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{{Infobox company
| name = Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
| logo = AMD Logo.svg
| image = 2485 Augustine Drive headquarters in Santa Clara, California.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| image_caption = Headquarters at Santa Clara in 2020
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| industry = [[Semiconductor industry|Semiconductors]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1969|05|01}}
| traded_as = {{Unbulleted list | {{NASDAQ|AMD}} | [[NASDAQ 100]] component | [[S&P 500]] component}}
| founder = [[Jerry Sanders (businessman)|Jerry Sanders]]
| hq_location_city = [[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara]], [[California]]
| hq_location_country = U.S.
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|[[John E. Caldwell|John Edward Caldwell]] ([[chairman]])|[[Lisa Su]] ([[President (corporate title)|president]] and [[Chief executive officer|CEO]])|[[Mark Papermaster]] ([[Chief technical officer|CTO]])}}
| products = [[Central processing unit]]s<br />[[Graphics processing unit]]<br />[[Microprocessor]]s<br />[[System on a chip]]s (SoCs)<br />[[Motherboard]] [[chipset]]s<br />[[Network interface controller]]s<br />[[Embedded processor]]s<br />[[Solid-state drive]]s<br />[[Device driver|Driver]]s<br />[[TV accessory|TV accessories]]
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'''Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.''' ('''AMD''') is an American company from [[Sunnyvale]], [[California]], that makes [[computer hardware]] components. It makes many different computer parts, but it is most famous for its [[central processing unit]]s (CPUs) and [[Graphics processing unit|graphics processing units]] (GPUs). Another important product are their [[motherboard]] chipsets for their CPUs.
== History ==
AMD started as a company that made products for [[Intel]], another large hardware company, and competitor of AMD. In 2003, AMD released the Opteron, which was the first 64-bit [[x86]] CPU. In 2006, AMD bought [[ATI Technologies]] with $4.3 billion of cash and 52 million AMD stocks.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-10-12|title=CNW Group|url=http://newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2006/25/c4187.html|access-date=2022-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012221335/http://newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2006/25/c4187.html |archive-date=October 12, 2007 }}</ref> In 2020, AMD said that they are buying Xilinx, a company that makes circuits that can be changed using computer code (FPGA).<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lee|first=Jane Lanhee|date=2022-02-14|title=AMD closes record chip industry deal with estimated $50 billion purchase of Xilinx|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/amd-closes-biggest-chip-acquisition-with-498-bln-purchase-xilinx-2022-02-14/|access-date=2022-05-03}}</ref>
== Products ==
[[File:AMD Ryzen 7000-Serie - Der ultimative CPU und Mainboard Vergleich (Memory PC) 08.png|thumb|AMD makes CPUs for desktop PCs.]]
[[Ryzen]] is AMD's brand name for their CPUs for normal use. They have between 2 and 64 cores and can achieve speeds above 5 [[gigahertz]] (GHz).
[[File:Amd-radeon-rx6800xt-from2020year-angle.jpg|thumb|AMD makes graphics cards under their Radeon brand.]]
[[AMD Radeon|Radeon]] is their brand name for other computer products like GPUs and computer parts made by other companies that AMD put their brand on ([[OEM]]).

== Advanced Micro Devices Media ==
<gallery widths='160px' heights='100%' mode='traditional' caption=''>
File:1amdplace.jpg|AMD's former headquarters in [[Sunnyvale, California]] (demolished in 2019)

File:AMDmarkham4.jpg|AMD's campus in [[Markham, Ontario|Markham]], Ontario, Canada, [[ATI Technologies|ATI]]'s former headquarters

File:AMD Austin campus.JPG|AMD's [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED-certified]] Lone Star campus in [[Austin, Texas]]

File:Nokia-9110-4.jpg|An AMD Élan SC450 in [[Nokia 9110 Communicator]]

File:AMDRadeonMemory.JPG|AMD Radeon Memory - 8 GB * 2

File:MichaelSchumacherHO2005.jpg|The AMD-logo on the rear spoiler of [[Michael Schumacher]]'s ''F2005'' from Ferrari, showing AMD's sponsorship at the [[2005 German Grand Prix]]
</gallery>
== References ==
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== Other websites ==
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