AMD (NYSE: AMD) is the
customer-centric innovation
company, a processing powerhouse that offers smarter
choices for its customers and
makes technology more accessible to the world. AMD is
focused on best meeting the
needs of leading computing, wireless and consumer
electronics companies to help
them deliver high-performance, energy-efficient and
visually realistic solutions.
AMD Bringing Smarter Choices to People
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AMD at a
Glance
CEO: Hector Ruiz
Revenue: $6.013 billion in 2007
NYSE ticker symbol: AMD
Year Company Started: 1969
Number of Employees: approximately
16,500
Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California
Innovation: We provide real
solutions for real customer problems that exist in the
real world today.
Vision:
Our passion for what we do
compels us to keep looking for the next opportunity to
succeed.
Execution:
To help ensure we meet our
customers’ needs today and tomorrow, AMD invests
in state-of-the-art
technology research many years in advance of first
commercial use.
Blog from AMD’s Gadget Guy Pat Moorhead, VP of
Advanced Marketing, provides honest insight on the most
technical aspects of consumer products.
Global Kids
Inc. and other non-profits work with AMD to help develop
games for youth. We’re doing this by launching AMD
Changing the Game, and showing kids that math and
science can be fun and games. Learn
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50x15 Initiative
Our
mission is to enable
affordable, accessible Internet connectivity and
computing capabilities for 50% of
the world by 2015.
Competition leads to the best
innovations
Our
mission is to enable
affordable, accessible Internet connectivity and
computing capabilities for 50% of
the world by 2015.