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Once the underdog in the microchip world to industry leader Intel, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is enjoying a hard-won victory lap, thanks to its hot Opteron processors. A 70% jump over last year's first-quarter revenues has Dell turning its head; Google is already an AMD partner. Meanwhile, Intel sweats out every earnings call as some of its best customers defect. AMD's Hector Ruiz, CEO of the $6 billion chip company, spoke with TIME's COCO MASTERS about chip architecture, energy prices and doing battle with Intel...
TIME One year ago, you presented a mock magazine article with the headline FLYING HIGH: AMD'S AMAZING RISE TO THE TOP. Where does March 3, the day Intel cut its sales forecasts, fit into that...
...TIME AMD's Opteron has gained significant market share in both server and desktop chips. Where to next...
TIME How does AMD remain competitive with Intel...
...There were a few genuine clunkers. Citigroup profit fell 3% not counting one-time gains (still, it raised its dividend 11%), and Intel fell way short of its own estimates offered just a month earlier (rival AMD posted spectacular results). On Monday, Bank of America was the latest blue chip to disappoint. Overall, though, S&P 500 companies so far have logged an average gain of 13.7% in earnings per share, according to Thomson Financial. There's a term for that level of profitability. It's called blowing the doors off. And Thomson forecasts double-digit earnings growth straight through...