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AMD Athlon™ 64 and AMD Opteron™ Processors Awarded
PC Magazine Award for Technical Excellence
SUNNYVALE, CA -- November 24, 2003 --AMD today announced that PC Magazine honored the AMD Athlon™ 64 and AMD Opteron™ processors with the 2003 Award for Technical Excellence in the Components category. The AMD Athlon 64 processor for desktops and notebooks and the AMD Opteron processor for servers and workstations both provide simultaneous 32-bit performance and 64-bit capability based on industry standards.
“This is a big win for AMD, but it’s an even bigger win for customers who can now have the power of screaming 64-bit and 32-bit performance at their fingertips,” said Marty Seyer, vice president and general manager, Microprocessor Business Unit, AMD. “We won PC Magazine’s Technical Excellence Award because thousands of AMD employees never lost sight of what our customers want. We are very proud at AMD and thank PC Magazine and its readers for this incredible award.”
In its 20th year, the PC Magazine awards recognize products and influencers that have pushed the state of technology forward and pioneered new standards for technical innovation in 2003. PC Magazine preferred the AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Opteron processors over rival products in the Components category. All finalists and winners are posted online at www.pcmag.com/techex and will be featured in the December 30th issue of PC Magazine.
About AMD
Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD (NYSE: AMD) is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Standard & Poor’s 500 company, produces microprocessors, Flash memory devices, and silicon-based solutions for communications and networking applications.
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About PC Magazine
PC Magazine, the independent guide to technology, delivers comprehensive labs-based reviews and the most trusted recommendations for buyers of technology products and services. Reaching highly engaged technology influencers, PC Magazine provides product reviews, first looks at emerging technologies and products, and opinionated columns from renowned technology pundits. To meet its readers’ needs for buying information that is as is current as it is comprehensive. PC Magazine publishes 22 times a year in print and continually on the web.
AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon, AMD Opteron and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Other product names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. |
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