Word on the street is that AMD launched its super-cheap ($69 MSRP) Athlon X2 7850 Black Edition this week to celebrate 40 years in the industry, and while the last decade in particular hasn’t been too kind to the company, it’s still hanging tough and struggling to compete with Intel, NVIDIA and the rest of the big boys.Today, the Sunnyvale-based chipmaker began celebrating 40 years of “innovation in the semiconductor industry and its important role as a catalyst for enabling next-generation solutions.” Officially,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Word on the street is that AMD launched its super-cheap ($69 MSRP) Athlon X2 7850 Black Edition this week to celebrate 40 years in the industry, and while the last decade in particular hasn’t been too kind to the company, it’s still hanging tough and struggling to compete with Intel, NVIDIA and the rest of the big boys.Today, the Sunnyvale-based chipmaker began celebrating 40 years of “innovation in the semiconductor industry and its important role as a catalyst for enabling next-generation solutions.” Officially, Continue reading