[UPDATE: Are triple-core Phenom processors just failed quad-core units? I've been asked this question several times today and to get a definitive answer I approached Scott Carroll, AMD Public ...

The Socket F Opteron processors, which AMD had previously signaled would be launched during LinuxWorld in San Francisco this week, are the first for AMD to add virtualization acceleration and DDR2 ...

Now shipping, the Socket F Opteron processors are AMD's first to add virtualization acceleration and DDR2 memory. Rival Intel has been offering virtualization acceleration in some of its server chips ...

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AMD has pretty much put the final nail in the coffin of the two-socket quad-core platform. According to The Tech Report, an AMD representative made the following statement on the future of the ...

AMD (NYSE:AMD) today demonstrated the industry’s first native quad-core x86 server processor, achieving four x86 processing cores on a single die of silicon. At the annual AMD Industry Analyst Forum ...

Following on from yesterday's announcement that its 45nm production for K10-series Phenom processors is on track, we took a closer look at a wafer of 45nm wafer of 'Shanghai' cores. Fresh out of Fab ...

AMD's high-end quad-core Phenom chips may have compatibility issues when circuit board makers mismatch the boards with companion chips. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including ...

Six-core processors have finally overtaken quad-core chips as the most popular type of CPU for PC gamers. Valve’s recently released Steam Hardware Survey for March has revealed that the period of ...

Click to viewWe just got the chance to play around with AMD’s newest quad core system, the Phenom RD790 and a pair of ATI HD2900XT graphics processors. There’s a whole lot of cooling going on, thanks ...

AMD announce that is has begun shipping its new Llano processors to OEM manufacturers. The Llano APU (accelerated processor unit) is the latest of AMD’s Fusion core processors combining the core ...