超威半导体公司Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) 2000年年度报告「NASDAQ」.pdf

1、The companys purpose is to empower people everywhere to lead more productive lives.Integrated circuits from AMD enable manufacturers of personal andnetworked computation and communications systems to offer products that allow users to access,process and communicate information at ever-greater speeds

2、.AMD produces microprocessors,Flash memory devices and support circuitry for communications and networking applications.The company has sales officesworldwide and has manufacturing facilities in Sunnyvale,California;Austin,Texas;Bangkok,Thailand;Penang,Malaysia;Singapore;Suzhou,China;Aizu-Wakamatsu,

3、Japan and Dresden,Germany.AMD was founded in 1969.The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale,California,and employs approximately 14,400 people worldwide.AMD became apublicly held company in 1972 and since 1979 has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange with the trading symbol of “AMD”for its com

4、mon shares.AMDBoschCiscoCompaqFujitsu GatewayHewlett-PackardIBM NECNokiaNortelPalmPhilipsSamsungSiemens AGOur integrated components power products from the following companies:AMD combines outstandingFlash memory devices withtruly superior service.As aresult,AMD signed more thantwenty multi-year con

5、tractslast year with a diversifiedbase of customers that leadtheir industries.AMDs Flash technologyleadership,outstandingproducts,and manufacturingexcellence,coupled with astrong customer focus haveearned AMD the top supplierawards from SamsungElectronics,Cisco Systems,Nortel Networks andVolkswagen

6、AG.AMD generates a substantialamount of leading-edgetechnologyapplying forroughly a thousand patents ayearmaking AMD one ofthe worlds true leaders interms of innovation.At the heart of innovation liesthe blazing AMD Athlonprocessor,the workhorse AMDDuronprocessor,and theevolutionary new AMD-760chips