AMD expands with ATI

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., NVIDIA Corp., Semiconductors, Tech, AMD, INTC, NVDA
24 Jul 8:11pm
AMD is getting really close to buying Canadian graphics chip maker ATI Technologies Inc. for $5.5 billion. This is another step that AMD is trying to take to get a strong foothold in not only the semiconductors market, but also in the graphics-chip as well; making Nvidia Corp. their new big-time competitor, as it already competes head-to-head with Intel Corp.  If all goes well, AMD and ATI could announce the deal as early as this morning.But get this, my feeling towards the deal isn't tha...

AMD Falls Short

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Semiconductors, Tech., AMD
21 Jul 9:02am

Advanced Micro Devices,

AMD (NYSE)

Forecast has expired Ended: Saturday July 29, 2006

Target

$20.00 and below

-$1.65 (7.6%)

Time Span:2wks and below

Final

$9.22

-$12.43 (57.4%)

Recommendation

Rating:Sell

Risk:Aggressive

Stop Loss Price:Unspecified

Final XP: 346

Target reached

Analysis

AMD fell short on expectations, showing again the the tech industry is taking a hit by continued fierced competition.  It's going to drop!

AMDAMNED

Tags: AMD, INTC
7 Jul 9:00pm
AMD's earnings reports are to be released on July 20, 2006 but in the meantime their management has already announced certain warnings, including the lowering of their sales forecasts for the second quarter and rest of fiscal 2006.  Together with this, their reason was quite simple "slower-than-expected" sales, as Intel continues slashing their prices to remain more competitive. ...more on the details AMD lowered their sales forecasts by over US$120 million to US$1.22 bil...

Goldman Sachs Upgrades AMD

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Tech, Semiconductors, AMD
14 Jun 11:12pm
Goldman recently upgraded Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) to in-line from underperform.

AMD to invest $2.5 bln to expand Dresden factories

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices, Expansion, Semiconductors, Tech, AMD
30 May 3:00am
Looks like AMD is scaling up in anticipation of further growth. Nothing but good news from AMD so far, it seems like they are outmanoeuvring Intel at every turn lately. Taken from Reuters: (Read the article here) "The money, to be spent over three years, will be used in part to overhaul AMD's first chip factory in Dresden, known as Fab 30, refitting it with equipment to handle larger silicon wafers that will yield more than twice as many processors as existing machinery. That factory will be r...