Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Type Public (NYSE: AMD) Founded 1969 Founder(s) W. Jerry Sanders IIIEdwin J. TurneyAdditional co-founders Headquarters Sunnyvale, California, United States Area served Worldwide Key people Derrick R. Meyer(CEO), (President) & (Director)Héctor De J. Ruiz(Executive Chairman)Hal Speed(Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives) Industry Semiconductors Products MicroprocessorsMotherboard chipsetsGraphics processorsDTV decoder chipsHandheld media chipsets Market cap US$ 1.41 billion (November 2008) Revenue ▲ US$ 6.013 billion (2007) Operating income ▼ US$ -2.865 billion (2007) Net income ▼ US$ -3.379 billion (2007) Total assets ▼ US$ 11.550 billion (2007) Total equity ▼ US$ 2.990 billion (2007) Employees 15,653 (2008) Website AMD.com Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) (NYSE: AMD) is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for commercial and consumer markets. Its main products include microprocessors, motherboard chipsets, embedded processors and graphics processors for servers, workstations and personal computers, and processor technologies for handheld devices, digital television, automobiles, game consoles, and other embedded systems applications.
AMD is the second-largest global supplier of microprocessors based on the x86 architecture after Intel Corporation, and the third-largest supplier of graphics processing units. It also owns 21 percent of Spansion, a supplier of non-volatile flash memory. In 2007, AMD ranked eleventh among semiconductor manufacturers in terms of revenue.[1]
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