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AMD Settles Llano APU Class Action Lawsuit with $29.5M Payout
In 2014, a class-action lawsuit was filed on behalf of anyone who bought AMD shares between April 4, 2011 and October 18, 2012. This is due to a claim that AMD misled investors with the progress they were making with the launch of the Llano APU. Llano is a 32nm…
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AMD Faces Lawsuit from Disgrunted Share Holders
AMD’s first APU, the Llano, didn’t have the best launch with production trouble, lack of sales, and the end-effect that AMD was forced to an inventory write-down of $100 million. The write-down resulted in the company’s value dropping by as much over night and that left stockholders disgruntled. They’ve launched a…
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AMD APU: How Much Progress Has Been Made?
Introduction Cast your mind back to mid-2011 when AMD released its first “APU”. Back then “APU” (Accelerated Processing Unit) was a term not many of us were familiar with, although the concept wasn’t alien as we’ve had it for quite some time: a CPU that also provides a GPU. Up until the…
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AMD Cutting Desktop CPU Prices
AMD have a tradition of cutting their prices down incrementally over time. Not only does it help them shift a few more units but it also allows them to keep “old tech” attractive even when they release new models. Their latest round of price cuts is no exceptions and we…
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AMD Richland APUs Pictured, Arriving In June
AMD’s next generation of accelerated processing units (APUs), codename Richland, are set to arrive this June. In the run up to their release next month they have been pictured by the media. The three models in question are the AMD A10 6800K, A10 6700 and A4 4400, which will be…
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