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| Top Stories for October 8, 2001 (details below) | |
| C/Net | AMD blames Intel for earnings miss |
| Semiconductor Business News | AMD aims new Athlon XP and Hammer processors at regaining momentum |
| C/Net | Intel looks to gadgets to boost PC demand |
| Truths...from the rumor mill | |
| The Inquirer | Intel to hit 20GHz in 2006 |
| The Inquirer | AMD denies Megahurtz defeat |
| The Inquirer | AMD's massive pot pourri |
| The Inquirer | Athlon site baits Intel |
| Microprocessor
Headline News Collected By Robert R. Collins |
Week of October 7, 2001 |
Older News |
| October 8, 2001 | |
AMD blames Intel for earnings missBy Larry Dignan October 5, 2001 |
Advanced Micro Devices said Friday that fierce price
competition from Intel took its toll on AMD's third quarter,
which will fall well below analysts' expectations. Price wars aren't anything new between AMD and Intel as the two chipmakers race to make faster--and cheaper--semiconductors. But Intel seems to have inflicted some body blows on AMD this quarter. For the third quarter ending Sept. 30, AMD said it will report a pro forma loss between $90 million and $110 million, or 26 cents a share and 31 cents a share. That projected loss doesn't include restructuring and other charges, expected to be between $80 million and $110 million. AMD said last month it would lay off 15 percent of its work force. |
AMD aims new Athlon XP and Hammer processors at regaining momentumBy Mark LaPedus October 5, 2001 |
In a recent interview, Hector de J. Ruiz, president and chief
operating officer of Advanced Micro Devices Inc., insisted the
chip maker is well positioned in the PC processor arena, in
spite of the sharp IC downturn and competitive pressures from
Intel Corp. But it appears that AMD is not taking any chances. Hoping to regain its footing in the microprocessor arena, AMD this month will announce a one-two punch in the personal computer arena: it will begin a new and risky marketing campaign for its Athlon chip line, while describing the first details of its 64-bit family of processors. |
Intel looks to gadgets to boost PC demandBy John G. Spooner October 5, 2001 |
Intel wants you in pictures. The company, best known for its Pentium PC processors, this week launched a trio of PC-related consumer devices intended to further its strategy of using gadgets to push PC demand. The new products from Intel's Connected Products Division include an updated Intel Pocket Digital PC Camera, a new MP3 player dubbed Personal Audio Player 3000 and the new Intel Play Digital Movie Creator, a children's video camera. All three use universal serial bus (USB) connections to hook up with a PC and will ship this month. |
| Truths...from the rumor mill | |
Intel to hit 20GHz in 2006By Andrew Thomas October 8, 2001 |
INTEL LABS RESEARCHERS will unveil a new packaging approach
later today at a conference in Canada. At the Advanced
Metallization Conference in Montreal, the company will launch
a new technology to help build processors with more than one
billion transistors and running at about 20GHz within five
years. The technology, called Bumpless Build-Up Layer (BBUL) packaging, embeds the processor die directly inside the package, allowing for faster performance, lower power consumption and smaller overall processor size. |
AMD denies Megahurtz defeatBy Paul Hales October 7, 2001 |
WHILE IT ADMITS its Athlon is unlikely to scale to the 10GHz
or so Intel says the Pentium 4 is capable of, AMD claims its
next generation, 64-bit Hammer processor will knock the socks
off the Pentium 4 on the desktop. Yet Chimpzilla denies it has conceded defeat in the megahertz war with its relabelling of the Athlon XP, claiming the controversial numbering system is perfectly transparent to users and prospective buyers. |
AMD's massive pot pourriBy Mike Magee October 6, 2001 |
A HEAP OF DISPARATE STUFF all to do with Advanced Micro
Devices has tipped up, so here it is, promiscuously. C'T, the fab Hangover-based German magazine has dished some information in the latest issue it has taped out. It talks of a 1.4GHz Pentium III and also says Fab 30 is close to 12-inch morning glory. In addition, the lads chat about AMD XP. Here's some URLs to whet your appetite. We were supposed to be in Germany at the Oktoberfest right now but circumstances prevented it - so cheers! to our friends at Kingston T, and here's another German URL worth taking a peep at. |
Athlon site baits IntelOctober 7, 2001 |
WILL INTEL get in a terrible bate when they see the Trash
Intel logo on Athlon XP. COM? I spect we'll find out soon
enough. The guys at Akiba PC Hotline have lots of XP pix up on their site from yesterday. Check out the retail Intel AMD prices on this one. Intel's mobile Pentium IIIs using .13 micron tech have also made it here. |
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