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AMD to Announce `Hammer' Architecture Details.


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SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States
San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850.
, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 2001

AMD's Vice President and Chief Technical Officer Fred Weber Fred Weber can be:
  • Fred Weber (singer), a United States vocalist.
  • Fred Weber (AMD), the chief technical officer (CTO) of AMD.
 today will disclose architectural details of AMD's next-generation "Hammer" microprocessor architecture at Microprocessor Forum in San Jose, Calif.

Weber will also discuss how HyperTransport(tm), the innovative technology designed to accelerate internal system communications, simplifies the design and boosts the performance of multiprocessing systems. A question-and-answer session will follow his presentation.

Following his presentation, 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.  plans to issue a press release and other information with highlights of the "Hammer" presentation. Information will be available at http://www.amd.com/news/spotlight

Date: Monday, Oct. 15, 2001

Time: 3:10 p.m. U.S. PDT PDT
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AMD will offer press and analyst briefings on "Hammer" architecture beginning Tuesday, October 16. To schedule a briefing, contact Duyen "Jen" Truong at 512/602-6781 or at duyen.truong@amd.com.

AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

HyperTransport is a trademark of the HyperTransport Consortium The HyperTransport Consortium is an industry consortium responsible for specifying and promoting the computer bus technology called HyperTransport. It is led by founding members Advanced Micro Devices, Alliance Semiconductor, Apple Computer, Broadcom Corporation, Cisco Systems, .
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