| Update: AMD 690 Chipset Builds in ATI Graphics | | AMD 690 Chipset Builds in ATI Graphics
Since chipset integrates Radeon X1250, PCs won't need an add-in graphics cardAdvanced Micro Devices (AMD) today announced the availability of its 690 chipset, the company's first integrated chipset for AMD processors that includes the ATI Radeon X1250 graphics processor.Integrating the Radeon X1250 graphics processor into the 690 chipset means PCs based on the chipset will not require an add-in graphics card. And by building the chipset itself instead of relying on partner companies, AMD will gain competitive leverage against Intel Corp., said Chris Evenden, director of public relations for visual and media business at AMD.PC vendors such as Dell or Hewlett-Packard want chipsets made by a single company so they can offer more stable platforms to their enterprise customers. That is one reason that Intel makes its own chipsets. AMD has been at a disadvantage because it once built a chipset model, but in recent years has relied on chipsets made by ATI and Nvidia Corp., Evenden said.AMD acquired ATI Technologies last year and has worked quickly to harness the company's graphics expertise with its own processor lineup, including... | |
| | AMD blasts off Quad for PC DIYers | | New Quad FX Platform gives Advanced Micro Devices an answer to Intel's quad-core PC chip, but in a piecemeal fashion. It has four processing cores; they just don't live together. But Advanced Micro Devices is betting that hard-core gamers won't care about the architecture used to build its new Quad FX Platform.
AMD was expected to launch the new product, formerly known as "4x4," on Thursday via a motherboard built by ASUSTeK Computer. The Quad FX Platform consists of two of the new dual-core Athlon FX-70 series processors connected to two Nvidia chipsets that offer a total of four PCI Express slots for high-end graphics cards, said Ian McNaughton, product manager for AMD's Athlon FX product. After beating Intel to the punch with new designs over the past few years, AMD is playing catch-up these days. Intel has already launched a quad-core processor for high-end gamers and PC enthusiasts, and the Quad FX Platform is the smaller chipmaker's response to Intel's Core 2 Extreme QX6700 processor, as well as the forthcoming Core 2 Quad processor.
The two Athlon FX processors in the Quad FX Platform sit in two different sockets, unlike... | |
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