startups, Semiconductors

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