AMD Releases Specification Designed to Enable Real-Time Performance Optimization for Software Applications

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AMD today made available a new specification describing “Light-Weight Profiling” (LWP), a technology designed to increase the performance of software applications by providing a mechanism that allows software to more effectively leverage the benefits of multi-core processing.


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Taiwan's AU Optronics posts lower-than-expected profit

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Taiwan's AU Optronics Corp., the world's third-largest flat-panel maker by revenue, said Thursday its second-quarter net profit fell 24.4 percent from the previous quarter due to weak global demand.

Crackdown launched on illegal downloads

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Britain's six biggest internet providers have backed a government plan to clamp down on rampant music and film piracy, it was reported Thursday .

South Korea's Hynix to close US chip plant

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(AP) -- Hynix Semiconductor Inc., the world's second-largest memory chip manufacturer, said Thursday it will close its only U.S. factory amid changes in production standards and steep price declines buffeting the industry.

Microsoft exec who led Yahoo buyout team to leave

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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said Kevin Johnson, the executive in charge of its Windows and Web operations and an instrumental player in the company's failed $47.5 billion bid to buy Yahoo Inc., is leaving the company.

Nokia, Qualcomm settle long-running dispute

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(AP) -- The legal salvos between Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. stopped months ago, part of what officials at the wireless industry heavyweights described as a truce in a long-running battle that spanned three ...
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