e-techblog.com » Intel http://e-techblog.com Infuse Your Life With Technology News Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:12:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 AMD proposes purchase of ATI for $5.4 billion http://e-techblog.com/2006/07/28/amd-proposes-purchase-of-ati-for-54-billion/ http://e-techblog.com/2006/07/28/amd-proposes-purchase-of-ati-for-54-billion/#comments Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:57:47 +0000 e-tech http://e-techblog.com/2006/07/28/amd-proposes-purchase-of-ati-for-54-billion/ Looks like Intel’s rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
has just up the stakes with it’s propose purchase of Canadian company ATI Technologies Inc for $5.4 billion.

This is the excerpt from AMD & ATI’s site:

On July 24, 2006, AMD and ATI announced a plan to join forces, in a transaction that will combine AMD’s technology leadership in microprocessors with ATI’s strengths in graphics, chipsets and consumer electronics. The result is a processing powerhouse: a new competitor, better equipped to drive growth, innovation and choice for its customers in commercial and mobile computing segments and in rapidly-growing consumer electronics segments. The transaction, valued at US $5.4 billion, is expected to close in Q4 2006 subject to approval by ATI shareholders, court approval, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

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According to DailyTech, Intel’s next processors will be called Core 2 Duo.

Core 2 Extreme will actually become the first Conroe processor to launch, followed immediately by Core 2 Duo E6700 — as outlined by Intel’s most recent desktop roadmap. Merom and Conroe are both based on 65nm process designs with shared L2 cache and aggressive power management. Conroe and Merom will both be backwards compatible with recently manufactured desktop and mobile motherboards.

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Popular Voice-over-protocol service,Skype, has been subpoenaed by AMD over it’s deal with Intel,
as part of the chipmaker’s ongoing antitrust lawsuit against rival Intel.

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A user running an Intel chip can include up to 10 other individuals on a conference call, while those with an AMD process can only connect with 5 people. Skype said the limitation was due to limitations with AMD technology, a claim AMD disputes.

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