Reuters - Intel Corp. , the world's largest semiconductor maker, said on Thursday it plans to start shipping new processors for desktop computers in early August and for laptops at the end of August.

Macworld.com - The pitched battle for supremacy in the chip-making market reached a critical phase yesterday with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in Sunnyvale, Calif. announcing its decision to acquire Canadian graphic cards manufacturer ATI Technologies (ATI).

AP - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. struck another blow at Intel Corp., its bigger rival in the market for personal-computer microprocessors, as it disclosed plans Monday to buy one of the dominant makers of graphics chips in a $5.4 billion deal that analysts said could fundamentally alter competition in the semiconductor industry.

Reuters - Graphics chip maker Nvidia Corp. sees no need to pursue a merger of the kind its rival ATI Technologies Inc. has struck with No. 2 computer processor producer Advanced Micro Devices Inc. , an Nvidia executive said on Monday.

Macworld.com - Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has agreed to buy Canadian graphics chip vendor ATI Technologies for around $5.4 billion in cash and stock, the companies announced Monday.