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Silent start-up readies to take on Intel in notebooks

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Montalvo has some cash and a lot of execs with deep backgrounds in the chip industry. But will it have the staying power to survive against Intel? It’s a drama we’ve all seen play out before: a small, secretive start-up lays plans to come out with a chip…
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Via makes way for 64-bit chips

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Chipmaker’s Isaiah processor architecture is expected to double performance but consume same amount of energy.Images: Isaiah architecture up close Via Technologies is making processors based on a new architecture this year that may help the tiny company inch up the chipmaking pecking order. The chips, which utilize…
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AMD has wider loss due to charge on ATI purchase

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Purchase of graphics chipmaker ATI leads to a $1.68 billion charge for No. 2 chipmaker AMD. Advanced Micro Devices, the world’s second-largest maker of computer microprocessors, on Thursday posted a wider quarterly net loss due to a $1.68 billion charge related to its purchase of graphics chipmaker ATI….
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