AMD Is Top Choice Among German Readers Of PC Magazine for the Third Year In a Row.Business Editors & Technology Writers MUNICH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2002 --AMD Athlon(TM) XP processor selected as "Product of the Year"-- --AMD named "Most Innovative Company of the Year"-- 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) today announced that the company has been honored with the prestigious Reader's Choice Awards of PC Magazine Germany for the third consecutive year. The readers of PC Magazine named AMD the "Most Innovative Company of the Year 2001/2002" and the AMD Athlon(TM) XP processor "Product of the Year 2001/2002." The AMD Athlon(TM) processor ranked number two in product of the year category. In the "Most Innovative Product" category, the AMD Athlon XP A family of Pentium-compatible CPU chips from AMD introduced in 2001. Departing from the traditional MHz designation, Athlon XP chips use model numbers that combine clock speed and architectural features into a numerical rating. processor took second place behind the Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . "The Reader's Choice Awards of PC Magazine are a true testament of the appreciation AMD and the AMD Athlon processor family are enjoying among end users," said Jochen Polster, general manager, AMD Germany. "Readers and editors of PC Magazine Germany are known for their passion for superior engineering and innovation and understand the meaning of delivered performance. Considering the vast array of computing products available today and the number of companies bringing fresh ideas to market, we are honored to win these Reader's Choice Awards." "We are pleased to see that innovative companies like AMD are driving technologies to market that make PCs more beneficial for end users. This is what our readers appreciate and acknowledge," said Stephan Quinkertz, publisher of PC Magazine Germany. "Our Reader's Choice Awards impressively demonstrate that AMD belongs among the most successful companies in the IT industry as a whole." About the AMD Athlon(TM) XP Processor The AMD Athlon XP processor features QuantiSpeed(TM) architecture, 384KB of on-chip, full-speed cache, and support for AMD's 3DNow!(TM) Professional instructions for enhanced multimedia capabilities. The AMD Athlon XP processor is compatible with AMD's Socket A The motherboard receptacle for Duron and newer Athlon CPU chips from AMD. It uses a 462-pin PGA package. See Slot A. infrastructure, and supports the advanced 266MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. front-side bus. AMD Athlon XP processors are manufactured using AMD's 0.18-micron copper process technology in Fab 30 in Dresden, Germany. 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, 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 had revenues of $3.9 billion in 2001. (NYSE: AMD). AMD on the Web For more information about today's announcement, including performance benchmarks, please visit our virtual pressroom at http://www.amd.com/news/spotlight. Additional press releases are available at www.amd.com/news/news.html. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon, 3DNow!, and combinations thereof, and QuantiSpeed are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, and/or other Microsoft products referenced herein are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other product names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. |
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