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AIMeD Corporation: January 2010
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ARM vs Atom: Intel's Newest Challenge. The ARM architecture offers several advantages when compared to Atom. ARM has smaller die sizes than the Atom processors which gives ARM a cost advantage. Having been designed for use in space sensitive environments, the ARM core is smaller than the Atom equivalent. This is the case even though Atom is being manufactured on a more advanced process than most of the current ARM designs. With all these disadvantages, one wonders what Atom can bring to the table. The la...
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AIMeD Corporation: July 2008
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AMD Loses another $Billion in Q2'08 while Hector gets the boot. In the second quarter of 2008, AMD reported a net loss of $1.189 billion. It may appear that AMD has mastered announcing earnings report in the midst of deflated expectations. Surprisingly, nobody seemed to care that AMD lost $270 million in the quarter and wrote off another Billion from its books. That's the AMD we're all familiar with, beating expectations the wrong way round. But let's focus on the good news! By Roborat, Ph.D. 2008 Gross ...
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AIMeD Corporation: January 2009
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Another wider-than-expected loss for AMD. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - PC chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (. Posted a wider-than-expected loss in the fourth quarter as worldwide demand for PCs continued to shrink. AMD reported on Thursday a net loss of $1.42 billion. If AMD never made money during the best market condition, what hope is there when the economy is at its worst. For the first time the talk of bankruptcy for this company can never be more serious. Looking at the bright side of things, ...
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AIMeD Corporation: November 2008
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Bad For Intel, Catastrophic for AMD. Intel Corp. said late Wednesday that it expects financial results for its current, fourth fiscal quarter to be "below expectations," as the technology bellwether grapples with a flagging economy. The chip maker said it now expects fourth-quarter revenue to be $9 billion, "plus or minus $300 million," which is lower than the company's previous expectation of between $10.1 billion and $10.9 billion. Intel, at targeted. For now you can expect AMD. By Roborat, Ph.D.
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AIMeD Corporation: Another wider-than-expected loss for AMD
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Another wider-than-expected loss for AMD. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - PC chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (. Posted a wider-than-expected loss in the fourth quarter as worldwide demand for PCs continued to shrink. AMD reported on Thursday a net loss of $1.42 billion. If AMD never made money during the best market condition, what hope is there when the economy is at its worst. For the first time the talk of bankruptcy for this company can never be more serious. Looking at the bright side of things, ...Heh, ...
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AIMeD Corporation: March 2009
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At heart, we're a. Design company" - AMD. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Closed a deal to spin off its manufacturing operations on Monday, and said it expects the new company to assume responsibility for paying off about $1.1 billion of debt. The plants which make AMD's. Chips are now part of a $5 billion joint venture with Advanced Technology Investment Co, of Abu. Temporarily called The Foundry Co.". In a very creative way, AMD. Has ridden itself of its crippling debt and the massive. By Roborat, Ph.D.
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AIMeD Corporation: December 2008
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After years of being mobile, I finally decided to get myself a cheap but capable desktop from a custom build site. The system is intended to become a home file server, video editing and casual gaming. The specs follows:. GigaByte GA-EP45T-DS3R Intel P45 Express CrossFireX Chipset LGA775 FSB1600 DDR3/1600 Mainboard w/GbLAN,USB2.0,IEEE1394a,&7.1Audio. Intel Core™ 2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33GHz 1333FSB 4MB L2 * Overclockable S&S* * Cache 64-bit (. Read the reviews and I am already hating this CPU. AMD ends 2008 (un...
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AIMeD Corporation: June 2012
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Can Intel Catch ARM? Shrinking to 22nm will give Intel their cost/size advantage back and will improve their power efficiency. If ARM were to do nothing between now and 2014 I expect that Intel's shrink to 14nm would give them unquestioned leadership in all three key metrics, cost, power, and performance. Intel's critics are quick to point out that ARM will not. Be sitting still for the next 2 years and rightly so. Let's look at what ARM's roadmap shows between now and 2014. Most analysts believe that In...
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AIMeD Corporation: October 2008
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AMD comes out the closet, says no longer a real man. Real men have Fabs. Jerry Saunders, former AMD CEO. On Oct. 7, 2008, AMD and the Advanced Technology Investment Company announced the intention to create a new global enterprise,. To address the growing global demand for independent, leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing. There is a strong shift to foundries. AMD's New Global Foundry page. Even worse is the fact that SMIC has struggled since birth to actually turn a profit, so why should we think th...
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AIMeD Corporation: August 2008
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Strong Demand for Intel's Atom. Citigroup analyst Glen Yeung reiterates his Buy rating and $29 price target on Intel (INTC), citing channel checks that revealed strong demand for INTC's Atom processor:. Field checks from Japan suggest Intel has ordered 20M Atom flip-chip packages for 3Q08 and 25M for 4Q08. I may have to give anecdotal evidence in support of Glen Yeung’s report. The lead time for ordering Atom processors from distributors have now gone up to 6 weeks! By Roborat, Ph.D. In The Know's musings.