AMD was founded in 1969 by seven colleagues from Fairchild Semiconductor. It is based in California and specializes in microprocessors and graphics technologies for business and consumer markets. In the 1970s and 1980s, AMD produced second-source Intel x86 chips but later introduced its own 386-compatible processor. Today, AMD produces CPUs, GPUs, and APUs using architectures like Bulldozer and Jaguar. Notable products include the Radeon graphics brand and FX series CPUs.

1. ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES
BY: Vedavyas.M.Shenoy

2. A M D
• Formally incorporated on May 1, 1969, by Jerry
Sanders, along with seven of his colleagues
from Fairchild Semiconductor.
• Is an American
multinational semiconductor company based
in Sunnyvale, California, United States.
• Develops computer processors and related
technologies for business and consumer
markets.

3. FIRST PRODUCT
• In November 1969 the company
manufactured its first product, the Am9300,
a 4-bit MSI shift register, which began selling
in 1970.

4. FIRST SUCCESS
• In 1970, AMD produced its first proprietary
product, the Am2501 logic counter, which was
highly successful.
• Its best-selling product in 1971 was the
Am2505, the fastest multiplier available.

5. ENTRY TO RAM CHIPS
• In 1971 AMD entered the RAM chip market,
beginning with the Am3101, a 64-bit bipolar
RAM.
• That year AMD also greatly increased the sales
volume of its linear integrated circuits, and by
year end the company's total annual sales
reached $4.6 million.

6. AMD WENT PUBLIC
• In September 1972.
• The company was a second source for
Intel MOS/LSI circuits by 1973, with products
such as Am14/1506 and Am14/1507, dual
100-bit dynamic shift registers.

7. GETTING BETTER
• By 1975 AMD was producing 212 products.
• AMD entered the microprocessor market with
the Am9080
• In 1977 AMD entered into a joint venture
with Siemens.
• AMD closed its Advanced Micro Computers
subsidiary in late 1981, after switching focus
to manufacturing second-source Intel x86
microprocessors.

8. INTEL - AMD
• Intel and AMD entered into a 10-year
technology exchange agreement, first signed
in October 1981 and formally executed in
February 1982.
• In 1982 AMD become a second-source
manufacturer of Intel's x86 microprocessors
and related chips, and Intel provided AMD
with database tapes for its 8086, 80186,
and 80286chips.

9. AMD vs INTEL
• Throughout the 1980s, AMD was a second-
source supplier of Intel x86 processors.
• In 1991, it introduced its own 386-
compatible Am386, an AMD-designed chip.
Creating its own chips, AMD began to
compete directly with Intel.
• AMD had a large and successful flash
memory business, even during the dotcom
bust.

10. • AMD announced the acquisition of ATI
Technologies on July 24, 2006.
• Since 2010, all of the company's graphics
processing products have been marketed
under the AMD brand name.

11. RESTRUCTURING
• On October 16, 2014, AMD announced a new
restructuring plan along with its Q3 results.
• As part of this restructuring 7% of AMD's
global workforce will be laid off by the end of
Q4 2014.

12. PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES

13. LATEST PROCESSORS
• Bulldozer - AMD's CPU codename for the second latest
server and desktop processors.
• Hondo - Latest processor series used in Tablet
computers.
• Vishera - Current FX series processor lineup targeting
the desktop performance market.
• Llano - AMD's first APU built for laptops.
• Jaguar - latest x86 processor core from AMD aimed
at the low-power/low-cost market.

14. AMD'S MAIN PRODUCTS
• Microprocessors
• Motherboard chipsets
• Embedded processors & graphics
processors for servers, workstations and
personal computers
• Embedded systems applications.

15. GRAPHICS PRODUCTS
• Radeon – brand for consumer line of graphics
cards.
• AMD FirePro – brand for professional line of
graphics cards for workstations.
• AMD FireStream – brand for discontinued
product line targeting stream
processing and GPGPU as used in various
industries.

16. • AMD FireMV – brand for discontinued product
line targeting multi-monitor setups in
professional environments.
• AMD Eyefinity – Facilitates multi-monitor setup
of to 6 monitors per graphics card.
• AMD TrueAudio – acceleration of audio
calculations.
• Unified Video Decoder (UVD) – acceleration of
video decoding.
• Video Codec Engine (VCD) – acceleration of video
encoding.

17. AMD FX 9590

18. Features
• The Steamroller architecture which is a viable
option for APUs has been built around a 28nm
node which sacrifices clock speed to deliver
more performance per clock.
• Advanced 3D gaming
• Complex 3D modeling
• HD video editing

19. • AMD Turbo CORE Technology
• AMD FX Processors come equipped with AMD Turbo
CORE Technology 2. Technology is a performance
boosting technology that helps increase performance
on the applications that need it the most.
• HyperTransport™ Technology
• Up to 8.0GB/s HyperTransport™ I/O bandwidth; Up to
16GB/s in HyperTransport Generation 3.0 mode
• Up to 37GB/s total delivered processor-to-system
bandwidth (HyperTransport bus + memory bus)
• Benefit: Quick access times to system I/O for better
performance.

20. • AMD PowerNow!™ AMD Technology (Cool'n'Quiet™
Technology)
• Enhanced power management features which
automatically and instantaneously adjusts performance
states and features based on processor performance
requirements
• C6 power state flushes the cache and removes voltage
from individual cores to help reduce power
consumption
• Separate memory controller power control
• Works automatically without the need for drivers or
BIOS enablement.
• Benefit: Helps users get more efficient performance
by dynamically activating or turning off parts of the
processor.

21. All of these mean only one thing !! PERFORMANCE !

22. Guinness World Record Achievement !!!
• On August 31, 2011, in Austin, Texas, AMD achieved
a Guinness World Record for the "Highest frequency of a
computer processor": 8.429 GHz.
• The previous record was 8.308 GHz, with an Intel Celeron 352
(one core).
• On November 1, 2011, geek.com reported that Andre Yang,
an overclocker from Taiwan, used an FX-8150 to set another
record: 8.461 GHz.

23. THANK
YOU!!