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China has initiated a policy shift to eliminate American processors from government computers and servers, reports Financial Times. The decision is aimed to gradually eliminate processors from AMD and Intel from system used by China's government agencies, which will mean lower sales for U.S.-based chipmakers and higher sales of China's own CPUs. The new procurement guidelines, introduced quietly at the end of 2023, mandates government entities to prioritize 'safe and reliable' processors and operating systems in their purchases. This directive is part of a concerted effort to bolster domestic technology and parallels a similar push within state-owned enterprises to embrace technology designed in China. The list of approved processors and operating systems, published by China's Information Technology Security Evaluation Center, exclusively features Chinese companies. There are...
Mobile GPU Faceoff: AMD Dynamic Switchable Graphics vs. NVIDIA Optimus Technology
AMD has had switchable graphics technology with their mobile GPUs for a while now, with solutions like the original HP Envy 13 from two years back and Lenovo’s T400...
91 by Jarred Walton on 9/20/2011A look at Windows 8 Tablets running on TI, Qualcomm, Nvidia, AMD and Intel silicon
This afternoon (and yesterday) we had a chance to meet with a number of SoC vendors who have partnered with Microsoft for Windows 8. Each of them has their...
94 by Brian Klug on 9/14/2011AMD's 28nm GPU Demoed, Release Later This Year
In another demonstration of silicon health AMD was showing working 28nm mobile GPU silicon running Dirt 3. It's too early to talk about performance or specifications, but AMD is...
26 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/14/2011Look Out Bulldozer, Here Comes Trinity: AMD's 2012 Demo on Video at IDF
AMD's Bulldozer CPU is on the verge of being released. Sever markets will see the CPU soon, while desktop customers will have to wait until Q4 (which is only...
33 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/14/2011AMD Shows Off Mobility Radeon HD 7000
Thanks X-bit labs for the image Intel's Developer Forum and Microsoft's BUILD conference are both underway but to not make this week any quieter, AMD is also having their own...
8 by Kristian Vättö on 9/14/2011AMD Sets World Overclocking Record with 8.429GHz Bulldozer Processor
Before every major architecture launch from AMD or NVIDIA, the companies typically hold an editor's or tech day. These events usually last about a day (sometimes two) and involve...
43 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2011Pricing Revealed for First AMD Bulldozer FX Chips
Though AMD began shipping Bulldozer-based sever CPUs last week, we're still waiting until Q4 for the new architecture to hit the desktop. In the meantime, however, pre-order pricing for...
58 by Andrew Cunningham on 9/12/2011Sony VAIO S Series: All Day Consumer Computing
You asked for it, you got it: in house, a review of Sony's longstanding 13.3" road warrior S series. It's light, has a matte screen, switchable graphics, a mainstream...
70 by Dustin Sklavos on 9/9/2011AMD Ships Bulldozer for Servers, Desktops to Follow in Q4
Yesterday AMD announced that it had begun revenue shipments of the first Bulldozer processors for servers. More specifically AMD is referring to its Interlagos CPU which features two Bulldozer...
22 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/8/2011AMD's First Dual-Core Llano APUs: A4-3400 & A4-3300 Launched
Today AMD introduced its first dual-core Llano APUs: the A4-3400 and A4-3300. These APUs have only 758M active transistors, a bit over half of the transistors in the bigger...
14 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/7/2011HP Leaks Three Unreleased AMD A-series APUs
HP has accidentally leaked three AMD A-series APUs while updating the service guide for HP Pavilion g7. The update simply includes SKUs and specs for three yet to be...
5 by Kristian Vättö on 9/7/2011AMD Names Rory Read as New CEO
AMD has finally chosen a new CEO: Rory Read has been selected to fill the position that Dirk Meyer vacated in January. Read was previously President and COO of...
15 by Andrew Cunningham on 8/25/2011AMD's A8-3850 up to 26% Faster than A6-3650
When AMD introduced its Llano desktop parts it mentioned two different GPU configurations: an on-die Radeon HD 6550D with 400 cores running at 600MHz and a Radeon HD 6530D...
12 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/23/2011The Sandy Bridge Pentium Review: G850, G840, G620 & G620T Tested
Despite abandoning Pentium as a high end brand with the 2006 release of Intel's Core 2 Duo, Intel has kept the label around for use on its value mainstream...
110 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/23/2011AMD Updates Brazos with E-450, E-300 and C-60 APUs
When AMD first introduced its Brazos platform at the end of last year it promised annual updates to the platform. Today we get the first official update to the...
25 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/22/2011AMD Releases Catalyst 11.8 Drivers
AMD today released version 11.8 of its Calalyst driver package for Windows. As with previous releases, version 11.8 is available for all 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows XP...
14 by Andrew Cunningham on 8/17/2011AMD Introduces Triple-Core A6-3500 APU
AMD just announced availability of its first triple-core Llano APU: the A6-3500. The 3500 features three cores running at 2.1GHz. AMD's Turbo Core is supported so you can see...
26 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/17/2011Llano in the Wild: Toshiba's Satellite L775D-S7206
Since Llano's introduction, the value of AMD's new APU has been the subject of some debate, even between editors here at AnandTech. With notebooks sporting the new A-series processors...
74 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/12/2011AMD to Enter RAM Market with Radeon-branded DDR3
AMD's website suggests that the company will be entering the RAM market soon with their own RAM modules. The modules will be branded as Radeon, just like AMD's GPUs...
23 by Kristian Vättö on 8/8/201128nm Radeon Chips This Year? AMD Says Yes
During its Q2 2011 earnings conference, AMD’s interim-CEO Thomas Seifert revealed that AMD already has working samples of GPUs using a 28nm fabrication process. AMD claims it is on...
17 by Saumitra Bhagwat on 7/28/2011