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- Revenue
- Dec 29 2007
- $6.0B
- Profit
- Dec 29 2007
- ($3.3B)
- Market Cap
- May 08 2008
- $4.2B
Latest News and Analysis
AMD Still Mum on Its 'Asset Smart' Strategy
The wait for AMD to outline its so-called "asset smart" strategy continues. AMD CEO Hector Ruiz in his annual shareholder meeting address failed to add any more detail about its manufacturing strategy going forward. AMD outlined its new server roadmap on Wednesday. In many respects, Ruiz...
AMD's New Roadmap: Can It Execute?
AMD has revamped its server processor roadmap with plans to jump to six and then 12 cores in the first half of 2010, but the larger question is whether the company can actually deliver. Given that AMD has had a hard time delivering its quad-core chips and...
AMD Shares Jump on Restructuring Optimism
By Duncan Martell SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) shares jumped more than 12 percent on Tuesday on investor optimism that the beleaguered chipmaker could soon announce its long-awaited strategy to revamp manufacturing to cut costs. The stock's...
AMD Launches First Computer Brand
By Duncan Martell SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) on Sunday unveiled its first computer brand, aimed at small and medium-sized businesses, with design and sales help from its major chip customers such as Dell Inc. AMD Business Class desktop...
AMD Posts Sixth Straight Quarterly Net Loss
By Duncan Martell SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) posted its sixth consecutive quarterly net loss on Thursday as the chip maker continued to lose market share to far larger rival Intel Corp (INTC). But AMD shares ticked higher in...
Intel Firm on Margin Target For Year
By Duncan Martell SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters UK) - Intel Corp (INTC) on Tuesday affirmed its profit-margin target for 2008, reassuring investors concerned about falling memory chip prices and the impact of a weak U.S. economy, sending its stock up 8 percent. The world's largest maker of...
Intel Firm on Margin Target For Year, Shares Jump
By Duncan Martell SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp (INTC) on Tuesday affirmed its profit-margin target for 2008, reassuring investors concerned about falling memory chip prices and the impact of a weak U.S. economy, sending its stock up 8 percent. The world's largest...
Why an AMD-based Toshiba Laptop is Right for Your Business
Before you purchase your next laptop PC, you should understand the options now available to you in mobile processors and chipsets. This year, a whole new class of serious business notebooks based on AMD technology have been introduced that offer great performance, reliability and value. To...
Four Higher-Price Champions
Four Higher-Price Championsi believe that its somehow wrongRecently in one article i read that AMD beats INTEL in last quarter in american market. Its true that u have better quality but AMD R&D team worked very hard and imitate the product so well that it can provide same quality chips...
Daily Dispatch: Apple, Lehman Brothers, Intel, and Retail Losses
At Apple's World Wide Developers Conference yesterday, chief executive Steve Jobs unveiled a near-final version of the Leopard OS X operating system and announced a new version of its Safari Web browser that will run on Windows. The move reignites the Windows-Mac browser wars of the 1990s, and...
Salesforce Gives 800 Professionals at AMD an Anywhere, Anytime View of Critical Information
AMD signed a three-year contract to standardize 800 global subscribers on salesforce.com's Winter '04 release. The company, which did more than $2.6 billion in sales in 2002, required global implementation to all subscribers in less than 45 days, a deadline easily met by salesforce.com. In selecting salesforce.com, AMD benefits from...
Additional Resources
Research and Markets: Intel and AMD Adapt to a Changing PC Marketplace
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c91098) has announced the addition of "Intel and AMD Adapt to a Changing PC Marketplace" to their offering. In late 2008 to early 2009, notebook PC unit shipments will surpass those of desktop PCs for the first time in history. Does this...
Acucela Files Investigational New Drug Application
---- Orally-available Small Molecule for Dry Form of AMD ---- BOTHELL, Wash. -- Acucela Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing therapies for blinding eye diseases, announced today that it has filed an investigational new drug (IND) application to conduct a Phase 1 clinical trial for its...
Gateway Introduces New Desktop PCs; Several Models Feature Factory Over-Clocked Processors and Graphics for Maximum Performance
Gateway Offers One Model with Windows XP through its Direct Channel IRVINE, Calif. -- Gateway today introduced a range of new desktop PCs for retail and direct customers. Offering either AMD or Intel processors, leading technology and rich multimedia features, Gateway's new line up includes PCs for general...
BellwetherReport.com Initiates Analyst Coverage on APC, AMD, IAR and RAS
BellwetherReport.com is the leading onlinefinancial newsletter for investors seeking top independent and unbiasedresearch. Investors seeking free and unbiased analyst opinions on thecompanies mentioned in this release are encouraged to sign up to www.bellwetherreport.com for a free subscription to access these reports.Today, we have scheduled interviews with a number of...
Basil Zimmo Joins Finesse Solutions as Vice-President of Software
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Finesse Solutions, LLC, Santa Clara, CA, a manufacturer of measurement and control solutions for life sciences process applications, announced the appointment of Basil Zimmo as its Vice-President of Software. Basil brings over 19 years of international program and senior management experience,...
Quantum3D Introduces Industry-Leading Graphics Accelerator XMC: Sentiris 5140
Critical Embedded Systems -- Quantum3D,Inc., a leading provider of Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS), real-timevisual computing solutions, today introduced the Sentiris 5140 XMCmezzanine card. This product is the newest member of the Sentiris family ofCOTS graphics modules, which is designed for use in general computingapplications as well as air, ground and maritime vehicles....
AMD Senior Vice President of Manufacturing, Doug Grose, Highlights Operations' Efficiency in Keynote Address
Initiatives Reduce AMD Cycle Time by 23 percent, Gets Products to Customers Faster CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- In a keynote speech at the Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference, Doug Grose, AMD (NYSE:AMD) senior vice president for Manufacturing, Technology Development & Supply Chain Management, outlined a number of steps the company...
AMD Expands Charter for the OpenSolaris OS and Sun xVM at the AMD Operating System Research Center
Sun and AMD to More Tightly Couple Optimization between Software and Processor Technology SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that its Operating System Research Center (OSRC) has expanded its focus to include optimization and tuning advancements for Sun Microsystems' OpenSolaris Operating System and Sun xVM Virtualization...
SED International adds VisionTek Products
ATLANTA -- SED International, Inc. announced a distribution agreement with VisionTek Products to supply the company's popular line of 3D graphics cards and PC enhancement products to its reseller and system builder customers throughout the United States. "VisionTek will be a key part of our computer components line-up...
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- Incorporated: 1969
- CEO: Dr. Hector de J. Ruiz
Advanced Micro Devices is a global semiconductor company that provides processing services for the computing, graphics and consumer electronics markets. Co. provides x86 microprocessors for the commercial and consumer markets, embedded microprocessors for commercial, commercial client and consumer markets and chipsets for desktop and notebook personal computers (PCs), professional workstations and servers; graphics, video and multimedia products for desktop and notebook computers, including home media PCs, professional workstations and servers; and products for consumer electronic devices such as mobile phones and digital televisions and technology for game consoles.
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Company Info
Board of Directors
Dr. Hector de J. Ruiz
Chairman
Mr. Morton L. Topfer
Dr. W. Michael Barnes
Mr. John E. Caldwell
Mr. Bruce L. Claflin
Mr. Frank Clegg
Ms. H. Paulett Eberhart
Mr. Derrick R. Meyer
Mr. Robert B. Palmer
Mr. Thomas M. McCoy
Contact Information
One AMD Place
Sunnyvale, CA
408 749-4000