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 Everywhere (1 min)
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.
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.