[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.

[June 2, 2009] Intel Looks Ultra-Thin, AMD Goes Mainstream
The chip giants unveil new processors that play to their respective strengths -- it's more mainstream parts for AMD and more ultra-mobile for Intel.

[May 27, 2009] Intel Pushes Xeon to Eight Cores
New Nehalem-EX processor approaches Itanium territory with its mission-critical, enterprise-scale performance.

[May 26, 2009] Intel Delays Next Itanium, AMD Looks to 45nm
Intel claims it's delaying the launch of Itanium for 'performance improvements,' while AMD will reportedly begin shipping smaller chips.

[May 21, 2009] Intel's Moblin 2.0 Boosts Atom-Based Netbooks
Despite the pretty interface and being a new type of Linux, Intel says it is not going into business against Microsoft, just supporting its Atom processor.