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Austin, Texas -- October 24, 2005 --AMD today announced a new agreement with the Austin Energy GreenChoice® Program to purchase green energy derived from renewable resources that will power all AMD Austin operations for the next 10 years, including the new AMD Austin Campus which is expected to be operational in 2007. The new agreement makes AMD the largest private Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Green Power Partner in Texas, the fifth largest private Partner in the U.S. and 12th largest overall Partner in the nation. AMD was one of the first companies in Austin to purchase green power through the Austin Energy GreenChoice Program and has subscribed to all four batches of green energy offered since the program was launched in 2000.
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SUNNYVALE, Calif -- October 24, 2005 --AMD (NYSE:AMD) today introduced the AMD Commercial Channel Access Program to enhance and extend the company’s commitment to partners’ business needs and contribute to their continued growth and success in the commercial market. The program is designed to foster an environment of collaboration and innovation within the growing worldwide AMD64 ecosystem of systems integrators, value-added resellers (VARs) and distributors. It is designed to deliver benefits to participants by helping them gain access to and develop solutions for the increasing number of customers now looking to deploy AMD Opteron™ processor-based platforms and provide tangible value through these solutions tailored to best address the needs of their end customers.
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BEIJING -- October 24, 2005 --At a ceremony today in China’s Great Hall of the People, AMD executives signed agreements with the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and Peking University to license AMD x86 microprocessor design technology that will enable Chinese development of low-power and embedded computer solutions for consumer and commercial markets. AMD also announced the contribution of US$750,000 to support technology deployment for primary education in rural China and opened a new headquarters for AMD Greater China.
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AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that Falcon Northwest has joined the ranks of computer manufacturers and system builders supporting AMD Turion™ 64 mobile technology. Falcon Northwest, a custom system builder serving the PC gamer market, has selected AMD Turion 64 mobile technology to power the new FragBook TL-2 notebook, allowing gamers extraordinary levels of performance and mobility.
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At a ceremony attended by top German government officials and leaders from across the semiconductor industry, AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the grand opening of its 300 millimeter (mm) Fab 36 in Dresden, Germany.
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AMD (NYSE:AMD) today reported sales of $1.523 billion and net income of $76 million, amounting to $0.18 per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 25, 2005.
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AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced general availability of a broad range of AMD64 technology-based server and motherboard solutions from Supermicro Computer, Inc., through three leading distributors, offering Supermicro solution providers and technology buyers greater choice in the x86 server market. ASI Corp., a leading distributor of wholesale computer components and peripheral products in North America; Ingram Micro Inc., the world’s largest technology distributor; and Tech Data Corporation, a leading global provider of IT products, logistics management and other value-added services, are now selling server building blocks designed and manufactured by Supermicro.
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AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced it will become the Official Technology Partner of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR), the foremost sanctioning body of stock car racing in North America. Through this unique relationship, AMD plans to play a critical role in helping NASCAR improve competition on the race track and enhance the safety of its participants.
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AMD (NYSE: AMD) supports the publication of new computer hardware procurement guidelines by Austria’s Bundeskanzleramt and the National Public Procurement Policy Unit (NPPPU) of Ireland’s Department of Finance. The guidelines are intended to assist procurement authorities in the two countries promote competition and obtain the best technology at the best price by avoiding descriptions that could lead to discriminatory and non-competitive bids.
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AMD (NYSE: AMD), a leader in developing power-efficient, environmentally-conscious innovations such as Cool'n'Quiet™ technology, today announced its sponsorship of The University of Texas at Austin Solar Decathlon Team (UT SolarD). The UT SolarD Team will compete in the 2005 Solar Decathlon taking place October 7-14, 2005 in Washington, D.C. Founded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the Solar Decathlon is an international competition in which 18 college and university teams from around the globe compete to design and build houses that demonstrate the advantages of a solar lifestyle.
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Spansion LLC, the Flash memory venture of AMD (NYSE: AMD) and Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702), today announced that Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications has developed two new cellular handsets with 512 Mb NOR Flash memory, which uses stacked versions of Spansion’s WS256N, a NOR Flash memory device based on the company’s award-winning MirrorBit™ technology. The new G’zOne and A5512CA mobile phones developed by Casio-Hitachi and available now in Japan, integrate 80 MHz versions of the Spansion WS256N, the fastest frequency using two-bit-per-cell technology. In addition, Spansion has proven that the WS256N has headroom to spare, providing a platform for wireless designs with frequencies up to 108 MHz.
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AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the availability of the AMD Geode GX Single Board Computer Reference Design Kit (AMD Geode GX SBC RDK), an adaptable design that addresses a broad range of embedded devices such as network appliances, kiosks, point-of-sale terminals and corporate thin clients. The AMD Geode GX SBC RDK provides customers a platform for low cost, high impact designs by providing an affordable, integrated suite of support and development capabilities. The utility of these designs help reduce development cost and time-to-market for Single Board Computer (SBC) applications.
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The American India Foundation (AIF) is getting ready to roll out the red carpet in Silicon Valley as it hosts its 2nd Annual Fall Benefit Gala at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California on Saturday, October 8, 2005. Titled Bow Ties & Bangles: an Evening of Rhythm, Rhapsody and Color, this black-tie event will feature an exclusive cocktail reception, gourmet dinner and a mélange of scintillating entertainment. With the goal of raising $1 million, proceeds from the Gala will go towards furthering AIF’s mission in its three thematic pillars of work in India: Education, Livelihood and Public Health.
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Enabling stronger commercial solutions for OEMs to meet the evolving needs of business, government, and education, AMD (NYSE: AMD) is delivering a new choice in the implementation of commercial desktop and notebook PC platforms. Today, AMD introduced the AMD Commercial Stable Image Platform (AMD CSIP) program, a commercial PC solution that offers OEMs a 15-month disk image stability period for improved system manageability. AMD is working with industry-leading chipset and motherboard manufacturers to enable desktop and mobile PC solutions designed to lower IT costs and increase end-user productivity. The AMD CSIP program enables stable image PC platform solutions, while reducing the amount of platform configurations an IT organization must support.
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AMD (NYSE:AMD) today announced three new models in the Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processor family, delivering the world’s highest performance for one-way to eight-way x86 servers and workstations.
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AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced dates and the final agenda for the long-anticipated Global Vision Conference - the first event of its kind in which senior business leaders and technology visionaries from around the world come together to discuss the role technology plays in modern society and how technological trends are likely to evolve over the next decade.
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Spansion LLC, the Flash memory venture of AMD (NYSE: AMD) and Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702), today announced a cash contribution of $10,000 to the Austin Parks Foundation to help construct over 5.5 miles of trails through southeast Austin. When completed, the trails will wind along Country Club Creek and through adjacent neighborhoods from Roy Guerrero Colorado River Park to Mabel Davis Park.
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Spansion LLC, the Flash memory venture of AMD (NYSE: AMD) and Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702), today showed silicon of its single-chip 1 Gbit (Gb) GL NOR Flash memory and demonstrated working silicon of its 1Gb ORNAND™ Flash memory based on 90nm MirrorBit™ technology. Manufactured at Spansion’s flagship Fab 25 facility in Austin, Texas, Spansion™ 90nm MirrorBit technology is the foundation for a compelling high-density Flash memory roadmap, featuring products combining the density, performance, reliability and cost structure required for wireless and embedded applications.
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AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced its sponsorship of “The 64 Second Film Contest,” providing digital media enthusiasts an opportunity to invent and share digital creations defining the concept of “Waitlessness” in 64 seconds. AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 dual-core processors “shatter the hourglass,” taking content creation and multimedia performance to an all new level. With the help of AMD64 multi-core technology, digital content creators can create more and spend less time waiting for their computers to render videos and perform other multimedia tasks. Winners will be chosen through a combination of online voting and judging with DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.
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At the Embedded Systems Conference today, AMD (NYSE:AMD) announced that its AMD64 Longevity program for high-end embedded solutions, which guarantees processor availability for at least 5 years, has expanded to include two additional low-power AMD64 processors based on AMD’s successful mobile products. These products have been requested by high-end embedded customers whose product plans demand low power, 32- and 64-bit high performance capability, a small footprint on the board and low pin count. Both are part of the AMD64 Longevity program.
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