AMD is a multinational company specializing in the design and production of microprocessors, headquartered in Nathaniel Vale, Silicon Valley, California, USA. AMD supplies a variety of integrated circuit products for the computer, communications and consumer electronics markets, including central processing units, graphics processors, flash memory, chipsets and other semiconductor technologies.

Founder: Jerry Sanders AMD Trademark

Previous Chairman of the Board: Hector de J. Ruiz Current Chairman of the Board: Dick May Dirk Meyer President of Greater China: Guo Kezun AMD (Advanced Micro Devices), AMD (Note: Advanced means advanced, Micro means tiny, and the literal translation in English is advanced micro equipment). AMD was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. AMD designs and manufactures innovative microprocessor, flash memory and low-power processor solutions for the computer, communications and consumer electronics industries. AMD is committed to delivering standards-based, customer-focused solutions to technology users—from enterprises and government agencies to individual consumers. Its market share in the CPU market is second only to Intel.