AMD Announces `Extreme Performance' Golf Team; PGA Pros Chris DiMarco and Brian Gay Unite With AMD to Promote Achievement in Golf, High-Performance PC Processors.Business Editors & High-Tech/Sports Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2002 AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AMD), a global manufacturer of high-performance PC processors and flash memory devices, today announced that it is sponsoring pro golfers Chris DiMarco Christian Dean DiMarco (born August 23, 1968) is an American golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, and has been in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings. DiMarco was born in Huntington, New York. He attended University of Florida and turned professional in 1990. and Brian Gay Joseph Brian Gay (born December 14, 1971) is an American professional golfer. Gay was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He plays on the PGA Tour, and has never won a tournament, although he has finished second on two occasions. on the newly formed AMD "Extreme Performance" golf team. "PGA TOUR The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USA's main professional golf tours. It is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA. Its name is officially rendered in all caps as “PGA TOUR". golf events are increasingly popular worldwide and an excellent venue to share our message about the benefits of competition," said Lee Little, AMD's director of Field Marketing for the Americas. "These two pro golfers embody the qualities that AMD embraces -- passion about their chosen profession and a desire to be the best. Both golfers have made enormous strides on the PGA TOUR, much like AMD has in the manufacturing of high-performing, stable and reliable microprocessors. We welcome them to the AMD fold and wish them both a great 2002 on the PGA TOUR." "`Extreme performance' golf is what every pro golfer strives for," said DiMarco, who as of Feb. 10 was ranked first on the PGA TOUR money list. "Both AMD and I are committed to achieving beyond expectations this year." DiMarco is off to a great start in 2002, winning the Phoenix Open while finishing fifth in the Mercedes Championships and sixth in the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic The Bob Hope Chrysler Classic is a professional golf tournament played each January in California's Coachella Valley. Part of the PGA Tour's early season West Coast Swing, this tournament is well known for its celebrity pro-am, as well as having five daily 18-hole rounds of . Gay, who finished among the top 10 five times in 2001, agreed with DiMarco about working with AMD. "Just as AMD makes high-performing PC processors, including the AMD Athlon(tm) XP, I plan to play high-performance golf on the PGA TOUR this year," Gay said. The two golfers will sport the AMD corporate logo on their golf shirts while playing this year in PGA TOUR events around the world. About AMD AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Europe, Japan and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor's 500 company, produces microprocessors, flash memory devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, Calif., AMD had revenues of $3.9 billion in 2001. (NYSE:AMD). AMD on the Web For more AMD news and product information, please visit our virtual pressroom at www.amd.com/news/virtualpress/index.html. Additional press releases are available at www.amd.com/news/news.html. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Other product names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. |
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