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• HP targets netbooks with new laptop

  Countering the netbook craze, Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday introduced a thin and light laptop, the Pavilion DV2Z, which will deliver full PC functionality at a competitive price.

• Two years on, netbooks on verge of big shake-up

  Asustek kicked off an entirely new category in the mobile computing space when it presented a prototype of its Eee PC at Taiwan's Computex trade show two years ago. Since then, many users have embraced netbook PCs for their small size, light weight and low cost. Their popularity pushed Microsoft to extend the life of Windows XP and they've turned out to be one of the bright spots in the PC industry over the last few months.

• AMD challenges Intel with dual-core Neo chip

  Advanced Micro Devices on Monday said it had started shipping the dual-core Athlon Neo processor for thin and light laptops, upping the ante in its battle with rival Intel, which offers processors for similar laptops.

• AMD pushes six-core chips as upgrade to Shanghai

  Advanced Micro Devices on Monday announced six-core Opteron chips, which make them the fastest server chips the company has released to date.

• AMD gains processor market share on Intel

  After five quarters of declining market share, Advanced Micro Devices gained ground in chip shipments over chief rival Intel during the first quarter of 2009, IDC said on Tuesday.

• AMD merges graphics, microprocessor operations

  Advanced Micro Devices on Wednesday announced it was consolidating the operations of disparate business units in the company.

• Price war: Bargain ATI graphics card serves notice to Nvidia

  ATI Technologies Inc.'s new Radeon HD 4770 graphics processor launched earlier this week, receiving plaudits for incorporating cutting-edge technology at a ground-breaking price.

• AMD pulls dual-core server processors, cuts prices

  Advanced Micro Devices has pulled dual-core server processors from its product lineup, also cutting prices of some Opteron chips by close to 43 percent.

• AMD to Ship Six-Core Chip in June, Plans 16 Cores by 2011

  Advanced Micro Devices Inc. last week said it will release a six-core Opteron processor in June, five months ahead of schedule. And it detailed plans to add chips supporting up to 12 cores next year and 16 in 2011.

• AMD overclocks new Phenom II X4 to 7GHz

  AMD on Thursday introduced the latest member of its Phenom II X4 family of high-performance quad-core CPUs, which the No. 2 chip maker said it had run as fast as 7 GHz in extreme overclocking tests.

• AMD plans 16-core server chip

  Advanced Micro Devices is designing a server chip with up to 16 cores, quadrupling the count of its current quad-core server chips, the company said Wednesday.

• AMD adds speed to Shanghai processors

  AMD on Wednesday expanded its Opteron server processor lineup, lowering the bar on power drawn while raising the performance of chips.

• AMD widens loss during the quarter

  Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday reported a wider loss for the quarter compared to last year as it tries to recover from the recession.

• AMD to ship dual-core Neo, Istanbul this quarter

  Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday said it would ship new laptop and server processors later this quarter, which should up the ante in its competition with rival chip maker Intel.

• OLPC drops AMD chips for Via

  One Laptop Per Child on Friday refreshed its XO-1 laptop hardware, dumping chips from Advanced Micro Devices in favor of processors from Via Technologies.