Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. of Sunnyvale, California, created and designed the AMD64 platform with Direct Connect Architecture to provide a superior computing experience that touches the enterprise, enthusiast and everyday consumer. By evolving the industry-standard 32-bit x86 architecture to a 64-bit level, AMD has created a new ecosystem within which hardware and software suppliers can provide solutions supporting backwards-compatible 64-bit computing. AMD64 processors,which includes the AMD Opteron™, the AMD Athlon™ 64 and the AMDAthlon™ 64 FX processors, enables users from Forbes Global 100 companies to home PC users to capture extraordinary 32-bit and 64-bit software application performance, and also allow a simplified migration path to 64-bit applications for those who are not using 64-bit today, performing 32-bit processor today with the capability for 64-bit computing tomorrow.AMD worked with experts from the hardware and software communities, refining and revising framework and processor applications to deliver a new line of next-generation processors.

The AMD64 platform encourages migration to more powerful 64-bit applications and provides a new revenue market for major software and hardware customers seeking to extend the life and performance of the x86 instruction set. In creating a new computing path, AMD helped leverage and extend the value of the billions of dollars invested by the semiconductor industry over the past 30 years. It gives consumers affordable and unparalleled 32-bit computing power, as well as a simple way to transition to 64-bit technology when they need additional performance and functionality.