AMD tightlipped on company's future(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 riskGenetic 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(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 ProcessorsAMD 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 ProcessorsAMD 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 researchA 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 miceTwo 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' racesUsing 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 ChildTroy, 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 ChipsetAMD is announcing the availability of the AMD 780G chipset, designed to deliver the ultimate mainstream computing experience. |
AMD, Partners Produce Test Chip Using EUV LithographyAMD, 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 lossScientists 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 curesA 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 GPUAMD 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 diseaseJan 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 ... |