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July 2, 2009
CPU Planet News
[June 26, 2009] Intel, AMD Get Thumbs Down from Facebook
Head of the social network's technical operations say the latest and greatest from Intel and AMD don't make the grade.

[June 23, 2009] AMD Spinoff GlobalFoundries Gets Aggressive
Despite a lot of idle chip fabrication plants in Asia, AMD's former manufacturing arm has hit the ground running.

[June 19, 2009] Intel Rebranding Cuts to the 'Core'
Chip giant admits its Core line had a 'mind-boggling' array of derivative names.

[June 19, 2009] Intel Previews the Future
The chip giant showed off its latest 'science projects' that go beyond the CPU. Some may be hits, but others may never see the light of day.

[June 5, 2009] Intel Buys Wind River for Embedded Software
Wind River has been working closely with Intel for years, on both Moblin (Mobile Linux) as well in the in-car infotainment area.

[June 2, 2009] AMD Begins Shipping Six-Core Opteron
We're a long way from Barcelona. The new six-core processor is shipping ahead of schedule.

CPU Planet Features
[June 30, 2009] Weekly CPU Prices - Week of June 22
A few significant prices drops help keep things interesting this week's CPU guide. And we remain hopeful that the coming weeks will bring even more of the same. But by and large, most of the prices we track held right where they've been for weeks.

[June 30, 2009] Weekly CPU Prices - Week of June 15
While this week's did contain a couple of double-digit price drops (literally... one from each camp), the overall trend continued to be one of general stagnation. But as we move toward the end of the second quarter and the beginning of the third, we're hopeful that increased competition between the two camps will translate into more in the way of price drops.

[June 24, 2009] Weekly CPU Prices - Week of June 8
This week's CPU Price guide contains a few scattered price drops, a couple of which might pique some potential buyers' interests. But by and large, prices continue to hold about as steady as we've grown accustomed to seeing in recent weeks

[June 24, 2009] Weekly CPU Prices - Week of June 1
Overall, CPU prices continue to hold fairly steady for yet another week. A few did manage to drop and price, and those drops are scattered throughout this week's guide. But the majority of the prices we track held right where they've been for a while now.

[May 20, 2009] Weekly CPU Prices - Week of May 11
As we've grown far too accustomed to seeing, and to reporting, this week's CPU price guide contains little in the way of downward price movement. A handful experienced minor drops and a few others moved slightly upwards. But by and large, prices held right where they've been for weeks.