MEDIA ADVISORY AMD to Announce ‘Hammer’ Architecture Details

San Jose, CA -- 10/15/2001 -- AMD’s Vice President and Chief Technical Officer Fred Weber today will disclose architectural details of AMD’s next-generation “Hammer” microprocessor architecture at Microprocessor Forum in San Jose, Calif. Weber will also discuss how HyperTransport™, the innovative technology designed to accelerate internal system communications, simplifies the design and boosts the performance of multiprocessing systems. A question-and-answer session will follow his presentation.

Following his presentation, AMD plans to issue a press release and other information with highlights of the “Hammer” presentation. Information will be available at http://www.amd.com/news/spotlight

Date: Monday, October 15, 2001 Time: 3:10 p.m. U.S. PDT

AMD will offer press and analyst briefings on “Hammer” architecture beginning Tuesday, October 16. To schedule a briefing, contact Duyen “Jen” Truong at 512-602-6781 or at duyen.truong@amd.com .