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Advanced Micro Devices

Advanced Micro Devices

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is an American semiconductor company that designs and develops graphics, processors, and media solutions for both commercial and consumer markets.

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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is an American semiconductor company that designs and develops graphics, processors, and media solutions for both commercial and consumer markets. The company’s portfolio of products includes desktop/laptop/professional graphics, desktop processors, laptop and tablet processors, server processors, embedded processors, chipsets, and solid-state drives (SSD). In addition, AMD's solutions portfolio includes APU-based systems for tablets, laptops, and desktops; cloud, virtualization, and HPC server solutions; professional graphics solutions; embedded solutions; software solutions; and pro solutions.

AMD products and solutions focus on innovations related to gaming technologies, surround computing, pro graphics technologies, enhanced media, business technologies, server technologies, embedded technologies, security technologies, and mobility technologies.

Founded in 1969 as a silicon valley startup by Jerry Sanders and seven of his colleagues from Fairchild Semiconductor, AMD is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with facilities in Canada, France, Spain, the United Kingdom, China, and other locations worldwide. On January 20th, 2009, Qualcomm announced the acquisition of handheld graphics and multimedia assets from AMD.

In 2020, AMD's revenue amounted to $9.76 billion; the company set a record with a net income of $2.49 billion. AMD's research and development spending in 2020 was $1.98 billion.

Timeline

January 20, 2009
Qualcomm announces the acquisition of handheld graphics and multimedia assets from AMD.
May 1, 1969
Advanced Micro Devices was founded by Edwin Turney, Jack Gifford and Jerry Sanders.
1969
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is founded by Jerry Sanders along with seven of his colleagues from Fairchild Semiconductor.

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Further Resources

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Advanced Micro Devices CEO: Going after 'secular growth' in high-performance computing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAUKep5G6LU

Web

November 21, 2019

References

amd.com
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Organization
Organization
Company
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Company attributes

Industry
Semiconductor
Semiconductor
Computer Vision
Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Graphics processing unit
Graphics processing unit
Edge computing
Edge computing
Microprocessor
Microprocessor
Telecommunications
Telecommunications
...
Location
Sunnyvale, California
Sunnyvale, California
Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Santa Clara, California
Santa Clara, California
United States
United States
Singapore
Singapore
B2X
B2B
B2B
CEO
Lisa Su
Lisa Su
Founder
Jack Gifford
Jack Gifford
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Jerry Sanders (businessman)
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Edwin Turney
Pitchbook URL
pitchbook.com/profiles.../12221-02
Subsidiary
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SeaMicro
ATI Technologies
ATI Technologies
GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries
Spansion
Spansion
Navi
Navi
Xilinx
Xilinx
Legal classification
Joint-stock company
Joint-stock company
Public company
Public company
Date Incorporated
May 1, 1969
Spinout
Spansion
Spansion
GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries
Cavium
Cavium
Number of Employees (Ranges)
10,000 – 49,999
Number of Employees
11,400
Full Address
2485 Augustine Drive Santa Clara, CA 95054
CIK Number
2,488
Place of Incorporation
Delaware
Delaware
DUNS Number
048634059
IRS Number
941,692,300
Founded Date
May 1, 1969
Email Address
hw.support@amd.com
Phone Number
+14087494000
Competitors
Intel
Intel
Nvidia
Nvidia
Analog Devices
Analog Devices
Synaptics
Synaptics
IBM
IBM
Athlon 64
Athlon 64
Stock Symbol
AMD
Exchange
Nasdaq
Nasdaq
New York Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Moscow Exchange
Moscow Exchange
Glassdoor ID
15
Board of Directors
John E. Caldwell
John E. Caldwell
Abhi Talwalkar
Abhi Talwalkar
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Mark Durcan
John Marren
John Marren
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Jon Olson
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Nora Denzel
‌
Mike Gregoire
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Joseph A. Householder
...
Key People
John E. Caldwell
John E. Caldwell
Mark Papermaster
Mark Papermaster
Lisa Su
Lisa Su
Devinder Kumar
Devinder Kumar
Also Known As
AMD
NAICS Code
334,413
CAGE Code
34335
Patents Assigned (Count)
2,913

Other attributes

Country
United States
United States
SIC Code
3,674
Founder of
Trusted Computing Group
Trusted Computing Group
Wikidata ID
Q128896
Owner of
Athlon
Athlon
ATI Technologies
ATI Technologies
Spansion
Spansion
Ryzen
Ryzen
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Epyc
Market Capitalization
154,127,264,000
Headquarters
Santa Clara, California
Santa Clara, California
Company Operating Status
Active
Owner
Lisa Su
Lisa Su
Strategic Partnerships
Megh Computing, Inc.
Megh Computing, Inc.
CUDOS
CUDOS
Isurus
Isurus
Rare Atom
Rare Atom
Contact Page URL
amd.com/en/corporate/contact
Partner Organizations
AlmaLinux
AlmaLinux
Blog
community.amd.com/t5/blo...d-blogs
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