AMD Announces AMD Athlon 64 Processor High-Tech Treasure Hunt at COMDEX 2003.Business Editors SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 2003 Grand Prize Winner of Geocaching Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting game in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "geocaches" or "caches") anywhere in the world. Promotion Will Receive a Desktop System Based on the 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. Athlon(TM) 64 Processor and a New GPS Unit AMD (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AMD) today announced the AMD Athlon(TM) 64 Processor High-Tech Treasure Hunt at COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). 2003, a geocaching promotion where participants seek out 15 locations in the greater Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. area. The interactive promotion, which targets the AMD Athlon 64 processor target audience of PC enthusiasts, will begin on Sunday, Nov. 16, and last for 64 hours. Each correctly identified location and submission enters eligible participants in a grand prize drawing for an AMD Athlon 64 processor-based desktop system and a new global positioning system Global Positioning System: see navigation satellite. Global Positioning System (GPS) Precise satellite-based navigation and location system originally developed for U.S. military use. (GPS). Eligible participants are invited to register at 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 16, 2003 at the Las Vegas Hilton The Las Vegas Hilton is a hotel, casino, and convention center in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is a joint venture between Colony Capital, which owns 60 percent, and New York City-based REIT Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds, which owns the remaining 40 percent. to receive promotion information, including waypoints, clues, official rules, and a participant packet. The promotion is limited to the first 250 people who register. Promotion information, a downloadable registration form and complete rules can be found at www.amd.com/lasvegashunt. AMD will have a limited number of GPS units for participants to use on site, so potential entrants are encouraged to bring their own GPS units. The AMD Athlon 64 Processor High-Tech Treasure Hunt will last 64 hours and conclude on November 19, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. The grand prize winner's name will be drawn at 6:00 p.m. at the Las Vegas Hilton. Participants must be present at the drawing to win. The AMD Athlon 64 processor, which launched on Sept. 23, 2003, is the industry's only Windows(R)-compatible 64-bit PC processor. Providing access to unprecedented software performance for current applications and designed to run next-generation software, the AMD Athlon 64 processor is designed to allow users to experience movie-like gaming and prepare for a new world of 3-D interactive games and digital media. About AMD Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale ([sʌniveil]) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 131,760. , AMD (NYSE: 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, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Standard & Poor's 500 company, produces microprocessors, Flash memory devices, and silicon-based solutions for communications and networking applications. 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. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or other jurisdictions. Other product and company names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. |
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