Article: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC.(Portfolio)

NYSE: AMD

Headquarters: One AMD Place, Sunnyvale, Calif.

Founded: 1969

Activities: No. 2 producer of PC and server microprocessors behind Intel Corp. (which commands about 75 percent of the world market), but has gained market share with its popular Athlon and Opteron processors. Other products are graphics processors, embedded processors and chipsets. Customers include IBM, HP, Sun, Dell, Motorola, Toshiba and Nokia. End products include notebook and destop PCs, workstations, servers, handhelds and consumer electronics, including gaming systems.

Employees: 15,500 worldwide, including 120 in New York at IBM's research facility in East ...

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