AMDAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc. (abbreviated AMD; NYSE: AMD) is an American manufacturer of semiconductors based in Sunnyvale, California. The company was founded in 1969 by a group of former executives from Fairchild Semiconductor, including Jerry Sanders, III, Ed Turney, John Carey, Sven Simonsen, Jack Gifford and three members from Gifford's team, Frank Botte, Jim Giles and Larry Stenger. AMD is the world's second-largest supplier of x86 based processors and the world's second largest supplier..Japan's 10-Year Bonds Decline After Fed Agrees to AIG Funding - Bloomberg- September 17, 2008 Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's 10-year bonds fell, pushing yields up from near a five-month low, after the Federal Reserve agreed to lend up to $85 billion to American International Group Inc. to avoid a deepening of credit-market turmoil. The U.S ...http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601009&sid=aMD2AwdpSXRE&refer=bond Cooler Master GeminII S: Small Doesn't Mean Inefficient- September 17, 2008 We are going to talk about a compact version of a giant GeminII super-cooler from Cooler Master.http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/coolermaster-geminii-s.html New UK memory website launched- September 17, 2008 A new website dedicated to selling memory products to UK consumers launched today , backed by entrepreneur Ben Hardyment.http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-new-uk-memory-website-launched-/2008/09/16/3654275.htm Spansion(R) Leads NOR Flash Memory Segment According to iSuppli- September 17, 2008 Company Raised to Third in Total Flash Memory Market Share SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept.http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-16-2008/0004... World's First Stacked 3D Processor Created- September 17, 2008 Dual-Core Versus Quad-Core: Part 2 The Intel Core 2 E8500 and the AMD Phenom X4 9350e offer high performance within the same 65 W power envelope, and are sold at the same price point.http://www.tomshardware.com/news/rochester-3d-processor,6369.html Cray takes supercomputers to the desktop- September 17, 2008 Computerworld newsletters! Think of supercomputers and you tend to think of multi-million dollar machines that easily take up a football field.http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id%3B377112540%3Bfp%3B2%3Bfpid%3B1 NVIDIA debuts GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 graphics card- September 16, 2008 NVIDIA has already slashed the price of its GeForce GTX 260 and GTX 280 graphics cards in order to better compete with AMD's bang-for-the-buck-beating ATI Radeon HD 4850 and 4870 cards, and it's now taken ...http://www.gizmonews.com/?p=27471 Biz break: Adobe's profit falls 6.6 percent, beats estimates- September 16, 2008 Software maker Adobe Systems reported today that its third-quarter profits were down 6.6 percent, at $191.6 million compared with $205.2 million for the same period last year.http://www.mercurynews.com/columns/ci_10479696 How Lehman Socked Your Solar Stock- September 16, 2008 This story begins with the brainchild of some investment banker. It's known as a capped call transaction.http://www.fool.com/investing/high-growth/2008/09/16/how-lehman-socked-your-solar-stock.as... Tinest Linux system, yet- September 16, 2008 CompuLab introduced a tiny fanless PC using 4-6 Watts of power. The Linux-ready "Fit-PC Slim" measures 4.3 x 3.9 x 1.2 inches , but includes a 500MHz AMD Geode LX800, Ethernet, VGA output, WiFi, and a 2.5-inch ...http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2102697273.html?kc=rss |