Dengan semakin majunya teknologi manufaktur processor, dari waktu ke waktu kebutuhan voltase sebuah processor cenderung mengecil, namun wattage processor justru bertambah besar. Sebagai contoh : P4 520 2.8GHz LGA775 yang akan diuji, memiliki spesifikasi daya sebesar 84W (bandingkan dengan Tbred 1700+ ...
Selalu menjadi dilema, apakah ketatnya timing atau tingginya bus memory yang memberikan hasil lebih baik. Dilema ini sering menjadi bunga tidur bagi para overclockers. Winbond BH-5 adalah chipset yang selama ini memberikan jawaban, dengan mampu beroperasi pada bus 250MHz dengan timing "BH-5" : 2-2-2-5-1T. Namun ...
Terbesar Terlengkap dan Terbanyak. Ya, hal itu lah yang dirasakan pada lomba kali ini, seiring dengan tema event Jogjacomtech yang diadakan di Jogja Expo Center pada tanggal 9-11 September 2005 lalu.
Selama ini, umumnya para pembuat patch adalah orang-orang di luar Indonesia. Padahal, hal tersebut tidak sulit untuk dilakukan, yang menjadi kendala selama ini adalah banyak di antara kita yang tidak tahu harus mulai dari mana, berhubung penulis sudah melakukan research kecil-kecilan tentang hal ini maka hasilnya perlu disebarluaskan agar para hardware mania di Indonesia bisa ...
Next move after acquisition: AMD Fusion CPU scheduled in 2008
Written by Benny Lodewijk
Friday, 27 October 2006
AMD (NYSE:AMD) today announced the completion of its approximately $5.4 billion acquisition of ATI Technologies Inc. “Today marks a historic day for our employees, our partners and our customers as we officially welcome ATI into the AMD family,” said AMD Chairman and CEO Hector Ruiz. “On day one, we are delivering a winning set of complementary technologies, igniting a new level of innovation and continuing to champion choice for the industry. Thanks to the strength of our talented employees, the new AMD now has a full range of intellectual property (IP) in microprocessors, graphics, chipsets and consumer electronics to deliver open platforms and integrated solutions. In the near term, customers gain a new level of choice, and in the long term, we believe the possibilities for innovation are truly limitless.”Under the terms of the transaction, AMD acquired all of the outstanding common shares of ATI for a combination of approximately $4.3 billion in cash and 58 million shares of AMD common stock, based on the number of shares of ATI common stock outstanding on October 24, 2006. All outstanding options and restricted stock units (RSUs) of ATI were assumed. The value of the ATI acquisition of approximately $5.4 billion is based upon the closing stock price of AMD common stock on October 24, 2006 of $20.32 per share and excludes the value of assumed equity awards. AMD financed the cash portion of the transaction with a combination of cash and new debt. AMD obtained a $2.5 billion term loan from Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., which, together with combined existing cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities balances of approximately $1.8 billion, provided full funding for the transaction.
AMD announced the final pro-ration applicable to ATI common shares in the acquisition. The total consideration to be paid for each common share, based on the Parent Closing Stock Price (as defined in the Plan of Arrangement, as amended), is approximately $21.36. ATI shareholders who elected to receive cash will be entitled to receive, for each common share for which a valid cash election was made, approximately US $18.59 in cash plus approximately 0.1245 of a share of AMD common stock; ATI shareholders who elected to receive stock will be entitled to receive, for each common share for which a valid stock election was made, 0.9596 of a share of AMD common stock; and ATI shareholders who did not make a valid election will be entitled to receive, for each share for which no valid election was made, 0.9596 of a share of AMD common stock. Pro-ration was necessary because the cash consideration elected to be received exceeded the amount of cash available in the acquisition. Any fractional shares will be paid in cash.
AMD plans to create a new class of x86 processor that integrates the central processing unit (CPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU) at the silicon level with a broad set of design initiatives collectively codenamed “Fusion.” AMD intends to design Fusion processors to provide step-function increases in performance-per-watt relative to today’s CPU-only architectures, and to provide the best customer experience in a world increasingly reliant upon 3D graphics, digital media and high-performance computing. With Fusion processors, AMD will continue to promote an open platform and encourage companies throughout the ecosystem to create innovative new co-processing solutions aimed at further optimizing specific workloads. AMD-powered Fusion platforms will continue to fully support high-end discrete graphics, physics accelerators, and other PCI Express-based solutions to meet the ever-increasing needs of the most demanding enthusiast end-users.
“With the anticipated launch of Windows Vista, robust 3D graphics, digital media and device convergence are driving the need for greater performance, graphics capabilities, and battery life,” said Phil Hester, AMD senior vice president and chief technology officer. “In this increasingly diverse x86 computing environment, simply adding more CPU cores to a baseline architecture will not be enough. As x86 scales from palmtops to petaFLOPS, modular processor designs leveraging both CPU and GPU compute capabilities will be essential in meeting the requirements of computing in 2008 and beyond.”
Fusion processors are expected in late 2008/early 2009, and the company expects to use them within all of the company’s priority computing categories, including laptops, desktops, workstations and servers, as well as in consumer electronics and solutions tailored for the unique needs of emerging markets.
Dengan semakin majunya teknologi manufaktur processor, dari waktu ke waktu kebutuhan voltase sebuah processor cenderung mengecil, namun wattage processor justru bertambah besar. Sebagai contoh : P4 520 2.8GHz LGA775 yang akan diuji, memiliki spesifikasi daya sebesar 84W (bandingkan dengan Tbred 1700+ ...
Selalu menjadi dilema, apakah ketatnya timing atau tingginya bus memory yang memberikan hasil lebih baik. Dilema ini sering menjadi bunga tidur bagi para overclockers. Winbond BH-5 adalah chipset yang selama ini memberikan jawaban, dengan mampu beroperasi pada bus 250MHz dengan timing "BH-5" : 2-2-2-5-1T. Namun ...
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