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Beginning this November AMD plans to introduce its Ultra-Value Client (UVC) processors to challenge the Intel Atom. The two chips that will be offered are the single-core Athlon 2650e and the dual-core Athlon X2 3250e. The dual core series currently bests what Intel has to offer unless the future dual core Diamondville uses hyperthreading to present four cores. The power consumption of these new chips will also be lower than Intel’s offerings once you compare the CPU and chipset power consumption. AMD plans to sell the chips to OEMs for low cost desktops and netbooks.

Full Article: Register Hardware

AMD is planning on bringing back the FX series of their CPU line sometime in mid 2009. The FX line in the past had represented the top notch offerings back when AMD was running over Intel. These processors offered unlocked multipliers allowing enthusiasts to ramp up the clock speed. However, when Intel woke up and released the Core 2 duo in 2006 taking over the performance top spot, the FX series was no more. The Black Edition of the Athlon and Phenom lines were the only unlocked processors AMD released. But the FX line will be back and will feature the Deneb FX core with four processing engines on a 45 nm manufacturing process. Will AMD be able to creep back up to the performance powerhouse it once was? Either way trying to attain the top spot will definitely make Intel stay on top of its game.

Full Article: Tom’s Hardware