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Customers Get Choice With HP’s Notebooks

by Tom Allen

HP has shown off new notebooks in its Envy line, which have several options for users: CPUs, GPUs, storage and more. The 14″ Envy 14 and 15.6″ Envy 15 (very innovative names there, HP…) …

AOC Selects Freesync

by Tom Allen

AOC has built Freesync into two new monitors – the company’s first with AMD’s anti-tearing technology. As long as gamers are using a compatible AMD GPU with the 24″ G2460PF or 27″ G2770PF, they …

Samsung Launches First Monitors in UHD Line to Deploy AMD’s FreeSync™ Technology

by Helen Vince

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., announced the introduction of the U24E590D and U28E590D, the first Samsung UHD monitors with AMD’s FreeSync™ technology. These UHD monitors offer unprecedented picture quality for gaming, entertainment and multi-tasking activities. …

Tags:AMD| Samsung| UltraHD & 4K

AMD Skips HDMI 2.0 Support

by Tom Allen

According to an AMD representative on the Overclockers UK forum, AMD’s new ‘Fiji’ chip (AMD Has Big Plans for UltraHD) does not support an important part of the HDMI 2.0 standard: the ability to …

AMD Drives Samsung’s Thin Clients

by Tom Allen

Through a partnership with AMD, Samsung is readying two new thin client displays. Powered by AMD’s Embedded G-Series SoCs, the 21.5″ TC222W and 23.6″ T242W feature fast data transfer and a compact form factor. …

Tags:AMD| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Thin Clients| Vol 22 - Issue 25

AMD Has Big Plans for UltraHD

by Tom Allen

During its E3 press conference, AMD showed a new Radeon R9 GPU called ‘Fury X’, with the highest memory bandwidth of any GPU, ever: 60% more than GDDR5, as well as a 4,096-bit memory …

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 26

by Tom Allen

Ever felt that your flagship smartphone just wasn’t powerful enough? Do you crave more cores, to the detriment of every other spec? Take a lesson from Intel’s lead engineer, François Piednoel. At a benchmarking …

AMD Names Head of CG Unit

by Helen Vince

AMD has announced that Jim Anderson has joined the company as senior VP and general manager of AMD’s computing and graphics (CG) business group. In his new role, Anderson will be responsible for managing …

AMD Takes Responsibility for 1535 Broadway

by Tom Allen

AMD has revealed that the massive digital sign unveiled in Times Square last year (New Times Square LED Sign Could Be Largest in the World) is driven by its own Firepro professional graphics cards. …

Tags:AMD| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 23

HP Leaves Windows for Ubuntu

by Tom Allen

HP has ditched Windows and decided to produce an Ubuntu laptop, in co-operation with UK-based Ebuyer.com. Although it doesn’t run Microsoft’s OS, the Probook 255 G3 features LibreOffice, which is compatible with the Windows …

AMD Result 24/04/2015

by Helen Vince

AMD’s net loss in the first quarter of the year widened to $180 million from $20 million in Q1 of last year. Turnover for the quarter fell 26% year on year to $1 billion …

Tags:AMD| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Intel, Samsung Rumoured to Be on Acquisition Trail

by Vanessa Browning

At the end of last week, there were murmurings that both Intel and Samsung were mulling options for acquiring rival chip firms, with Intel linked to Altera and Samsung linked with AMD. Both Intel …