AMD cuts chip orders with global PC market in decline

Major semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices has substantially sliced orders to chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries because it expects a “choppy demand environment” for PCs in 2013.

Struggling AMD could sell Texas campus to save itself from going broke

Burned by sliding PC sales, AMD could sell its Texas campus in an effort to raise money.

Reuters says AMD is looking for a buyer, but chip maker denies it is up for sale

AMD says it is not pursuing a sale of the company or significant assets either.

Will ARM become more powerful than Intel by using less power? (interview)

Intel and ARM are fighting the world war of the chip market. The battle is playing out in servers, smartphones, tablets and PCs.

ARM announces its beefy 64-bit processor core for servers

The firm behind the revolution in tablets and smartphones is ready to take on a new market, as ARM announced today a chip design that will take it into the server market for the first time.

The new 64-bit processor …

Energy Department kicks off its giant Titan supercomputer with thousands of Nvidia and AMD chips

Department of Energy completes work on Titan supercomputer with Nvidia's graphics chips and AMD microprocessors.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Zynga layoffs, iPad mini announcement, and Resident Evil 6 gets patched

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

AMD launches new set of 8-core processors for gamers

AMD's newest series of processors have eight cores and are aimed at high-performance applications such as gaming

AMD bundles marquee PC games with its Radeon graphics cards

Graphics-chip maker AMD is launching the Never Settle bundle that includes a Radeon video card and multiple games for hardcore PC players.

Nathan Fillion, Wil Wheaton, and more to partake in Firefall live-streaming event

Red 5 Studios is inviting a bunch of famous people from the 'tubes to come and play Firefall during the week-long Firefall fest.

AMD reports weak third-quarter earnings, announces 15 percent layoffs

As warned, AMD's third quarter financial performance was weak as consumers waited for Windows 8 and the economy weakened.

AMD launches its combo graphics-microprocessor chips for tablets

It's taken a while, but Advanced Micro Devices is finally taking the wraps off Hondo, the code name for its processor chip for tablet computers. The new chips could give Intel a run for its money and offer choice to consumers in the coming Windows 8 launch.

AMD’s Trinity combo processors aimed at do-it-yourself PC builders and gamers

The new AMD chips, priced from $53 to $122, combine graphics and computing functions on a single chip.

AMD launches AppZone to bring Android apps to PCs, powered by BlueStacks

AMD is making a big bet on Android apps, thanks to technology from BlueStacks.

AMD’s new combo chips deliver PC graphics that burn Intel’s Ivy Bridge

AMD says its A-series APU chips will be speed demons when it comes to running games.

AMD’s chief financial officer resigns amid PC slump (updated)

AMD's chief financial officer Thomas Seifert has decided to pursue other opportunities.