Macworld.com - Intel unveiled its new Core 2 Duo processor lineup on Thursday, increasing the pressure on rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). The 10 new dual-core chips promise markedly better performance and greater energy efficiency than Intel’s existing products.

AP - Intel Corp. launched its biggest product revamp in six years Thursday, unveiling 10 microprocessors that are expected to help the world's largest chip maker retake ground lost to smaller competitor Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Macworld.com - Intel slashed prices on some desktop PC microprocessors by more than half on Thursday, raising the stakes against rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), which cut prices earlier this week.

Reuters - Intel Corp. , the world's largest semiconductor maker, said on Thursday it plans to start shipping new processors for desktop computers in early August and for laptops at the end of August.

Processor manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) on Tuesday demonstrated a working four-core desktop system at a technology event held at its company headquarters. It uses two dual-core 2.8Ghz CPU engineering samples, clocked at the same speed as AMD's flagship Athlon 64 FX-62 dual-core...

Macworld.com - The pitched battle for supremacy in the chip-making market reached a critical phase yesterday with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in Sunnyvale, Calif. announcing its decision to acquire Canadian graphic cards manufacturer ATI Technologies (ATI).

NewsFactor - In a move that could impact the kinds of choices available to home and business PC users, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced yesterday that it was buying video chip maker, ATI, for $5.4 billion.

AP - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. struck another blow at Intel Corp., its bigger rival in the market for personal-computer microprocessors, as it disclosed plans Monday to buy one of the dominant makers of graphics chips in a $5.4 billion deal that analysts said could fundamentally alter competition in the semiconductor industry.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will buy graphics card maker ATI in a deal worth $5.4 billion. The merger must first pass approval from shareholders, regulators, and lawmakers, yet AMD says "this acquisition will enable the combined company to enable the delivery of outstanding total platform...

The price war between microprocessor manufacturers Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Intel is heating up, which can only mean the price of PCs for consumers is about to take a wallet-saving drop. Both companies will slash prices on desktop processors, which means more savings for consumers....

Planned $5.4 billion buyout gives Advanced Micro Devices ammo in its battle against rival chipmaker Intel.

Reuters - Graphics chip maker Nvidia Corp. sees no need to pursue a merger of the kind its rival ATI Technologies Inc. has struck with No. 2 computer processor producer Advanced Micro Devices Inc. , an Nvidia executive said on Monday.

Reuters - Intel Corp. , which has been losing market share in computer processors to Advanced Micro Devices Inc. , now looks better placed to weather a brutal price war that seems set to worsen.

Macworld.com - Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has agreed to buy Canadian graphics chip vendor ATI Technologies for around $5.4 billion in cash and stock, the companies announced Monday.

Advanced Micro Devices is the second maker of microprocessors after Intel. The company is planning to purchase ATI Technologies for approximately $5.5 billion.

Reuters - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. , the No. 2 supplier of computer processors, said on Monday it would acquire graphics chip maker ATI Technologies Inc. for $5.4 billion in cash and stock to expand its product mix and grow marketshare as its battles Intel Corp. .

Reuters - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. , expected to acquire graphics chip maker ATI Technologies Inc. for about $5.5 billion, said on Sunday it would make a "significant corporate announcement" on Monday.

AP - Advanced Micro Devices Inc., said it will make a "significant" announcement Monday, amid news reports that Intel Corp.'s biggest rival for PC microprocessors plans to pay more than $5 billion to acquire a top graphics chip maker.

Intel will bring the first commercial quad-core micro processors to the market when they hit the shelves in the fourth quarter. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), which beat Intel to the market with the first dual-core processors, won't have its quad-core products available until later in 2007....

Reuters - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. posted a higher quarterly profit on Thursday as the No. 2 maker of microprocessors for personal computers took more market share from bigger rival Intel Corp. .