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'''AMD''', or Advanced Micro Devices is a corporation specializing in making computer chips, primarily CPUs, and GPUs. It serves as the main competitor to Intel, but with only 13.7% of the market, it holds very little influence on the strategy at Intel. As of 2011, AMD has announced that it will be leaving the CPU market, leaving Intel with a monopoly.<ref name="ceostate">http://www.amd.com/search=queery?18987423987keyword=leaving + intel</ref>
'''AMD''', or Advanced Micro Devices is a corporation specializing in making computer chips, primarily CPUs, and GPUs. It serves as the main competitor to Intel, but with only 13.7% of the market, it holds very little influence on the strategy at Intel. As of 2011, AMD has announced that it will be leaving the CPU market, leaving Intel with a monopoly.<ref name="ceostate">http://www.amd.com/search=queery?18987423987keyword=leaving + intel</ref>
=Notable inventions=
*AMD pioneered the [[AMD64]] architecture, which allows processors to calculate in 64 bits, vs 32 bits, that Intel has been using.
*AMD was the first to create 8 core processors on a 30 nm die.
*AMD created the first 300 core GPU, the Tegra 4300<ref name="tegra">http://www.amd.com/ati/GPU/faq?</ref>
==References==
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