"Zurich" is the name that has been assigned to AMD's next-generation Opteron 3000 server processor which has made it possible to extend AMD's reach into the 1U server space. The next name that the company has announced about in its statement of Monday is of "Interlagos," which it has assigned to the delayed server chips, earlier known as Opteron 6200.

In the Galleon hedge fund insider trading case, an important defendant pleaded guilty to criminal charges on Wednesday and admitted of crossing the limits by giving out information on stocks including IBM and Advanced Micro Devices.

Despite the fact that Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) itself considers the departure of the company's ex-CEO Dirk Meyer may help enhance the value of the company, financial analysts who cover AMD opine that Meyer's resignation is not a positive sign for the company.

Looking to contribute its know-how to propel the adoption of MeeGo in tablets, smartphones, and other mobile devices, chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has joined rival Intel’s MeeGo open-source Linux project.

AMD's latest graphic card, the Radeon HD 6870, is an offering which proves a value for money.

AMD offers a DirectX 11 graphics card which offers 5870 core has filtered down to cheaper cards, with the 5770 currently selling like hot cakes. The 5850were considered to be gen next cards. AMD proffers

25 million DirectX 11 cards in total.

On Thursday, chip maker AMD unveiled its Radeon 6800 series chips for gamers. The chips, which use the new Barts GPU, comprise of the Radeon HD 6870 (Barts XT) and the Radeon HD 6850 (Barts Pro).

The chip designer giant, AMD is speculated to be in pursuit of launching its name on a big new podium. The technology giant is in plans to unveil a big campaign to launch its processors into the market again.

It has been stated that AMD has released a new official Catalyst driver update. The new updates include many enhancements and fixes.

The completed version removes one problem that had led to the Windows cursor to appear bigger. The other bug that resulted in the Battlefield 2: Bad Company map to load slowly has also been eliminated.

AMD announced its admission into the six-core desktop chip market, with its Phenom II X6 chip, which has been code-named Thuban.

This chip, which is manufactured on Global Foundries' 45nm process, which is used in the existing quad-core Phenom IIs as well is similar to AMD's six-core Operton server chips, is designed for the desktop surroundings.

On Tuesday, Advanced Micro Devices launched the Phenon II X6, a six-core chip, with some features that are not available of Intel's Core i7s; however, it is available at very reasonable price.