In what feels like a never ending battle. AMD drops prices once again to compete with its rival Intel. This is good news for students that are looking to save money on a new computer.

Many have tried and failed to challenge the tech giants Intel & AMD; however newcomer Lyric feels they have just the answer or at least the best guess.

If you take a closer look at the Mac Pro and iMac refreshes this week, you'll notice that Apple has ditched Nvidia graphic parts in favor of strictly choosing ATI GPUs.

From a technology perspective, Nvidia right now has the shinier bullet point list with its Fermi-based chips, but all iMac and Mac Pro options are comprised of ATI's Evergreen family.

Advanced Micro Devices passed Nvidia in graphics chip shipments in the second quarter, according to a report from a marketing research on Wednesday, adding to Nvidia's woes.

We reported earlier that the ATI 10.7 would be released on July 21. Well the new release date is July 26.

"According to the Catalyst 10.7 will be offered until the end of the month to download, so you first have to wait a bit longer. We assume that the next Catalyst until just before the last week of July.

In business, just like in real life, companies can be a victim of expectations. Fortunately for chipmaker Intel it handily beat the estimates of Wall Street's top researchers, reporting its best quarter ever. On Tuesday night after the closing bell Intel reported a Q2 2010 revenue of $10.8B USD, handily topping the $10.25B USD predicted by analysts.

16 million DX11 parts shipped thus far
AMD has announced its quarterly earnings on a press conference late Thursday and the company seems to be recovering from years of financial issues caused by the ATI takeover and Globalfoundries launch.

AMD announced revenue of $.165 billion and a net loss of $43 million, or $0.06 per share. The company reported operating income of $125 million, with non-GAAP net income of $83 million and non-GAAP operating income of $138 million.

"According to the Catalyst 10.7 will be offered until the end of the month to download, so you first have to wait a bit longer. We assume that the next Catalyst until just before the last week of July, from 21 July will be released.