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AMD shake-up may be harbinger of major restructuring

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An executive shake-up at Advanced Micro Devices earlier this week has left some analysts speculating that the move may be a prelude to a major corporate restructuring.
The chip manufacturer, which struggled through losses and product delays last year, has hinted in recent months that it may change its asset strategy to lighten what Wall Street [...]

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Report: Dell Axes XPS Line in Favor of Alienware Gaming PCs

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Alienware going low-end with $1699 gaming desktop
Gaming PCs tend to be some of the most expensive computer systems that you can buy and routinely sell for many times the cost of traditional computers. Gaming PCs also tend to set trends that trickle down into mainstream systems as the high-end components become cheaper.
According to the Wall [...]

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