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AMD To Announce a Break Up

AMD is expected to announce a break up tomorrow morning, due to growing demand for independent, leading-edge foundry production capabilities and increasing R&D costs. According to sources, the giant chipmaker will be splitting up into two companies, as the first one will be responsible for chips designing and the second, for the manufacturing. Additionally, the company has issued a PR release, saying:

“AMD and Advanced Technology Investment Company of Abu Dhabi to Create New Leading-Edge Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. Mubadala increases investment in financially-stronger AMD, which is simultaneously unlocking the value of its manufacturing assets”

The meaning is that Advanced Technology Investment Company will strengthen AMD’s financial position by purchasing 55.6 percent of The Foundry (manufacturing company), for $5.1 billion dollar, and both sides will cooperate together, in order to create a clear stand alone leader in global semiconductor manufacturing, that will be able to equally confront Intel. Stay tuned.

[AMD]

Tags: Abu Dhabi, AMD, break up, chipmaker, chips, CPU, Intel, manufacturer, News, processor, the Foundry

Maxian M1 PMP Is Officially Available

After the new lineup announcement, at IFA 2008 in Berlin, Korean company, Maxian, rolls out the M1PMP, coming up with a 3.5-inch 480 x 320 touchscreen, a strong 500Mhz CPU and Windows CE 5.0 onboard. It packs a T-DMB tuner, an electronic dictionary, 9 EQ, an FM tuner, a microphone, SDHC slot and TV output. In addition, the M1supports MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG, AAC, FLAC, APE, TTA, JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, AVI, MPEG4, WMV , ASF, VOB, MP4, SMI, TXT, DOC, HTM, XLS, PPT, PDF file formats, and sized at 106.5 × 61×13. 1mm (113g). Still, no word on pricing or international availability, but if you happened to be in Asia, you will be able to choose either 8GB or 16GB internal flash storage, covered with a nice black flavor.

[via moveplayer]

Tags: IFA 2008, Korea, M1, maxian, maxian m1, MaxianM1, media-player, mp3-player, PMP, touchscreen