The move to a new platform brings credible new challengers to Intel’s Core 2 processors

While Intel is rolling out new designs, AMD's focus is on getting the most out of its existing Phenom II process. The AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black edition is just what the doctor ordered.

Nothing incredible in terms of design, but it’s an impressively cheap way to get quad-core in your PC.

When it comes to platforms, AMD's senior VP likes to think his firm has better offerings than its arch-rival Intel, and says this fall will be "very exciting" for his company.

From Celerons to Core i7s, Semprons to Phenom IIs, David Bayon tests Mainsteam desktop processors and finds the best budget, mid-range and enthusiast (gaming) choice for you.

From the Commodore 64 to Microsoft vs Apple, we take a look at the top 10 fights in technology history.

The AMD versus Intel fight is going for a rematch in the US courts, and it appears that Intel is getting mean right from the start..

As AMD makes its roadmap simpler to understand, Intel is doing the exact opposite and sowing confusion, giving its rival significant channel traction.

Intel's legal eagles are suing AMD in America as part of its defence in an antitrust case it has already lost in Europe.

AMD may be first to ship Direct X11 compatible graphics cards onto the market in a huge play for the company. It's hoped that the codec will encourage better support for HD and 3D content, particularly amongst Windows 7 users.

AMD HAS ANNOUNCED it will be launching its Opteron Magny-Cours 12-core server processor in late Q1 2010, only a tad later - and slower - than previously anticipated.

Rumours of a microcode update that will lock down cores in AMD's new processors have been thoroughly refuted by the company.

AMD gave Computex visitors a bit of a treat this morning in Taipei at its press conference by showing off the world's first demo of DX11 graphics silicon, which is suspected to be the forthcoming RV870 GPU

Istanbul offers more performance at same power draw as quad-cores.

Intel has released a short animated video illustrating the process by which sand is turned into silicon and a CPU. But the over-simplicity has us leaning towards AMD's older and more interesting video

Eight new processors aimed at the low end of the market

AMD has launched a media focused chipset designed for mainstream budget Windows 7 PCs..

It is starting to look like things are going to heat up on the GPU front as Nvidia and AMD go head-to-head in the next month or so.

Intel unveils new laptop chips, while AMD launches its fastest desktop processors.

AMD has begun a campaign to step up the adoption of a new physics engine called Bullet Physics.