Back in early 2014, AMD was hit with a lawsuit accusing the company of overstating demand for its ‘Llano’ APUs. According to the complaint, AMD led investors to believe that these APUs were in high demand, even though supply issues were going on behind the scenes. The complaint gained class …
Read More »AMD faces massive securities fraud lawsuit because of ‘Llano’ problems in 2011
While Advanced Micro Devices has plenty of troubles today, it looks like the company could be hit by problems from the past, which are associated with the launch of its code-named “Llano” accelerated processing unit. AMD may have to pay damages to parties, which bought the company’s shares between April, 2011, …
Read More »AMD sued for overestimating demand for ‘Llano’ APUs
AMD’s code-named “Llano” accelerated processing unit took around four years to develop and suffered from a lot teething problems. Market success of the “Llano” was moderate to say at least, but troubles with the chips caused massive losses for AMD. Nonetheless, it looks like AMD will have to suffer because …
Read More »AMD launches new A-Series Llano APU, shares Vision for the future
KitGuru spent the day with AMD in Berlin, learning about the latest addition to their Fusion APU range, the A-Series. There was a lot of hype surrounding Fusion when it launched back in January. We tested some products based on the E-Series Fusion platform and were left with generally positive …
Read More »AMD leaked info shows upcoming Core i7 2600k performance levels
Some performance projections for AMD's upcoming range of FX and Llano A4, A6 and A8 APU's have leaked online. These slides have been published by DonanimHaber and they highlight that Llano should prove a good ‘overall' match for Intel's Sandybridge processors. While the GPU elements appear stronger, the CPU processing …
Read More »Intel hands Q3 to AMD Llano – strategic error?
After having the market to itself for over 3 years, AMD finally woke up and realised that there was a market for a Fusion-class processor that combined decent CPU-ing with decent GPU-ing. News into KitGuru suggests that Intel might be embarking on a strange strategy for 2011. Here's what we …
Read More »AMD to release multi GPU solutions for Fusion Llano
AMD are going to be targeting Llano APUs that are aimed at the mainstream business, desktop and AIO PC sectors. The Llano APU is part of AMD's Lynx platform and will feature a dual core CPU mated with a Direct X 11 GPU. The new multi GPU technology will pair …
Read More »Handy Job for Pepper Pot (More Llano Exposure)
KitGuru's earlier shot of the full blooded, desktop Fusion processor got a lot of folks salivating and a few of them spitting bile. For your delight and delictation, we flip it over and shoot it next to something hard and spicy. Phwoah. Life is busy already. With the launch of …
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