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Sunnyvale, Calif. -- February 23, 2006 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced its AMD64 technology is now available in a new line of professional desktop PCs from Lenovo, marking the first time that this pairing will be available worldwide. The Lenovo 3000 J105 desktop, with a choice of AMD Athlon™ 64 or AMD Sempron™ processors, offers leading-edge performance to small and mid-sized businesses, and is expected to be available broadly in various international markets, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia.
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Full View / NID: 9566 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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At the 48th annual Grammy® Awards ceremony in Los Angeles last week, AMD64 Masters Group member Chuck Ainlay, AMD64 Premier Artist Mark Knopfler and mastering guru Bob Ludwig took home the Grammy for “Best Surround Sound Album” for their 5.1 surround sound re-mix and mastering of the Dire Straits classic album, Brothers In Arms - 20th Anniversary Edition.
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Full View / NID: 9441 / Submitted by: Megan
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AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the three winners in “The 64 Second Film Contest,” a test of creativity and digital media development skill sponsored by AMD. The contest challenged contestants to express the concept of “Waitlessness” in a 64-second short film to help showcase how AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 dual-core processors “shatter the hourglass,” by taking content creation and multimedia performance to a new level. Today’s digital content creators are using AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processors to create more, while spending less time waiting for their computers to render videos and perform other multimedia tasks.
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Full View / NID: 9400 / Submitted by: Megan
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AMD (NYSE: AMD) released the following statement today regarding the Korean Fair Trade Commission’s (KFTC) dawn raids as part of their investigation into possible violations by Intel Corporation of that country’s Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act.
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Full View / NID: 9386 / Submitted by: Megan
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Innovation and competition are vital to U.S. competitiveness in the 21st century, said AMD (NYSE: AMD) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Hector Ruiz in testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Government Reform today.
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Full View / NID: 9385 / Submitted by: Megan
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The inclusion of brand-name specifications in federal computer hardware procurement lead to harmful consequences that needlessly cost U.S. taxpayers up to $563 million, according to a new economic study by R. Preston McAfee, J. Stanley Johnson Professor of Business, Economics and Management at the California Institute of Technology. The study, Improving Federal Procurement: The Benefits of Vendor-Neutral Contract Specifications, was commissioned by AMD (NYSE: AMD).
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Full View / NID: 9353 / Submitted by: Megan
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AMD (NYSE:AMD) today announced the broad availability of its I/O virtualization technology specification. Demonstrating continued leadership in evolving the industry-standard x86 processor architecture, AMD is making this technology available through royalty-free licenses that are designed to encourage its widespread adoption by hardware and software developers. By defining a set of technologies that can be directly built into a computer’s I/O bridges, AMD’s I/O virtualization technology is designed to extend the benefits of CPU-assisted virtualization by addressing the performance bottlenecks and security issues that can be encountered when virtualizing I/O devices in x86-based servers, desktops, and notebook computers.
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Full View / NID: 9339 / Submitted by: Megan
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AMD (NYSE: AMD) and HP (NYSE: HPQ) (Nasdaq: HPQ) today announced that they have generated more than $2 million to support the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) through sales of the HP Special Edition L2000 Notebook PC, powered by AMD Turion™ 64 mobile technology. Thanks to the tremendous success of this initiative, availability of this one-of-a-kind notebook will be extended through June 2006.
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Full View / NID: 9249 / Submitted by: Megan
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AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that it is offering 14,096,000 shares of its common stock at $35.20 per share. The offering is scheduled to close on Friday, January 27, 2006 and is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. AMD has granted the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase an additional 2,114,400 shares of common stock to cover overallotments, if any.
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Full View / NID: 9212 / Submitted by: Megan
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AMD (NYSE: AMD) today welcomed three new participants - Supermicro Computer, Inc., Tyan Computer Corporation and Uniwide Technologies, Inc. - to its Validated Server Program (VSP), broadening the program’s reach in North America and Europe and into new geographical regions. AMD’s VSP is designed to connect solution providers with VSP participants to obtain qualified, reliable, stable and well-supported server solutions based on single- and Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processors with the industry’s best performance-per-watt. The three new participants are expected to introduce new platforms to be sold under the VSP banner later this quarter in North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America.
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Full View / NID: 9204 / Submitted by: Megan
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AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that it intends to offer an aggregate of approximately $500 million of its common stock. AMD also intends to grant the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase an additional aggregate of approximately $75 million of its common stock to cover overallotments, if any.
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Full View / NID: 9205 / Submitted by: Megan
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AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced today that Dirk Meyer has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of AMD. Meyer previously served as president and chief operating officer of AMD’s Microprocessor Solutions Sector (MSS) business. He will share the leadership and management of AMD with Hector Ruiz, who relinquishes the president title and now is AMD chief executive officer and chairman of the board. Ruiz will continue to be fully engaged in his role as chief executive officer and chairman of the board.
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Full View / NID: 9198 / Submitted by: Megan
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AMD (NYSE: AMD) today reported earnings for the quarter ended December 25, 2005. As a result of Spansion Inc.’s initial public offering (IPO), AMD’s financial results of operations include Spansion’s financial results of operations as a consolidated subsidiary only through December 20, 2005. Because comparison of fourth quarter consolidated financial results to previous periods do not correlate directly, AMD has provided non-GAAP financial statements that exclude Spansion and the Memory Segment results of operations. Management believes this non-GAAP presentation will aid investors by presenting the company’s current and historical results in a form that will be more consistent with the presentation of future operating results.
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Full View / NID: 9163 / Submitted by: Megan
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StreamBase Systems, Inc., the pioneer of enterprise-class stream processing software designed to transform real-time complex events into instantaneous competitive advantage, today announced that its flagship Stream Processing Engine is now 64-bit compatible. By embracing 64-bit computing, StreamBase offers the fastest real-time data stream processing speed, ranging from 10,000 to over 1 million messages per second, effectively eliminating latency. With this heightened performance and agility, enterprises using StreamBase can react to real-time data faster and execute right-time business decisions that capitalize on opportunities and reduce risks.
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Full View / NID: 9153 / Submitted by: Megan
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Performance Technologies (Nasdaq NM: PTIX), a leading developer of systems, platforms, components and software, today introduced the CPC5564 Single Board Computer. The CPC5564, the world’s first CompactPCI® 2.16 blade computer based on 64-bit, single- and Dual-core AMD Opteron™ processors, is part of Performance Technologies’ next-generation compute products built for high-end telecommunications, defense and homeland security, and commercial applications.
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Full View / NID: 9152 / Submitted by: Megan
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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) announced today that it will redeem all outstanding principal amount of its 4.75% Convertible Senior Debentures Due 2022 (the “Debentures”) (as of January 11, 2006, approximately $500 million) on February 6, 2006. The notice of redemption was mailed to the holders of the Notes on or about January 12, 2006.
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Full View / NID: 9127 / Submitted by: Megan
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As part of AMD’s ongoing commitment to deliver the industry’s highest-performing PC technology, AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the immediate availability of the AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-60 dual-core processor, the world’s ultimate processor for PC enthusiasts. Providing exceptional PC performance on games, digital media and intense applications, the new AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 dual-core processor will allow enthusiasts to experience the next generation of multi-core supported games and applications using AMD’s most powerful PC processor ever released.
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Full View / NID: 9068 / Submitted by: Megan
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AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced a new addition to its highly acclaimed AMD Turion™ 64 mobile technology processor family with the introduction of AMD Turion 64 mobile technology ML-44. The newest addition to this popular mobile processor family is available now in the HP Pavilion dv8000 Media Center Notebook PC1.
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Full View / NID: 8981 / Submitted by: Megan
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AMD (NYSE: AMD) today unveiled its vision to apply the power and flexibility of the PC to enable enhanced digital entertainment experiences on all the screens in peoples’ lives. As part of this vision, AMD plans to extend the professional AMD LIVE! brand to full-featured consumer multimedia desktop and notebook PCs expected to be delivered in mid-2006. True to AMD’s customer-centric approach, AMD LIVE! is meant for innovative, complementary, industry-friendly solutions that enhance the consumer electronics and broadcast devices already accepted and used by consumers today. AMD LIVE! experiences should offer users the ability to seamlessly connect, store, distribute, access and enjoy digital media content in multiple rooms throughout their home and even take it with them to enjoy on the go, virtually anytime, anywhere.
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Full View / NID: 8980 / Submitted by: Megan
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AMD announced that Tsinghua Tongfang, China’s third largest computer manufacturer and the second largest home PC brand in China, will offer a series of computer systems powered by AMD processors. Tsinghua Tongfang has launched nine new commercial and consumer PC models based on AMD Athlon™ 64 X2, AMD Athlon™ 64 and AMD Sempron™ processors to meet a range of customer computing needs.
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Full View / NID: 8979 / Submitted by: Megan
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