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PublicNYSE: AMD
Raised
Post IPO Valuation

General Information

Websiteamd.com
CategoryConsumer Electronics/Devices
Phone408-749-4000
Employees16,420
Founded1969

Offices

AMD Headquarters:
One AMD Place
P.O. Box 3453
Sunnyvale, CA, 94088
USA
AMD Austin, Lone Star
Advanced Micro Devices
7171 Southwest Pkwy
Austin, TX, 78735
USA

People

President & CEO
SVP and Chief Strategy Officer
Senior Vice President and General Manager
Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Senior Vice President, Technology Group
Senior Vice President and Chief Sales Officer
Senior Vice President and CFO
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer
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Former People

Chairman and CEO
President and Chief Operating Officer
Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs, and Chief Administrative Officer
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Acquisitions

SeaMicro, 3/12 $334M

Investments

ViVu 6/11

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AMD

AMD is an American semiconductor company that develops computer processors and related technologies for both commercial and consumer markets. They produce primarily microprocessors, motherboard chipsets, embedded processors, and graphics processors.

The company began operations by improving upon chip designs of models that they licensed from other companies. They are now the second largest producer of x86 chips in the market.

Recent Milestones

  • Handshake
    AMD acquired SeaMicro for $334M. (3/23/12)
    Posted 7/25/12 at 1:16am via seamicro.com
  • Dollar
    AMD invested in ViVu. (6/9/11)
    Posted 6/9/11 at 12:02am via techcrunch.com
  • Check
    AMD added Ramkumar Shankar as Software Development Engineer. (4/24/11)
    Posted 10/19/11 at 4:43pm
  • Check
    AMD added Harri Kapanen as Manager (ASIC). (11/1/06)
    Posted 5/3/13 at 12:17pm
  • Check
    AMD added Zohair Hyder as Sr Design Engineer. (5/1/05)
    Posted 5/15/13 at 5:51am
  • Check
    AMD added Amir Mashkoori as various executive positions. (1/1/99)
    Posted 4/30/13 at 4:56am
  • Check
    AMD added Greg Garrison as Recruiter. (1/1/96)
    Posted 5/15/11 at 9:00pm
  • Check
    AMD added Amir Mashkoori as various senior level operational roles. (1/1/78)
    Posted 4/30/13 at 4:56am
  • Check
    AMD added Taz Ryder as Microelectronics Service Engineer.
    Posted 12/6/09 at 9:22am
  • Check
    AMD added Harry A. Wolin as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary .
    Posted 8/25/11 at 6:07pm
  • Check
    AMD added Mike Wolfe as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer.
    Posted 8/25/11 at 6:07pm
  • Check
    AMD added Thomas Seifert as Senior Vice President and CFO.
    Posted 8/25/11 at 6:07pm
  • Check
    AMD added Emilio Ghilardi as Senior Vice President and Chief Sales Officer.
    Posted 8/25/11 at 6:07pm
  • Check
    AMD added Rick Bergman as Senior Vice President and General Manager.
    Posted 8/25/11 at 6:07pm
  • Check
    AMD added Chekib Akrout as Senior Vice President, Technology Group.
    Posted 8/25/11 at 6:07pm
  • Check
    AMD added Rory Read as President & CEO.
    Posted 8/25/11 at 6:07pm

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AMD screenshot
Above: ATI Radeon
Uploaded: 7/8/08

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Above: AMD Phenom
Uploaded: 7/8/08

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Sources

  1. AMD Completes Acquisition of SeaMicro (seamicro.com) [edit]
  2. Chip Maker AMD Invests In Video Conferencing Startup ViVu (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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