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TOP STORIES ======================================================================== * AMD: From follower to leader * Is AMD the new Intel? * Opteron vs. Nocona: It's the system, stupid * How AMD stayed in the game ADVERTISEMENT -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Work more securely with Acrobat 6.0. Working more securely means that your employees enjoy safer document exchange and control, and you enjoy lower deployment and maintenance costs. Adobe Acrobat offers flexible security options, proven reliability and is already a document standard with thousands of businesses and government agencies. Download a free tryout of Acrobat and receive a pair of foldable stereo speakers. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=86B1E0:2B910B2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- AMD: From follower to leader ======================================================================== Posted August 27, 2004, 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time Once a mere copycat, AMD keeps cranking out innovative products, to the point where it finds itself on the leading edge of processor and system bus technology. But should you bank on a company that has earned the wrath of the world's largest chipmaker? For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=86B1DD:2B910B2 Is AMD the new Intel? ======================================================================== Posted August 27, 2004, 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time You just gotta love a Cinderella story. Advanced Micro Devices is the hardscrabble kid who came to Silicon Valley with a dollar and a pack of Luckies and ended up in a building with its name on top. AMD's rapid rise from startup to $5 billion semiconductor powerhouse is, as Humphrey Bogart's English teacher once said, the stuff of which dreams are made. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=86B1DC:2B910B2 Opteron vs. Nocona: It's the system, stupid ======================================================================== Posted August 27, 2004, 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time If you think AMD's Opteron and Intel's Nocona -- or more formally, "Xeon Processor with 800MHz System Bus" -- are cut from the same 64-bit cloth, look closer. Yes, they're compatible at the instruction-set and register levels; they should be because they're both based on AMD's x86-64 specification. But the total system architecture surrounding these chips -- which includes pathways to other CPUs, memory, and peripherals -- exhibits several differences that factor into buying decisions and developers' platform targeting. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=86B1D9:2B910B2 How AMD stayed in the game ======================================================================== Posted August 27, 2004, 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time In 1999, while AMD was suffering through one of the darkest periods in its history, the financially strapped semiconductor maker needed to get the word out about its new Pentium II-compatible processor, Athlon. So it did what any serious company would do: It enlisted the aid of PC gamers, overclockers, and build-it-yourself enthusiasts. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=86B1D8:2B910B2 ======================================================================== Ever wonder how others keep up with web services? 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