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• AMD hopes Zen chips will bring back the Intel faithful

  PC enthusiasts prefer either AMD or Intel chips, there's often no middle ground. But AMD believes its upcoming Zen chips will have crossover appeal to even the Intel faithful.

• Turn a barebones PC into a graphics powerhouse with AMD's new FirePro server GPUs

  A barebones PC could turn into a multimedia or virtual reality powerhouse with new FirePro server graphics processors introduced by AMD.

• AMD ships delayed ARM server chips to a cautious market

  AMD wants to counter concerns that system administrators may have about placing ARM servers in data centers with its new chips code-named Seattle, which are now shipping in volume after a long delay.

• Design flaw in Intel processors opens door to rootkits, researcher says

  A design flaw in the x86 processor architecture dating back almost two decades could allow attackers to install a rootkit in the low-level firmware of computers, a security researcher said Thursday. Such malware could be undetectable by security products.

• AMD's Zen chips to square off against Intel's Skylake next year

  AMD's recent chips haven't rocked Intel's PC market dominance, but new chips based on the company's Zen architecture could change the narrative next year.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, January 21

  Big day for Windows 10 ... Ellison's on stage for data center unveiling ... Net neutrality gets more presidential firepower ... and more

• eBay sellers scalp Mac Pro cylinders for nearly double retail price

  A pair of eBay profiteers are trying to cash in on the shortages of Apple's new Vader-esque Mac Pro desktop computer by pricing their machines at nearly double the retail value.

• China continues reign with top supercomputer

  China has maintained its lead in the twice-yearly ranking of the world's most powerful supercomputers, with the Chinese National University of Defense Technology's Tianhe-2 system bringing 33.86 petaflop/s (quadrillions of calculations per second) to the contest, almost twice the calculations offered by the runner up, the Titan Cray system run by the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

• With BlackBerry reportedly hacked, is anything secure?

  Is anything secure anymore? The National Security Agency (NSA) leaks have produced a number of side effects. What we assumed was a safe form of communications is perhaps not so secure after all. The gold standard of secure mobile messaging, BlackBerry, may have been compromised.

• UPDATED: Australian PC market slumps in Q1

  Australian consumers delayed or skipped buying new PCs in the first calendar quarter of 2013 as tablet computers rise in popularity, according to new IDC research. The PC market pain is also likely to continue for the rest of the year with IDC predicting a decline of 15 per cent this year over 2012.
  

• Indiana University dedicates biggest college-owned supercomputer

  Indiana University today dedicated the fastest supercomputer owned by a university to date -- the new Big Red II system.

• AMD promotes David Kwon to MD of APJ region

  Current president of AMD Korea, David Kwon, has been promoted to managing director and corporate vice-president of the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region.

• AMD eyes server revival with aggressive new approach

  To break its slump in the server market, Advanced Micro Devices is adopting an aggressive strategy whose goals include the introduction of new ARM and x86 chips by 2014 and continued improvements to its Opteron line in the meantime.

• AMD denies reports company is for sale

  Advanced Micro Devices is denying reports that executives have taken steps that could lead to the company's sale.

• AMD Piledriver CPUs hit the market

  AMD has announced that processors based on its much-anticipated Piledriver architecture are now available to the public, in a move that marks the company's competitive return to the world of high-end desktop PCs.