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| − | '''AMD''', or Advanced Micro Devices, is a corporation specializing in making computer chips, primarily CPUs, and GPUs. Based in [[Silicon Valley]] it long served 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. Based in [[Silicon Valley|Sunnyvale, California]], it long served 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> |
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Revision as of 05:44, February 12, 2012
AMD, or Advanced Micro Devices, is a corporation specializing in making computer chips, primarily CPUs, and GPUs. Based in Sunnyvale, California, it long served 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.[1]
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[2]