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SUNNYVALE, CALIF. -- June 1, 2006 --Building on its innovation leadership, partner support and customer success, AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced a wide breadth of initiatives targeted at extending its leadership across multiple facets of the computing ecosystem. AMD released details around its next-generation microprocessor architecture; system-level technology initiatives that are designed to enable greater interoperability and value-added design opportunities for partners using AMD platforms; and advances in AMD’s innovative manufacturing and process technologies. Additionally, AMD announced its plans for a new high-performance enthusiast platform. These announcements underscore AMD’s track record of and focus on delivering the right technologies at the right time for the market.
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Full View / NID: 10741 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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SUNNYVALE, CALIF. -- May 31, 2006 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced today the next milestone in digital entertainment with the AMD LIVE!™ PC — a full-featured, easy-to-use media center PC, designed to enable consumers to organize, distribute, share, and enjoy their content collection throughout the home and on the go. Leading OEMs including Acer, Alienware, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Gateway, HP, Sahara, and Tsinghua Tongfang, as well as system builders in North America, Western Europe, and China, will have AMD LIVE! PCs, powered by the award-winning AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 dual-core processor, starting in June. The AMD LIVE! Entertainment Suite, a collection of services and applications designed to enhance the PC experience, is also available today at www.amdlive.com.
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Full View / NID: 10714 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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SUNNYVALE, CA -- May 30, 2006 --AMD (NYSE:AMD) today announced that it will hold its technology analyst meeting at approximately 8:30 a.m. PT (11:30 a.m. ET) on Thursday, June 1, 2006 at AMD Headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA. AMD Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Hector Ruiz and members of AMD’s management team will deliver key presentations regarding AMD’s microprocessor business. Forward-looking and other material information may be discussed during the presentations.
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Full View / NID: 10704 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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BEIJING -- May 30, 2006 --Shenzhen Domain Network, Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD), and Huawei Technologies today announced the formation of a strategic collaboration to empower online gaming in China. The three companies will work together to support an online gaming network, brand communications, marketing and promotions.
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Full View / NID: 10696 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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SUNNYVALE and DRESDEN -- May 29, 2006 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that it plans to expand its microprocessor manufacturing capacity over the next three years by adding additional 300 millimeter wafer production capabilities in Dresden through the implementation of three new projects. AMD’s newest fabrication facility will come online through a major transformation of the company’s existing Fab 30, which will be named Fab 38. The transition from 200mm to 300mm allows for more than twice as many processors on a wafer. In addition, AMD will also expand Fab 36’s existing 300mm capacity and build a new clean room facility to handle the site’s growing Bump and Test requirements, which is one of the final stages of the manufacturing process where wafers are prepared to be shipped for packaging. With plans to invest a total of US$2.5 billion in the Dresden expansion projects, AMD continues to aggressively scale its innovative manufacturing processes to meet growing customer needs.
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Full View / NID: 10695 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- May 25, 2006 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) today unveiled new AMD branding for the race helmets used by Ferrari’s F1 drivers - seven-time F1 World Champion Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa. To mark the occasion, AMD and the drivers will donate two autographed helmets to the Institute of Brain and Spinal Cord Disorders (Institut de cerveau et de la moelle épinière, or ICM) at the conclusion of the Monte Carlo Grand Prix, Sunday, May 28, 2006 ICM is an international project working to find cures for neurological conditions, psychiatric disorders, and brain and spinal cord trauma. The organization was founded through support from such legendary Formula One names as Michael Schumacher, Ferrari Director General Jean Todt, and FIA President Max Mosley.
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Full View / NID: 10637 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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SUNNYVALE, CALIF. -- May 23, 2006 --As part of AMD’s ongoing commitment to deliver leading technology for desktop PCs, AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the immediate availability of the AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 dual-core processor, the world’s ultimate processor for PC enthusiasts, and the AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 5000+dual-core processor compatible with AMD’s new socket AM2 platform. Socket AM2 from AMD is designed to enable next-generation platform innovations such as AMD Virtualization and high-performance, unbuffered DDR2 memory to the award-winning AMD64 architecture. Additionally, socket AM2 streamlines the work for motherboard manufacturers, while reducing costs through economies of scale, which can provide better products and increase supply chain flexibility.
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Full View / NID: 10595 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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SEATTLE -- May 22, 2006 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) today announced an agreement to jointly support flexible business models for emerging markets powered by Microsoft® FlexGo™ technology. The initiative reflects both companies’ efforts to bring affordable access to technology to consumers around the world. At the 2006 Microsoft Windows® Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Seattle, the companies stated their commitment to support the initiative through a pilot program that provides consumers the opportunity to purchase PCs through a combination of innovative technology and a pay-as-you-go computing model. Through the joint development that is underway between AMD and Microsoft, Microsoft’s FlexGo technology will also be incorporated within key AMD microprocessor products.
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Full View / NID: 10574 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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SUNNYVALE, CALIF. -- May 19, 2006 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced today that HP servers and workstations powered by AMD64 processors contributed significantly to the digital magic behind DreamWorks Animation’s (NYSE: DWA) comedy, “Over the Hedge,” which opens today.
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Full View / NID: 10545 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- May 18, 2006 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) released the following statement today regarding the announcement Dell Inc. made in its quarterly earnings statement that it intends to offer AMD Opteron™ Dual Core processor-based servers.
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Full View / NID: 10535 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- May 17, 2006 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) today introduced AMD Turion™ 64 X2 mobile technology, the first and only family of 64-bit dual-core processors designed for thin and light notebook PCs. AMD Turion 64 X2 mobile technology allows people to get more from their mobile lifestyle through long battery life and outstanding performance, even when using multiple applications simultaneously, including demanding digital media applications.
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Full View / NID: 10514 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- May 16, 2006 --Leveraging its leadership in performance-per-watt computing, AMD (NYSE: AMD) today unveiled a top-to-bottom energy efficient AMD desktop processor roadmap at the In-Stat Spring Processor Forum. Consumers and businesses alike are requesting smaller, more elegant PCs that aesthetically complement home and office environments, yet deliver the same performance as larger systems. Energy efficient AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 dual-core, AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Sempron™ processors, based on the upcoming socket AM2, are designed to provide for new freedoms in PC form factor design by offering significant performance-per-watt advantages over standard processors for commercial and consumer markets. Energy-efficient computing is a crucial step for the computing industry as large businesses seek to reduce operating costs.
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Full View / NID: 10500 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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AUSTIN, TX -- May 3, 2006 --At the 15th World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) today, AMD (NYSE: AMD) Chairman and CEO Hector Ruiz delivered the opening day keynote address, urging the IT industry to become a catalyst for solving the world’s most important issues.
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Full View / NID: 10350 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- April 25, 2006 --Coinciding with the third anniversary of the launch of the AMD Opteron™ processor and AMD64 technology launch, AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced today it has seen an increase in its overall x86 server processor market share. Based on the 2006 first quarter numbers from Mercury Research, the AMD Opteron processor now accounts for 22.1 percent of the worldwide x86 server processors shipped in the first quarter, up from 16.4 percent in the 2005 fourth quarter. These new numbers, combined with today’s introduction of 12 new platforms that meet the AMD Validated Server guidelines, demonstrate strong demand and momentum for AMD Opteron processor-based solutions across various commercial customer segments.
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Full View / NID: 10236 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- April 24, 2006 --Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) commended an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memorandum announcing new federal procurement regulations designed to discourage the use of brand name specifications in government contracts that would benefit a particular brand or manufacturer.
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Full View / NID: 10205 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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NAB, LAS VEGAS, BOOTH SL-555 -- April 24, 2006 --At the National Association of Broadcasters convention today, AMD (NYSE: AMD) demonstrated growing momentum for AMD64 technology adoption in broadcast and digital media pipelines for the production, management, and distribution of digital media content.
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Full View / NID: 10204 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- April 19, 2006 --A group of technology industry leaders today announced their intent to form The Green Grid to help reduce growing power and cooling demands in enterprise datacenters. AMD (NYSE: AMD), HP, Sun Microsystems and IBM represent the founding sponsors of The Green Grid, an open, global organization whose goals are supported by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Alliance to Save Energy. Members of The Green Grid seek to decrease the datacenter and other IT facility energy usage patterns by defining and propagating best practices in datacenter operation, as well as construction and design. The Green Grid is intended to serve as an interactive resource for IT professionals; a forum for sharing proven practices in datacenter energy management as well as working with other organizations to identify new industry-standards and metrics related to energy.
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Full View / NID: 10160 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- April 12, 2006 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) today reported sales of $1.33 billion, operating income of $259 million, and net income of $185 million, or $0.38 per share for the quarter ended March 26, 2006. These results include a stock-based compensation expense of $15 million due to the implementation of SFAS 123(R) and an expense of $20 million associated with the partial redemption of senior notes.
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Full View / NID: 10098 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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SAN JOSE, CALIF. -- April 5, 2006 --At the Embedded Systems Conference this week, AMD (NYSE: AMD) is showcasing the latest addition to the Sun Netra™ server family, designed to the Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (ATCA) industry specifications for next-generation communication infrastructure. The Sun Netra CP3020 will be available in configurations featuring either a single- or Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processor, with industry-leading x86 performance-per-watt for servers. Sun’s Netra line is designed to deliver telecommunications equipment manufacturers (TEMs) and Network Equipment Providers (NEPs) the highly reliable, high-performance, feature-rich blade platform they have demanded.
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Full View / NID: 10033 / Submitted by: Olmari
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Sunnyvale, Calif. -- April 4, 2006 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced today that its latest AMD in the Enterprise event is now available for viewing online. The latest online event features AMD Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Hector Ruiz along with HP Chief Executive Officer and President Mark Hurd and Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer. These industry-leaders will discuss how their companies are working with AMD to bring new levels of innovation to the datacenter, by focusing on issues such as automation, resource consolidation and increasing capacity, without increasing power. The event can be viewed at http://www.amd.com/enterpriseevent.
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Full View / NID: 9981 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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