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Halo: Reach PC Review

Halo Reach is a solid PC port and remains a decent shooter, although it has dated more than we expected.

December 6, 2019 | 21:00

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 Super Gaming OC Review

Triple-fan cooler, mild overclock, basic RGB - worth it over Founders?

December 4, 2019 | 12:00

bit-tech Mod of the Year 2019 in Association with Corsair - Nominate your Favourite Mods!

Who do you think deserves the crown for 2019?

December 4, 2019 | 09:00

AMD takes a $403 million loss for 2014

'Goodwill impairment' hits hard.

January 22, 2015 | 09:18

AMD unveils Opteron A1100 ARM processors

Donates board design to Open Compute Project.

January 29, 2014 | 08:58

AMD's losses mount as Read teases low-power plans

Ends the year with a $1.18 billion loss.

January 23, 2013 | 10:47

Intel backs away from Itanium, plans Xeon drop-in chips

Future motherboards will support Itanium or Xeon.

November 9, 2012 | 11:09

AMD launches Piledriver-based Opteron 6300 chips

'Abu Dhabi' chips boast significant performance gains.

November 5, 2012 | 11:40

AMD announces ARM-based Opterons

Server-centric SoCs due to launch in 2014.

October 30, 2012 | 10:30

AMD launches Intel-powered server product

AMD's SeaMicro division has launched the SM15000, a server with Ivy Bridge support.

September 11, 2012 | 10:52

AMD ships first Bulldozer processors

AMD announces that it's made and sold some Bulldozer CPUs, but there's no sign of the desktop chips.

September 8, 2011 | 12:21

Asus launches dual socket AMD G34 motherboard

One of the first motherboards for AMD's new socket G34 eight and 12-core CPUs, is the mighty Asus KGPE-D16.

April 8, 2010 | 14:14

Intel Xeon X7560: Nehalem EX Review

Fresh from the launch of its second generation six-core workstation / server CPUs, the uber-fast and Xeon 5600-series, Intel is now ready to unveil its first ever eight-core CPU. Meet the Xeon X7500-series, codename Nehalem EX - we put it through its paces in a 64-thread test system.

April 7, 2010 | 08:24

AMD Opteron 6174 vs Intel Xeon X5650 Review

If the 6-core Core i7-980X Extreme Edition wasn't fast enough for you, we've another treat for you today. Meet the world's first 12-core CPU and its Intel rival, which hopes to get by with six physical cores and six logical Hyper-Threaded cores.

March 31, 2010 | 08:26

AMD launches Magny-Cours competition

AMD has announced the launch of a competition, looking for suggestions on how to make best use of a 48-core server - with the winner getting a quartet of Magny-Cours chips.

March 8, 2010 | 10:04

AMD's 12-core Magny-Cours leaked on eBay

AMD's latest Opteron processor - the 12-core 2.2GHz Magny-Cours - has appeared on eBay ahead of its official release.

February 17, 2010 | 10:14

The Hardware Hall of Fame

From sports to rock’n’roll, a Hall of Fame is a way to recognise brilliance. We've decided to make our own enthusiast Hall of Fame to recognise the best and brightest pieces of PC hardware - and we're also naming and shaming terrible designs in the Hut of FAIL!

December 29, 2009 | 11:53

AMD supercomputer tops TOP500 list

AMD-based systems accounted for the top three supercomputers in this year's TOP500 list - but are overwhelmingly outnumbered by systems based on rival Intel's chips.

November 17, 2009 | 10:17

AMD announces Thuban six-core CPUs

AMD has announced the desktop equivalent to its recently released six-core Opteron server processors, due next year and dubbed Thuban.

September 22, 2009 | 09:19

AMD announces 40W six-core Opteron

AMD has announced some new members to its Opteron range of server chips - six-core processors drawing a minuscule 40W of power without sacrificing performance.

September 1, 2009 | 10:10

AMD Opteron 2435 CPU Review

Intel might have been the first to launch a six-core CPU, but AMD's new six-core Opterons have far more memory bandwidth and are much more power efficient. But do they have what it takes to dethrone the mighty Xeon W5580?

July 7, 2009 | 09:58

AMD launches 6-core Istanbul Opteron processor

AMD launches its new six-core Opteron CPU, based on the Istanbul architecture

June 1, 2009 | 17:43

AMD celebrates 40th birthday

AMD will be 40 years old on 1 May 2009, and is celebrating by giving away loads of prizes in video and photo competitions.

April 30, 2009 | 16:46

Nvidia may not be licensed for future AMD chipsets

AMD says future AMD platforms will only use AMD chipsets, but hasn't confirmed if this applies to both the server and desktop markets.

April 24, 2009 | 14:30

We’re not scared of Nehalem, says AMD

AMD claims that business isn't run on benchmarks, and describes Intel's Nehalem architecture as "the sincerest form of flattery".

April 1, 2009 | 10:11

Intel Xeon W5580: Nehalem EP

If you thought Core i7 was fast, prepare to be shocked all over again - you can run two Nehalem EP Xeon W5580s together in one motherboard. We take a look at Intel's latest workstation/server CPU which is up to 93 per cent faster than previous Core 2 architecture Xeons.

March 30, 2009 | 19:57