AMD Promotes Dr. Bertrand Cambou to Officer of the Company and Senior Vice President, Memory Group.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2003 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 the promotion of Dr. Bertrand Cambou to officer of the company and senior vice president, Memory Group. Cambou was previously group vice president of the company's Memory Group. Cambou will continue to report to Hector Ruiz, AMD president and chief executive officer. "Bertrand Cambou has quickly established a strong track record in delivering on the promise of customer-centric innovation. His personal focus on key customers provides a strong example and has led to solid successes with industry leaders in the wireless and embedded segments and with strategic customers and partners in Asia," said Ruiz. "Building from the successful introduction of our breakthrough AMD MirrorBit(TM) technology, I am confident Bertrand will continue to successfully lead our Memory Group to sustained market leadership." Prior to joining AMD, Cambou served as a director of Paris-based Ingenico, a market leader in the development and sale of terminals for secure e-commerce transactions. Cambou has also served as chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Gemplus, an industry leader in smartcard solutions, and as senior vice president and general manager of the networking and computing system group of Motorola's semiconductor business sector. Cambou holds a doctorate in electrical engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. from Paris XI University. "I am proud to lead AMD's Flash memory business at this exciting time," said Cambou. "We are expanding our customer base by targeting wireless and embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. at the same time we are accelerating the introduction of new technologies. Our broad offering of AMD MirrorBit products ranging from 16Mb to 256Mb -- along with the planned introduction of our 512Mb product later this year -- allows us to take advantage of the many opportunities available in emerging markets for Flash memory products such as high-performance cellular phones, consumer, navigation and other systems." About AMD Flash Memory Devices AMD's technology is employed by one of the world's largest producers of Flash memory devices, Fujitsu AMD Semiconductor Ltd. (FASL FASL Feet Above Sea Level FASL Fujitsu Amd Semiconductor Limited FASL Fellow, Academic Society of London ). AMD Flash memory products encompass a broad spectrum of densities and features to support a wide range of markets. AMD Flash memory customers represent leaders in the cellular, automotive, networking, telecommunications, and consumer markets. AMD offers many Flash memory products, such as the innovative MirrorBit architecture; award-winning simultaneous read-write (SRW SRW Super Robot Wars (video games) SRW Single Rear Wheel (truck) SRW Segmental Retaining Wall SRW Soldier Radio Waveform SRW Strategic Reconnaissance Wing SRW Search and Retrieve via the Web ) product family; super low voltage Low voltage is an electrical engineering term that broadly identifies safety considerations of an electricity supply system based on the voltage used. While different definitions exist for the exact voltage range covered by "low voltage", the most commonly used ones include "mains 1.8V Flash memory devices; and burst- and page-mode devices. AMD developed the robust Known Good Die (KGD KGD Known Good Die (semiconductor industry) KGD Kaliningrad, Russia - Kaliningrad Airport (Airport Code) KGD King's Gambit Declined (chess) KGD Komitee Für Grundrechte Und Demokratie ) program and the patented negative gate erase technology, and developed highly reliable Fine-pitch Ball Grid Array “BGA” redirects here. For other uses, see BGA (disambiguation). A ball grid array (BGA) is a type of surface-mount packaging used for integrated circuits. packaging. AMD's Flash memory products have received numerous customer service, quality and technology awards. Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Nortel Networks, Samsung, the Bosch Group, and Volkswagen have all awarded AMD their top supplier awards. About AMD AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States, 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, AMD had revenues of approximately $2.7 billion in 2002. (NYSE: AMD). AMD on the Web For more information about AMD products, please visit our virtual pressroom at www.amd.com/news/virtualpress/index.html. Additional press releases and information about AMD and its products are available at www.amd.com/news/news.html. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, and combinations thereof, and MirrorBit are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 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