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			<title>Double appointment at AMD Middle East  </title>
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			<title>AMD's SB800 to have SATA 3 support</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[AMD Southbridge SB800 chips to include built-in Serial ATA 3 support]]></description>
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			<title>Game gear</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[If you're in the market for a game-ready, DirectX 10 graphics card there are numerous GPUs to choose from. So, if you're confused about which is worthy of your money, read on as Windows puts the latest gaming cards to the test...]]></description>
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			<title>Chip wars</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The record books have been re-written with Intel receiving a US$1.45 billion fine from the European Commission. Unsurprisingly AMD were quick to trumpet their approval in the pair's latest skirmish. ACN reports.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Windows Middle East’s Senior Technical Editor Jason Saundalkar details subtle changes he’d like to see on future motherboards so that they’re easier to work with.]]></description>
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			<title>DirectX 11 cards expected before year end</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[AMD aiming to beat rival nVidia to market with new range of DirectX 11 compatible GPUs]]></description>
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			<title>US microchip maker eyes ME growth opportunities </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Advanced Micro Devices believes there will be high growth in region's semiconductor market. ]]></description>
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			<title>AMD rushes six-core Opteron processors to market</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hopes early shipping of processors will lift sagging revenue reflected in poor quarterly earnings ]]></description>
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			<title>The bigger picture</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Whether you’re building a new rig from scratch or upgrading your existing one, don’t look at core components in isolation before you buy or it could end up costing you dearly…]]></description>
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			<title>Cloud Manifesto makes stormy debut</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Open Cloud Manifesto comes under fire from a number of key players including Microsoft]]></description>
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			<title>AMD spin-off plan approved by shareholders</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Just over 50% of shareholders voted on the landmark Abu Dhabi deal]]></description>
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			<title>AMD delays vote on Abu Dhabi deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Company spokesperson admits that they ‘probably moved a little too fast’]]></description>
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			<title>GPU market slips 34% in fourth quarter 2008</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sales of graphics processors drop from third quarter for first time since 2000]]></description>
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			<title>AMD persuades former Middle East boss to return</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Gaith Kadir is back with the CPU vendor after answering a call from the company’s new management to restore its fortunes in the region]]></description>
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			<title>More losses in IT sector</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Fourth quarter results showing worsening situation for technology companies across the board]]></description>
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			<title>AMD to cut 1,100 jobs</title>
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			<title>AMD reveals new platform for portable notebooks</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Aimed at affordable ultrathin PCs that don't compromise on features or performance]]></description>
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			<title>US approves AMD joint venture with Abu Dhabi</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Committee on Foreign Investment clears the venture known as The Foundry Company]]></description>
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			<title>Mubadala increases stake in chip maker AMD, joint venture</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Abu Dhabi fund renegotiates deal following sharp drop in company's share price.]]></description>
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			<title>CPU market warned of possible decline</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The PC processor market could be about to tail off despite peaking in the third quarter]]></description>
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			<title>Graphics market shows no sign of slow down</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Global GPU shipments show strongest quarterly growth in six years]]></description>
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			<title>AMD develops Fusion concept</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New Fusion brand will include new focus on integrated platforms and usage models says EMEA VP]]></description>
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			<title>AMD reveals new tagline</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) has launched its latest marketing campaign at GITEX Technology Week under the new tagline, "The Future Is Fusion".]]></description>
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			<title>Offloading assets</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[AMD announced last week that it plans to spin off its fabrication facilities. But why has the world’s second largest CPU manufacturer gone this route and how does it affect you? Jason Saundalkar explains…]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Newly formed chip manufacturing company would consider bringing research or fabrication facilities to Abu Dhabi]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Government investment arm will buy two AMD plants in Germany, form new company with AMD]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Plans to transition one to ‘master’ distribution status, which would result in a direct purchasing relationship and credit limit with the CPU vendor]]></description>
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			<title>AMD adds third Egyptian distributor</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Move appears designed to stifle Intel’s dominance of the market]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ATI Radeon HD4870 X2 packs two GPUs and 2GB memory to provide 2.4 teraflops of graphics processing power]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Companies need to focus on the user experience their kit delivers in order to hit a chord with customers says senior technical editor Jason Saundalkar.]]></description>
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