• AMD (which builds all their 64-bit microprocessors on SOI) news:
– Having acquired ATI, AMD plans a new class of “Fusion” processors integrating the CPU/GPU at the silicon level. Scheduled for 2008/ 2009 delivery, the chips will target laptops, desktops, workstations, servers, consumer electronics and emerging markets.
– The native Quad-Core Opteron processor, (four cores on a single silicon die) has taped out and will ship in mid-2007.
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