资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
(AMD) A US manufacturer of {integrated circuits},
founded in 1969. AMD was the fifth-largest IC manufacturer in
1995. AMD focuses on the personal and networked computation
and communications market. They produce {microprocessors},
{embedded processors} and related peripherals, memories,
{programmable logic devices}, circuits for telecommunications
and networking applications.
In 1995, AMD had 12000 employees in the USA and elsewhere and
manufacturing facilities in Austin, Texas; Aizu-Wakamatsu,
Japan; Bangkok, Thailand; Penang, Malaysia; and Singapore.
AMD made the {AMD 2900} series of {bit-slice} {TTL} components
and clones of the {Intel 80386} and {Intel 486}
{microprocessors}.
{AMD Home (http://www.amd.com/)}.
Address: Sunnyvale, CA, USA.
(1995-02-27)