The most apparent trend is that AMD's CPUs beat Intel's for pure value. The Athlon II line (red) is a good distance beneath Intel's Core 2 parts, while the Phenom II line (yellow) is way below all but the best of the new Core i3 and i5 parts. Based on price alone, AMD's aggressive strategy is working.

Like many first person shooters the CPU doesn't play a huge role in this game's performance, therefore a decent dual-core processor should be enough to power even the latest graphics cards at full speed. As the resolution was increased the game became even more GPU bound, removing the CPU from the equation almost entirely. Editor's note: Based on your feedback we've added two graphs showing CPU utilization in quad and dual core processors.

Not quite. Our testing shows going from a Socket 939 dual core which is pegged 100% to a dual core AM3 or AM2 was a vaste improvement in performance, but triple core and quad core is even better.

Abu Dhabi's Advanced Technology Investment Co. (ATIC) plans to boost its stake in GlobalFoundries Inc. from about 68 percent to 70 percent, according to Reuters. Over time, ATIC will take the entire stake in GlobalFoundries from Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD), according to reports.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — March 8, 2010 — AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that, along with partners Pixelux Entertainment and Bullet Physics, it has added significant support to the Open Physics ecosystem by providing game developers with access to the newest version of the Pixelux Digital Molecular Matter (DMM), a breakthrough in physics simulation. In addition, to enabling a superior development experience and helping to reduce time to market, Pixelux has tightly integrated its technology, DMM, with Bullet Physics, allowing developers to integrate physics simulation into game titles that run on both OpenCL- and DirectCompute-capable platforms. And both DMM and Bullet work with Trinigy’s Vision Engine to create and visualize physics offerings in-game.

Dirk Meyer, 48 years old, received salary and stock benefits that AMD valued at $4.54 million, down from $5.27 million in 2008, according to a proxy statement the company filed Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. His base salary declined to $793,000 from $857,000, AMD said.

Don't worry. Ousted Chairman Hector Ruiz got 4.4 million dollars.

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that it is extending the reach of the AMD Fusion Partner Program to include its commercial channel and software partners. Additionally, AMD is launching the AMD Fusion Partner Portal, an all-new partner portal designed specifically with AMD’s diverse partner landscape in mind. Through the AMD Fusion Partner Program, AMD provides partners with customized incentives and resources – in the form of personalized tools, training and technical enablement resources - that mesh with their specific business objectives to help them accelerate solutions development and sales, especially when selling all-AMD (AMD CPU, AMD GPU and AMD Chipset) solutions.

“Our relationship with AMD has always been a valuable one to ConRes, and we believe engaging with AMD helps us uncover new business opportunities and grow our business.”

AMD Fusion Partner Program for Commercial Partners

The AMD Fusion Partner Program commercial track focuses on partners that resell OEM solutions and systems to commercial end users to provide their customers with complete platform solutions. The expanded program is designed to deliver a unique, competitive approach to engage partners in SMB, enterprise and public sectors by:

• Offering attractive co-marketing opportunities to multi-national corporations (MNC), software and channel partners
• Focusing heavily on solution-based offerings through increased collaboration with OEMs and software partners
• Delivering partner engagement that is highly customized to a partner’s specific business model

Partners will be placed into one of three business tracks designed to align programs and offerings with partner business models: system distributors, commercial volume resellers or commercial solution providers. To achieve meaningful differentiation and a customized program for each partner, all partners under the AMD Fusion Partner Program will also be placed in one of three tiers: Elite, Premier or Select.

AMD Fusion Partner Program for Software Partners

The software partner track of the AMD Fusion Partner Program provides software companies and developers with technology enablement, development resources and marketing support to help them deliver compelling technology and innovative solutions based on AMD technology – further strengthening their business and enabling them to expand their sales network through AMD’s extensive ecosystem.