Advanced Micro Devices says its badly needed quad-core desktop processors are on the way, and they'll arrive bearing a new name. Later this year, AMD will unveil its Phenom processors in quad-core and ...

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 ...

[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 ...

AMD publicly stated late last year that it would be able to offer quad-core AMD Phenom 9700 and 9900 CPUs with fixed erratum as well as at higher clock-speeds in Q1 2008. However, the chipmaker ...

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In the latest x86-based server processor war between Intel and AMD, both companies are on the offensive. Last week, Intel preemptively launched the first strike with its Xeon 7300 series, and Monday, ...

The upcoming quad core Opteron processors from AMD draws less power than the current dual core Opterons and AMD is already bragging about it. During the AMD press conference at Computex today, a demo ...

There's no question the channel is eager to get its hands on Advanced Micro Devices' first quad-core x86 microprocessor. Monday's belated launch of the long-awaited server chip code-named Barcelona ...

Sun has released eight servers using the quad-core Opteron chip, giving AMD's processor a bigger foothold in the quad-core server market Sun on Tuesday released eight servers powered by AMD’s new quad ...