AMD Touts New Chip Branding Strategy Sep 16, 2009
With its 2006 of ATI Technologies, AMD now has motherboard chipsets and graphics chips all under one umbrella, and offers the three as a one-stop shopping package to computer makers. Basic, Premium, Ultimate and Black. (Datamation)
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. Reports Unaudited Consolidated Financial Results for the Second Quarter of 2009 Jul 31, 2009
ASE, Inc.'s international customer base of more than 200 customers includes such leading names as ATI Technologies Inc., MediaTek Inc., NEC Electronics Corporation, NVIDIA Corporation, NXP Semiconductors, Qualcomm Incorporated, RF Micro Devices Inc. and STMicroelectronics N.V. With advanced technological capabilities and a global presence spanning Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and the United States, ASE, Inc. has established a reputation for reliable, high quality products and... (PR Newswire)
Chip bans hit OEM plans Jul 2, 2009
Affected companies include ATI Technologies (now part of Advanced Micro Devices Inc.), Freescale Semiconductor, Motorola Inc., Spansion LLC and ST Microelectronics NV and Qualcomm Inc. Freescale and Qualcomm have posted the bond to allow imports, said a Tessera spokesperson. Starting July 20, any affected chips will be banned. (EETimes)
Tessera wins ITC patent ruling May 21, 2009
applies to certain chips from ATI Technologies (now part of Advanced Micro Devices Inc.), Freescale Semiconductor, Motorola Inc., Spansion LLC and ST Microelectronics NV that the ITC said infringe Tessera's '326 and '419 patents. The companies can continue to import the chips if they negotiate a license from Tessera or if they pay a bond of 3. (EETimes)
Apple hires AMD graphics CTO Apr 28, 2009
Drebin helped develop the graphics chip used in the Nintendo GameCube while at startup ArtX, acquired by ATI Technologies in 2000. He remained with ATI through the acquisition by AMD in 2006 rising from engineering director to graphics unit CTO.. (EETimes)
AMD's new CEO got $5.3 million pay package in '08 Feb 28, 2009
6 billion acquisition of graphics chip maker ATI Technologies. In 2008, AMD lost $3. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Video: Intel demos 32 nm CPUs Feb 11, 2009
AMD acquired ATI Technologies , in part, to merge ATI's graphics cores with its CPUs in so-called accelerated processors. "Now Intel could have a year with integrated graphics before AMD gets there," said Nathan Brookwood, principal of market watcher Insight64 (Saratoga, Calif. (EETimes)
