Dirk Meyer Becomes New CEO of AMD

Advanced Micro Devices, the world’s second largest maker of x86 central processing units, on Thursday announced that its chief executive officer Hector Ruiz has stepped down from his top executive position and that the board of directors elected president and chief operating officer Dirk Meyer to become the next CEO of AMD. Mr. Ruiz will continue to serve as the executive chairman of the board.Refer to:AMD News RoomX-Bit LabsMeyer, 46, is a former AMD star engineering manager who for the past two...

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European Commission confirms supplementary Statement of Objections sent to Intel

The European Commission can confirm that it has sent a supplementary Statement of Objections (SSO) to Intel on 17th July. Refer to MEMO/08/517In the SSO, the European Commission accuses Intel of three more elements of abusive conduct in order to monopolize the EU market of central processing units (CPUs):First, Intel has provided substantial rebates to a leading European personal computer (PC) retailer conditional on it selling only Intel-based PCs.Secondly, Intel made payments in order to induce a leading Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) to delay the planned launch of a product line incorporating...

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YouTube Official Channel for F4

Even YouTube wanna have official sites for each of F4 fans:VIC CHOU OFFICIAL YOUTUBE SITE:http://hk.youtube.com/vicchouVANNESS WU OFFICIAL YOUTUBE SITE:http://hk.youtube.com/vannesswuKEN CHU OFFICIAL YOUTUBE SITE:http://hk.youtube.com/kenchuJERRY YEN OFFICIAL YOUTUBE SITE:http://hk.youtube.com/jerry...

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Tea Fight attending HK IFF & Taiwan Film Festival

Vic Zhou's second movie, Tea Fight will be attending Hong Kong's Summer International Film Festival. It will be shown with English Subtitle.http://www.hkiff.org.hk/en/programme/Tea-Fight.htmlDir: Wang Ye-MingJapan/Taiwan; 2008; Colour; 105minCast: Vic Zhou, Kagawa Teruyuki, Toda Erika, Ning Chang, Eric TsangSynopsis:The ancient Curse of the Golden Tea can only be dispelled by the Female Golden Tea Leaf, long believe to be extinct. Mikio, daughter of an old tea shop owner in Kyoto has discovered...

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AMD Phenom X4 9950 & 9350e

With the release of the Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition, AMD steps up from the 9850. 100MHz to 2.6GHz from 2.5GHz but also increases the max TDP to 140W. The Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition takes over the $235 pricing the 9850 had, which will be reduced to $207 starting July 7th, a helpful heads up from AMD.The other new processors being released are the low wattage quad core processors, the Phenom X4 9350e and 9150e which have a max TDP of 65W. Previously 95W was the lowest TDP for Phenoms and it still...

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