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AMD feeling chipper

AMD is chipping away at Intel as it scores with strong quarterly earnings and a design win with Sony.

CNET News staff
AMD is chipping away at Intel as it scores with strong quarterly earnings and a design win with Sony.

AMD posts profit, record sales
update The chipmaker soundly beats estimates, posting a net income of $1 million for the third quarter.

Sony deal boosts AMD
The company will use the AMD K6-2 chip for a new line of PCs in Japan, which could presage a similar line in the U.S.

AMD catching up to Intel in retail
Though Intel supplies close to half of the processors for computers in the retail market, its grip seems to be slipping.