1、2016 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-KDear Shareholders:Throughout our history,AMD is at our best when we bring great products to market.For the last few years,we have beenexecuting a multi-year strategy to establish AMD as the high-performance computing leader for the gaming,immersiveplatform,and datacent
2、er markets.We have set ambitious goals and have pursued them with unwavering determination.Today,AMD is laser focused on innovating through our computing and graphics IP to create products that enable moreintuitive and immersive experiences and define the next era of computing.Although we have more
3、work to do to deliver sustained profitability and growth,I am extremely proud of what weaccomplished in 2016.We met our financial and strategic objectives for the year,successfully re-gained market share inboth the computing and graphics markets,strengthened our product roadmap and balance sheet,and
4、 returned to annualrevenue growth.We made significant progress in our Computing and Graphics segment,returning to annual revenue growth for the first timesince 2011.Strong adoption of our RadeonRX graphics processing units(GPUs)featuring our Polaris graphicsarchitecture drove discrete GPU market sha
5、re gains for the year.Our Polaris architecture brought new levels of performanceand features to mainstream GPU buyers,highlighted by our ability to offer the first$200 mainstream GPU capable ofcreating high-end virtual reality(VR)experiences.We delivered record annual professional graphics sales,gai
6、ning share inthe traditional workstation market and driving adoption of AMD RadeonPro server GPU technologies with several marqueedatacenter customers,including Google Cloud.We also gained PC processor market share in the year.We launched our 7thGeneration APUs mid-year with expanded adoption across