BROWSING: AMD

No one can miss the dark clouds streaming overhead, but analysts say that without the expected growth in smartphone sales, those clouds might blot out the sun altogether. Handset sales, of course, drive chip sales, and most analysts have been revising their forecasts downward...

Qualcomm Inc. agreed to pay about $65 million today for certain assets from chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc., including intellectual property and the right to hire key technology personnel to enhance its mobile multimedia play.The move appeared designed to gain ownership over key IP...

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Here's a hypothetical: What's the distinction between a smartphone, a MID, a PND, and a UMPC?Posing this type of question invites a geek fight. We who follow the smartphone space and remember the personal digital assistant (PDA) know it's a fool's errand to apply...

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is set to scoop up graphics card specialist ATI Technologies Inc. for around $5.4 billion, putting ATI's long-standing relationship with Intel Corp. and graphics-developer Nvidia at risk since a combined ATI and AMD would be able to offer...

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is set to scoop up graphics card specialist ATI Technologies Inc. for around $5.4 billion, putting ATI’s long-standing relationship with Intel Corp. and graphics-developer Nvidia at risk since a combined ATI and AMD would be able to offer...

The following information includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.

The following wireless companies' ratings were changed by financial services companies this week.Standard & Poor's Ratings Service raised its corporate credit and senior unsecured debt ratings on Agilent Technologies Inc. from BB to BB+, citing sustained improvements in the company's profitability and cash-flow generation....

LAS VEGAS-The stampede toward mobile video continued at the Consumer Electronics Show as content providers, carriers and TV networks announced alliances to bring televised content to on-the-go viewers. SmartVideo Technologies Inc. announced a series of agreements to bring television network content to devices using...

Sun Microsystems Inc. made several announcements at last week's JavaOne show in San Francisco, including a new version of the Java platform and two carrier partnerships. "Java powers 1.7 billion devices worldwide and it's rapidly accelerating into the cable TV, gaming, ring-tone and automotive...

While market watchers sounded their disapproval of Nokia Corp.'s handset sales in the first quarter, the Finnish vendor witnessed sound activities in its infrastructure business, including a 16-percent increase in net sales to $1.68 billion, compared with $1.4 billion in the year-ago period. Meanwhile...

In the eyes of market research firm IDC, wireless chips are on a roll. And semiconductor companies want to match this zeal with solutions and initiatives.In its report released last week, which was an optimistic revision of its earlier forecast, IDC said it expects...

While Intel Corp. was reorganizing its operations to adjust for disappointments in its chip business, Texas Instruments Inc. was presenting an upbeat picture for the fourth quarter last week.Looking forward, though, both companies say business is not bad. That is the metaphor for the...

NEW YORK-J.P. Morgan has downgraded three top semiconductor vendors, including Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Texas Instruments, owing to slow uptake of wireless products.In the eyes of the brokerage firm, Intel and AMD ratings dropped to "underweight," while Intel fell to "neutral."...

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—AMD said it has unveiled a new mobile Athlon XP processor that delivers high performance and requires low power to notebooks."The launch of the mobile AMD Athlon XP processors based on 0.13 micron technology on Socket A consolidates the company's position in the...

AUSTIN, Texas—Advanced Micro Devices said it plans to acquire chipmaker Alchemy Semiconductor by the end of the first quarter of this year. The companies have disclosed the financial terms of the deal.Alchemy makes chips for personal digital assistants and MP3 players."By joining forces, AMD...

H.O. SystemsH.O. Systems has chosen Scott Berry as vice president of professional services. His 12 years of industry experience includes executive positions at Alltel, Convergys and Cellular One. At H.O., Berry will be responsible for streamlining and growing business operations for the company. Of...

Intel Corp. may be one of the newer chip players in the wireless space, but it already is attracting a green eye from the older mainstays.Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and others have seen how Intel Corp. has dominated the mobile computer market with its...

NEW YORK-Transmeta Corp. and its Crusoe line of processors received enthusiastic applause from investors as the San Francisco company went public Nov. 7.The 13 million share initial public offering, lead managed by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, priced at $21 each, well above the $16-$18...

CHICAGO-Motorola Inc. announced a fairly expansive technology transfer agreement with Advanced Micro Devices Inc., allowing the two to collaborate on making embedded and desktop microprocessors and embedded flash memory.AMD, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., provides semiconductors to the telecom and computer industries.Under terms of the...