AMD rolled out its Phenom triple core processor and the reactions ranged from "triple core is a marketing spiel" to "triple core gives consumers another option." Both reactions miss the big picture.

[UPDATE: Are triple-core Phenom processors just failed quad-core units? I've been asked this question several times today and to get a definitive answer I approached Scott Carroll, AMD Public ...

AMD's high-end quad-core Phenom chips may have compatibility issues when circuit board makers mismatch the boards with companion chips. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including ...

The Socket F Opteron processors, which AMD had previously signaled would be launched during LinuxWorld in San Francisco this week, are the first for AMD to add virtualization acceleration and DDR2 ...

Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, smartphones: how they define the computing experience and the hardware that makes them tick. He has served as an ...

Upgradeability from dual- to quad-core processors is expected to be as straightforward as it was from single- to dual-core with AMD, with unchanged thermal and electrical envelopes. The demonstration ...

Now shipping, the Socket F Opteron processors are AMD's first to add virtualization acceleration and DDR2 memory. Rival Intel has been offering virtualization acceleration in some of its server chips ...

New AMD A-Series APU delivers entry-level quad-core performance plus AMD Radeon HD graphics for tablets, hybrids and small-screen touch notebooks London, UK. Sept. 11, 2013. AMD (NYSE: AMD) today ...