The labelling on the packaging of some ASUS motherboards which are built for AMD processors may be leading to the wrong conclusion about what processors a given board will support.

On the 22nd of August AMD officially revealed the new APUs that will be hitting Aussie stores as of that date. The new C- and E- series APUs, which have won many awards previously, are now getting updated. These APUs are found in notebooks, netbooks, all-in-ones and desktop PCs.

Acer has today launched the Aspire 5560 series in Australia, offering improved performance thanks to an AMD Fusion A-Series Accelerated Processing Unit.

Microsoft’s newly unveiled Windows 8 demo has showcased the company’s ability to, after a bazillion previous tablet attempts, finally come up with an OS and UI that looks like it might finally marry the tablet and desktop PC worlds into one harmonious union – despite some Apple-like behaviour.

An international team of scientists has found an enzyme that, when it does not work at full capacity, leads to a form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is a loss of vision in the center of the eye.

AMD’s “Fusion” processors, initially aimed at the more mobile market, have arrived in Australia, with more powerful versions due to come later in the year – is it enough to defeat the competing ARM tablet threat?

Toshiba is making a push for the multimedia market with its latest netbook. The company has also introduced a second model with a more conventional configuration.

On Tuesday the 18th of January, Intel will launch its new “Sandy Bridge” processors in Australia, followed by AMD on Tuesday the 1st of February, which will do the same with its Fusion “APU” range.

Dirk Meyer has resigned as president, CEO and director of chip manufacturer AMD. CFO Thomas Seifert has been appointed interim CEO until a permanent appointment is made.

The new Fusion family of processors from AMD puts the performance of a discrete graphics unit onto the same chip as the CPU.