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The battle over Intel Corp.'s alleged antitrust offenses against Advanced Micro Devices escalated recently, but the two chip giants may yet decide to end the dispute through a settlement, a Barclays Capital analyst said Tuesday.

Microprocessor Unit Shipments Grow 23% in Q3 2009 - " Market Tracking Firm. [11/09/2009 03:54 PM] by Anton Shilov The global market of central processing units grew significantly both in terms of units and in terms of revenues.

Silicon foundry giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. is still having yield issues with its 40-nm process, according to analysts.

ABU DHABI: Mubadala, the government-owned investment vehicle which owns a stake in Advanced Micro Devices, plans to manufacture chips in the Gulf Arab state in a bid to steal market share from industry leaders.

An offshore Advanced Micro Devices Inc. foundry is having trouble ramping up on production of a new 40-nanometer graphics processing unit, forcing PC makers to delay shipments of desktop and laptop computers, AMD confirmed today.

Nvidia Corp. shares climbed more than 6% Friday after the maker of chips for computer graphics reported 74% growth in quarterly earnings, aided by what Chief Executive Jen-Hsun Huang described as "healthy market demand across the board." Nvidia /quotes/comstock/15*!nvda /quotes/nls/nvda saw its shares rise 78 cents to $13.05 following the company's ...

Twenty people, including Galleon Group LLC co-founder Raj Rajaratnam, have been criminally charged in what federal authorities call the biggest prosecution of alleged hedge-fund insider trading in the U.S. Prosecutors in Manhattan say they have evidence from wiretaps, trading records and cooperating witnesses to prove widespread trafficking in ...

Federal authorities have charged 14 individuals arising out of their ongoing investigation of insider trading at hedge funds and stock trading firms.

A deal's been reached between San Francisco apartment magnate Walter Lembi and the Clark County, Nev., district attorney's office over $298,500 worth of markers Lembi owes Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

New York state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo sued Intel Corp. , accusing the computer company of violating state and federal antitrust laws.

Intel expanded its chip shipment lead over Advanced Micro Devices during the third quarter as the rivals battle for larger market share, according to a survey released by Mercury Research on Tuesday.

Ruiz passed on confidential information regarding AMD's spinoff of Globalfoundries to a hedge fund manager when he was AMD's CEO Ian Sherr SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Former Advanced Micro Devices Inc chief executive Hector Ruiz will step down as chairman of contract chip maker Globalfoundries, following reports linking him to the largest hedge fund ...

Hector Ruiz will step down as chairman of chip maker Globalfoundries, following reports linking the former Advanced Micro Devices chief executive to the largest insider trading scheme in decades.

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The revelation that Hector Ruiz, former CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, allegedly leaked confidential information about his company in the biggest hedge-fund insider trading case in history has left many Silicon Valley colleagues shocked and mystified at his reported involvement.

Ridgefield resident Bob Moffat, the International Business Machines Corp. executive arrested in the Galleon insider-trading case, used to start meetings with trivia about "This Day in History." He'd ask if anyone knew what day it was, and then rattle off a few notable events.

The latest Silicon Valley name "shaking the corporate and financial worlds," in the words of the Wall Street Journal, is Hector Ruiz , executive chairman and former CEO of Sunnyvale's Advanced Micro Devices.

A prominent executive in the technology industry has been implicated in the alleged $20 million insider trading case unraveled by investigators earlier this month, according to a Wall Street Journal report Wednesday.

" The ongoing probe into the alleged insider-trading scheme involving hedge fund Galleon Group is laying bare a landscape that's rife with opportunities for illicit profiting on stocks.

Hector Ruiz , former chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. , is the AMD executive who government prosecutors allege provided information to a defendant in the Galleon insider-trading case, a person familiar with the investigation said.