Bulldozer
AMD this month has agreed to pay compensation that totals $12.1 million to users who purchased FX-8000/9000 CPUs via its website or in the state of California. The case comes down to AMD advertising these processors as having 8 cores, and the claim that a shared FPU unit within a 'dual core' module does not constitute an actual core of performance similar to a separate core/FPU unit. Users who qualify for the compensation are estimated to recieve in the region on $35, depending on the exact uptake, and no one person can claim more than $7500. AMD’s Bulldozer microarchitecture used 'dual-core modules' containing two independent ALUs and a shared FPU. AMD believed that such design allowed it to call its FX-8000 and FX-9000 series processors...
Details on AMD Bulldozer: Opterons to Feature Configurable TDP
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62 by Johan De Gelas & Kristian Vättö on 7/15/2011Computex 2011: AMD Bulldozer, Llano, Trinity, & New VISION Branding
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26 by Ryan Smith on 6/1/2011Mobility Sector Updates: Waiting for Sandy Bridge and Market Analysis
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30 by Ryan Smith on 1/10/2011AMD Bobcat & Bulldozer Hot Chips Presentations Online
Yesterday we published our coverage of AMD's Bobcat and Bulldozer architecture disclosures. If you haven't had a chance to read the piece or haven't been following AMD for the...
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We've been waiting years for AMD to deliver another knockout microprocessor architecture rather than continue to play the value game. While we've been waiting for its next generation Bobcat...
81 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/24/2010The Business of Technology: AMD Q3 2007
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As the first in our new series of business-focused articles, we take a look at Creative Technology, who is suffering from years of losses
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