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Chip designer Advanced Micro Devices is announcing eight new additions to its consumer-focused Athlon II desktop microprocessors today.

The new desktop chips include chips with two, three and four computing brains on a single chip. They’re targeted at mainstream computer users looking for bargains on new PCs during the holiday season. Since the new chips are more power efficient, they’re aimed at desktop computers in the smallest cases.

Web sites and system builders will begin selling the processors today, while big computer makers will launch products in the coming weeks. Big customers include HP, Dell, Acer and Lenovo.

The new line-up is AMD’s bid to revive computer chip sales, which may see a boost because of the Oct. 22 launch of Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system. Brent Kerby, senior product marketing manager at Sunnyvale, Calif.,-based AMD, said the chips are likely to be used in all-in-one computers with 20-inch displays or more Read More...