Advanced Micro Devices facts for kids
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Headquarters at Santa Clara in 2020
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| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Founded | May 1, 1969 |
| Founder | Jerry Sanders |
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| Products | Central processing units Graphics processing unit Microprocessors Systems-on-chip (SoCs) Motherboard chipsets Network interface controllers Embedded processors Solid-state drives Drivers TV accessories |
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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is a large American company from Sunnyvale, California that makes computer hardware. It makes many different computer parts, but it is most famous for its central processing units (CPUs). Another important product are motherboard chipsets. It started as a company that made products for Intel, another large hardware company. Today, AMD's current line of CPUs is known as Ryzen. Ryzen CPUs have between 2 and 32 cores and can achieve speeds above 4 Gigahertz (or GHz). In 2006 they bought ATI Technologies.
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AMD's former headquarters in Sunnyvale, California (demolished in 2019)
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AMD's LEED-certified Lone Star campus in Austin, Texas
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AMD Radeon memory
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AMD processor with Intel logo
See also
In Spanish: Advanced Micro Devices para niños
