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AMD will shed 10 per cent of the firm’s global work force as part of a restructuring plan designed to facilitate a "competitive cost structure," the chipmaker announced. The restructuring will trim $10 million in 2011 and $118 million in 2012. In addition to laying off around one in ten …
Read More »AMD to axe more than 1,000 jobs
Global restructuring plan expected to save $128m in operational costs by 2012
Read More »AMD confirms Dirt 3 code loss
Hardware manufacturer AMD has confirmed a data breach on servers housing codes for free copies of Codemasters racer Dirt 3. It was reported yesterday that anything in the region of 3m codes – which can be used to redeem a free copy of the game on Steam – had been …
Read More »Digital copies of Dirt 3 stolen
Codes for an estimated three million copies of Codemasters racer Dirt 3 have been accessed and illegally distributed online. Kotaku reports that a promotion from graphics card manufacturer AMD was offering free copies of the game to anyone who purchased one of their graphics cards. However, the 3m Steam codes …
Read More »Wii U runs with AMD custom Radeon HD GPU
E3 2011: AMD shy on details for new graphics chip, though promises high-end performance
Read More »GDC: OpenGL 4.0 specs released
New version hailed as a â??major step forwardâ?
Read More »AMD providing â??affordableâ?? DMM package
Two new physics engine bundles made available to developers
Read More »Xbox 720 will be ‘powered by AMD
Just hours after talk of the DS 2 first materialised, eyes has now turned to the next Xbox, with reports claiming that Microsoft’s next machine will use AMD’s GPU tech. Tech site Fudzilla – which has a mixed record of success with trade speculation – is suggesting that AMD will …
Read More »Intel lands record $1.45bn antitrust fine
Leading component manufacturer Intel has been fined $1.45bn by the European Commission as punishment for ‘illegal rebates and practices’ used to prevent AMD from rivalling its position in the market. Intel paid PC manufacturers to postpone or cancel plans to launch AMD-equipped hardware. The fine is the biggest ever imposed …
Read More »AMD losses widen
Chip maker AMD saw losses widen in the first calendar quarter as the PC market went through a painful sales drought. A slump in demand for microprocessors saw quarterly sales sink by 21 per cent to reach $1.18bn, though this was still better than the previously projected result of $978 …
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