“With AMD’s tremendous set of technology assets, diverse industry partnerships, and rich talent base, we are uniquely capable of creating value for our customers as we change the dynamics of the industry.”
— Hector Ruiz, Ph.D., Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Office

With such milestones as the acquisition of ATI Technologies, the addition of Dell as a major new customer, and significantly deepened roots in the Chinese market, 2006 will be remembered as one of the most transformational and positive years in AMD’s history.

January: Tsinghua Tongfang, China’s third largest computer manufacturer and the second largest home PC brand in China, announces it will offer a series of computer systems powered by AMD processors.

January:: Enthusiasts can experience the next generation of multi-core supported games and applications with the new AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-60 dual-core processor, powered by AMD’s most powerful PC processor ever released.

February: A new line of professional desktop systems marks the first AMD-powered Lenovo PCs available worldwide.

March: We begin the first revenue shipments of processors manufactured at Fab 36 in Dresden, Germany. The new facility ramped in record time, hitting every major milestone on schedule and beginning production at mature yields.

April: AMD is a founding sponsor of The Green Grid, an open, global organization designed to decrease datacenter and other IT facility energy usage patterns by defining and propagating best practices in datacenter operation, construction, and design.

May: AMD Turion™ 64 X2 mobile technology is the first family of 64-bit dual-core processors designed for thin and light notebook PCs. Also, the Mobile AMD Sempron™ processor family is enhanced with AMD64 technology.

May: Dell Inc. announces it will offer AMD processor-based systems. “We welcome Dell, and Dell customers, to the world of AMD64,” said Marty Seyer, AMD senior vice president, Commercial Business.

May: Three new projects will expand microprocessor manufacturing capacity by adding additional 300mm wafer production capabilities in Dresden. The newest fabrication facility will come online through a major transformation of Fab 30, which will be named Fab 38.

May: The AMD LIVE!™ PC marks the next milestone in digital entertainment — a full-featured, easy-to-use media center PC designed to enable consumers to organize, distribute, share, and enjoy their content collection throughout the home and on the go.

June: AMD begins its first revenue shipments of processors manufactured at Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing in Singapore. AMD and Chartered ramped 300mm production at Fab 7 in record time, hitting all major milestones and starting production at mature yields.

July: AMD and ATI announce plans to join forces in a transaction valued at approximately $5.4 billion. The combination will create a processing powerhouse by bringing AMD’s technology leadership in microprocessors together with ATI’s strengths in graphics, chipsets and consumer electronics.

August: The new Shanghai Research and Development Center (SRDC) focuses on the development of AMD’s next-generation mobile platforms, and also provides an important role in the validation and testing of current and future microprocessors.

September: The new Mile High Design Center (MHDC) in Fort Collins, CO, delivers increased flexibility and efficiency to accelerate the introduction of next-generation microprocessors.

September: Founder Technology, China’s second largest PC provider and the seventh largest global desktop PC provider, announces plans to launch AMD64 processor-based PCs throughout China.

October: AMD completes its acquisition of ATI Technologies, Inc. The new AMD opens for business as a processing powerhouse committed to driving innovation, choice, and growth in the technology industry.

November: The AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect (DSDC) Architecture is the first dual-socket, multi-core desktop PC platform designed to take advantage of the latest enhancements in Windows Vista™ Ultimate and redefine performance on the latest generation of multi-threaded applications.

November: At the annual AMD Industry Analyst Forum, AMD demonstrates the industry’s first native quad-core x86 server processor, achieving four x86 processing cores on a single die of silicon.

December: A new Advanced Architecture and Technology Lab led by Rich Witek, AMD corporate fellow and chief architectural officer, will focus on technology and platform development beyond the five-year time horizon, further extending AMD’s strong tradition of advanced silicon planning.

December: The speedy transition to 65nm process technology enables AMD to produce more processors on a 300mm wafer while continuing to aggressively scale performance and reduce power consumption.