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Earlier news here ======================================= 11/07/02 - New AMD roadmap shows new chips The newest roadmap (here) just arrived and shows some good surprises. Barton, desktop and mobile, could arrived before end of this year while sledgehammer and clawhammer (desktop and mobile) could appear in 1H2003. The new comers are Athens, Odessa and San Diego, the .90µ version of the Hammer bros. and they are scheduled for 1H2004 which looks quite near if we think that .13µ process started few months ago only. ======================================= 11/07/02 - nForce2 review: A7N8X & K7NCR18D Pro HardTecs4U has an awesome review of 36 pages on nForce2 and two of its most famous ambassadors: Asus A7N8X and Leadtek K7NCR18D Pro. So don't delay and read that masterpiece here and enjoy our nForce2 Special here, A7N8X Special here and K7N18CRD Special here ======================================= 11/07/02 - Jerry Sanders: Layoffs in 10-20% range Jerry Sanders AMD's Chairman confirms here what was widely expected: 10 to 20% of the workforce will lighten the payroll during the current quarter to help the company reach the break-even point by Q2 next year. ======================================= 11/07/02 - AMD confirms Q4 outlook Speaking at Annual Analyst Meeting, Hector de Ruiz confirmed that he expects a sales increase of 20 percent or more in the fourth quarter of 2002, compared to the third quarter ended September 29, 2002: "demand for our Flash memory products, including our new MirrorBit offering, is accelerating". Read the good news here ======================================= 11/07/02 - Understanding bandwidth and latency Thanks to Jon "Hannibal" Stokes at arstechnica we're going to understand the true meaning of bandwith and latency with some revelations about how they subtly interact. Great article! Read this here ======================================= 11/07/02 - Athlon XP 2600+ FSB 333MHz official! A close look at AMD Athlon XP Processor Recommended Motherboards here shows Athlon XP 2600+ with FSB 266 and 333 for Asus A7V8X. ======================================= 11/07/02 - Ruiz memo leaked: Layoff for sure An internal memorandum from Hector de Ruiz, dated 17th of October, landed at the inquirer and clearly indicates that layoffs are part of the plan to reduce costs: "With all of the great things we're doing to position ourselves for success, the most important one - today - is to reduce our operating costs. And, unfortunately, the magnitude of this task dictates that there will be workforce reductions". ======================================= 11/07/02 - KT400 fight of the day: Soyo vs. Shuttle Hot Hardware has Soyo KT400 and Shuttle AK37GTR the ring, struggling for supremacy, when the reference KT333 board A7V333 is surprisingly jumping in: "What is especially bothersome is that two KT400 machines were beaten here on occasion, by a KT333 board using the same components installed in the same exact way". Read this here and check for more Soyo KT400 Drangon here and Shuttle AK37GTR here ======================================= 11/07/02 - Things really improving in semi world Two reports from DigiTimes give a good hint of semiconductor trend for the rest of the year. First here, TSMC, UMC orders may yield better-than-expected 4Q, shows rising order to the biggest Tawainese foundries confirmed by the second news here, VIA confirms raising orders to TSMC of almost 50000 wafers last month: "VIA executives said that the company is feeling stronger demand from the Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)-platform market" ======================================= 11/07/02 - FIC AN19E KT400 motherboard review Released two months ago, this FIC KT400 board had a limited press coverage and Paul at VR-Zone is correcting this, with a good look at it. If the performances are on the par with others KT400, he praises the stability, the rich features and the respectable OC ability. Read the whole here and check for more FIC AN19E links here ======================================= Older news here - Comments, suggestions, links here |
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