In Switch, Toshiba Buys AMD Chips
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Losing Toshiba as a customer never sat well with Advanced Micro Devices. Japan's Toshiba ditched AMD for Intel as a maker of chips for its laptops in 2001. Since then, AMD has been fighting its way back into Toshiba's lineup in a campaign that has accelerated in recent months.
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Cell, RSX production transferred Sony is to sell the chip manufacturing plant it currently uses to produce Cell processors for the PlayStation 3 games console to Toshiba, part of a scheme that will see the two Japanese giants create an Â¥100m ($858,000) chip-making joint-venture.â¦
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD.N,   the world's number two maker of microchips for personal   computers, will supply China's second-largest PC maker with   chips, scoring its latest victory in a market share battle with   bigger rival Intel INTC.O.
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Toshiba Corp. (6502.T) said on Friday it  would buy certain chip-related patents from Micron Technology  Inc.  and secure licences for all the patents held by  Micron unit Lexar Media Inc. for $288 million, ending lawsuits  between the Japanese electronics maker and Lexar.
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Eyeing Sun's Niagara flow Intel has confirmed plans to "tick" and "tock" AMD into submission.â¦
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It looks like a partnership between AMD, IBM, Sony and Toshiba has produced a new technology which allows faster transistor speeds with the same energy consumption.
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The chip company makes a major deal to reach a new market.
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AMD got some much-needed good news this week when Gateway announced that it's trading in Intel chips for AMD Phenom quad-core processors in two new high-end desktop machines.Gateway, which has been mostly an Intel-only company for years, unveiled Wednesday AMD-based GM and GT series desktop systems. And for a microprocessor company that has been struggling with missed shipment dates, financial woes and a slide in mind share, this is welcome news, according to industry analysts."This is very positive for AMD," said Dean Freeman, an analyst at Gartner. "Almost any wins are good news for AMD at this time. AMD has been beaten down pretty hard lately, and this says someone thinks enough of them still to put their chips in their systems."Focusing on "media-hungry users", the new Gateway GM5664 desktop is geared toward gamers and users interested in video editing or watching live TV online. Available at U.S. retailers for $1,149.99, the computer also sports a "Hybrid-SuperMulti" optical drive that reportedly can read both HD-DVD and Blu-ray movies as well as read and burn CDs and standard-def DVDs.The Gateway GT5662, which prices in at $749.99, is a multimedia lite machine. This desktop uses the lower power AMD Phenom quad-core 9500 proccessor, a 500GB hard drive, and its own SuperMulti drive to enable users to burn content onto DVDs or CDs.Both Freeman and Nathan Brookwood, principal analyst with Insight 64, noted that by getting some AMD processors into the mix, Gateway is able to buy some of its chips for a lot less cash. "This allows Gateway to go ahead and lower margins or offer lower prices for customers," said Freeman. "Gateway is looking to make strategic moves to increase profitability."Having Gateway buy into its quad-core family isn't going to put AMD back on top by any means, noted Gordon Haff, an analyst with Illuminata. "No specific OEM, especially a second-tier one, is going to change AMD's market position dramatically," he added. "That said, this is how companies need to build their market position -- one win at a time, whether big or small."
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Japan's Sony Corp  is in talks to  sell its production facilities for advanced microchips used in  its PlayStation 3 game console to Toshiba Corp ,  sources close to the matter said.
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Intel benefited from a reorganization and various new products after several quarters of a bruising price war with Advanced Micro Devices.
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To judge by the shift in the headlines, the processor war is nearly over. Who&#39;s in? Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD). Out? Intel (Nasdaq: INTC).
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It makes business sense for AMD to do so and there still a healthy market for ATI products paired with Intel processors, AMD's chief technology officer said.
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Intel's new "Canmore" chip goes on sale this year and is designed for use in consumer electronics like TVs.
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x86 platform ousting others AMD regained a few percentage points of world microprocessor market share from its arch-rival, Intel, the latest, second-quarter figures from market watcher iSuppli show.â¦
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Sony Corp  said on Wednesday it  will sell its microchip production facilities in western Japan  to Toshiba Corp  for 90 billion yen ($835 million), in  their latest move to focus on their core businesses.
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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) said Wednesday it has gained approval from key U.S., Canadian, and German antitrust regulators for itsÂ $5.4 billion plan to buyÂ Canadian chip set developer ATI Technologies.
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(InfoWorld) - Toshiba has disclosed details of aÂ new range of laptop computersÂ based on processors from Advanced Micro DevicesÂ -- the first AMD-based machines the company has sold in about seven years. The Satellite A215 series laptops will be based on AMDâs Turion 64 X2 dual-core processors and also feature Radeon X1200 graphics from ATI, whichÂ AMD boughtÂ last year. Other specifications include a 15.4-inch widescreen display with 1,280 pixel by 800 pixel resolution, serial ATA (SATA) hard-disk drive and DVD super-multidrive, compatible with 11 disc formats, including DVD+/-R dual-layer discs. Toshiba stopped using AMD processors in its laptop computers in 2000, making its complete line Intel-only. The company didn't disclose the reason for dropping the chips, but about two years ago AMD alleged inÂ a lawsuit against IntelÂ that Toshiba had received a "very substantial" payment from Intel. Like other PC vendors, Toshiba was receiving "market development funds" from Intel worth about $25 million to $30 million per quarter and those would have been jeopardized if it used AMD chips, the lawsuit alleged. The case between AMD and Intel continues. In a statement Tuesday Toshiba said it has seen "increased consumer demand over the past two years for AMD-based platforms." The computers will be available built-to-order from Toshiba's online shop. A featured configuration, the Satellite A215-S4767, combines the Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology Gold Edition TL64 processor with 2GB of memory, a 250GB hard-disk drive, DVD supermulti drive, 802.11b/g wireless LAN, embedded Web cam, and fingerprint reader for $1,300. Â