Apple is planning to use Intel's upcoming Sandy Bridge processors in its MacBook line of laptops, according to a report by CNET. Apple will switch to Intel graphics technology, thus abandoning NVIDIA's GPUs in some low-end models of its popular line of MacBooks. Presently, Apple MacBooks use NVIDIA graphics chips along with Intel Core i series and Core 2 Duo processors.

Advanced Micro Devices on Friday showed off Ontario, its first mobile processor based on the Bobcat low-power x86 architecture, at the ongoing IFA 2010 in Berlin.

AMD is coming up with two next-generation CPU and Fusion APU designs for processors, code - named as Bulldozer and Bobcat.

AMD Cray XT5 'Jaguar' has been named the fastest supercomputer at the Top 500 chip-speed measuring contest. The Cray XT5 Jaguar measured a speed 1.759 petaflops per second from its 224,162 cores.

Intel and AMD today announced a historic settlement of all their outstanding IP disputes. Intel is the leader in the global microprocessor market, while AMD is No.2. The Intel-AMD settlement was jointly announced by the two companies. Intel is famous for its Pentium series of chips, while AMD makes the Athlon series.