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AMD tightlipped on company's future

May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

(AP) -- Grappling with major layoffs and a stock price that's been chopped nearly in half since last year, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. kept new details about its turnaround plans close to the vest Thursday in a very brief ...


Cell's 'power plant' genes raise vision disorder risk

May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | pda version

Genetic variation in the DNA of mitochondria – the “power plants” of cells – contributes to a person’s risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD), Vanderbilt investigators report May 7 in the journal PLoS ...


Cray picks Intel for supercomputers

Apr 28, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

(AP) -- Intel Corp. is ratcheting up the competition with smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. by teaming up with supercomputer maker Cray Inc., which for the past six years has used only AMD chips in its high-performance ...


AMD Delivers Three New AMD Phenom X3 8000 Series Processors

Apr 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | pda version

AMD today announced the availability of three new AMD Phenom X3 triple-core processors that, when combined with the AMD 780 series chipset, can give consumers a full HD experience and visually stunning gaming ...


AMD Launches World's First x86 Triple-Core Processors

Mar 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 18 vote(s) | pda version

AMD today announced the availability of AMD Phenom X3 8000 series triple-core processors, providing gamers and digital media enthusiasts with exceptional performance at mainstream price points. AMD Phenom ...


Physician revolutionizes gene research

Mar 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 27 vote(s) | pda version

A dramatic new study published in the most recent issue of Nature questions some of the mechanisms underlying a new class of drugs based on Nobel Prize-winning work designed to fight diseases ranging from macular degeneration ...


Blood vessel protein reverses macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy in mice

Mar 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | pda version

Two major eye diseases and leading causes of blindness—age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy—can be reversed or even prevented by drugs that activate a protein found in blood vessel cells, researchers ...


A sub-femtosecond stop watch for 'photon finish' races

Mar 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 17 vote(s) | pda version

Using a system that can compare the travel times of two photons with sub-femtosecond precision, scientists at the Joint Quantum Institute (a partnership of the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...


Bringing Second Life To Life: Researchers Create Character With Reasoning Abilities of a Child

Mar 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 35 vote(s) | pda version

Troy, N.Y. – Today’s video games and online virtual worlds give users the freedom to create characters in the digital domain that look and seem more human than ever before. But despite having your hair, your ...


AMD Launches 780 Chipset

Mar 04, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s) | pda version

AMD is announcing the availability of the AMD 780G chipset, designed to deliver the ultimate mainstream computing experience.


AMD, Partners Produce Test Chip Using EUV Lithography

Feb 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 21 vote(s) | pda version

AMD, working together with its research partner, IBM, announced it has produced a working test chip utilizing Extreme Ultra-Violet (EUV) lithography for the critical first layer of metal connections across the entire chip. ...


AMD discovery: New hope for treatment of vision loss

Feb 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

Scientists have won a major battle in the fight against age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, a blinding eye disease that affects millions of people. An international team, led by researchers at Sainte-Justine Hospital ...


Study paves way for development of macular degeneration cures

Jan 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

A new study of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a disease that affects more than nine million Americans, will pave the way for the biopharmaceutical industry to develop better treatments and cures, according to the ...


AMD Delivers ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 GPU

Jan 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 17 vote(s) | pda version

AMD today announced the immediate availability of the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 graphics processor, expanding the visual boundaries of PC entertainment well beyond the 1080P High Definition (HD) threshold. The ...


Smoking related to long-term risk and progression of age-related eye disease

Jan 14, 2008 | pda version

Smokers appear to have an increased long-term risk and greater progression of the eye disease age-related macular degeneration, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives ...


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