AMD Hammer info..

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-----Original Message-----
From: AMD Communications
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 4:03 PM
To: '****@amd.com'
Subject: AMD UNVEILS GROUNDBREAKING PLATFORM DESIGN FOR ITS NEXT
GENERATION MICROPROCESSORS

CONTACT:
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AMD Public Relations
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E-mail: ****@amd.com



AMD UNVEILS GROUNDBREAKING PLATFORM DESIGN FOR ITS NEXT GENERATION
MICROPROCESSORS

-The AMD-8000(tm) series of chipsets to provide evolutionary building blocks for
future computing platforms-



The AMD-8000 series of chipsets is designed to be flexible and modular in order
to deliver building blocks for PC manufacturers to produce advanced,
high-performance desktop and mobile PCs, servers, and workstations. The
chipsets will incorporate HyperTransport(tm) technology, which helps to diminish
system bottlenecks, enable better efficiency, and increase throughput to improve
overall system performance.

"We believe the AMD-8000 series of chipsets will represent a major breakthrough
in system chipset design, and will fundamentally alter the way computers are
made in the future," said Ed Ellett, vice president of Marketing for AMD's
Computation Products Group. "To meet the high-bandwidth demands of current and
future graphics and other I/O devices, computer architecture will need to evolve
from the existing platform infrastructure. These chipsets are designed to be
compatible with today's hardware components, and allow for a seamless transition
to tomorrow's far more advanced, higher performance platforms."

When introduced, the AMD-8000 series of chipsets will include the AMD-8111(tm)
HyperTransport I/O hub, the AMD-8131(tm) HyperTransport PCI-X tunnel, and the
AMD-8151(tm) HyperTransport AGP3.0 graphics tunnel. These chipsets for the
"Hammer" processors are planned to be available in the fourth quarter of 2002,
and are designed to provide the basis for AMD processor-based systems to serve
the PC, workstation, and server markets.

The AMD-8000 series of chipsets is another example of AMD driving beneficial new
technologies into the market. Chipset vendors Ali, SiS, NVIDIA, and VIA are
also working closely with AMD, and are expected to design and produce chipsets
for AMD's "Hammer" processor.

About "Hammer" Processor Architecture

Industry leaders understand the need to anticipate and plan for future computing
needs while meeting today's challenges. The "Hammer" processor architecture is
designed to provide unparalleled PC performance on 32-bit applications while
allowing a migration path to 64-bit applications. The "Hammer" architecture is
designed to allow a seamless execution of both 32-bit and 64-bit code and allows
applications to meet the need for memory-intensive programs. The "Hammer"
family of microprocessors features a high-performance integrated memory
controller and a high-speed scalable system bus using HyperTransport technology.


About AMD's x86-64 Technology

AMD's straightforward approach to 64-bit computing builds upon the x86
instruction set, one of the industry's most proven and widely supported
technologies. AMD's x86-64 technology is designed to support applications that
address large amounts of physical and virtual memory, such as high performance
servers, database management systems, and CAD tools. The x86-64 technology
seamlessly integrates into the current computing and support environment, and is
designed to enable enterprises to deploy high performance 64-bit capable systems
that build upon the billions of dollars already invested in 32-bit software.

About HyperTransport(tm) Technology

HyperTransport technology is a high-speed, high-performance, point-to-point link
for integrated circuits, and is designed to meet the bandwidth needs of
tomorrow's computing and communications platforms. HyperTransport technology
helps reduce the number of buses while providing a high-performance link for
PCs, workstations, and servers, as well as numerous embedded applications and
highly scalable multiprocessing systems. It is designed to allow chips inside of
PCs, networking and communications devices to communicate with each other up to
48 times faster than with some existing bus technologies.

About AMD

AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked
computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United
States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor's 500
company, produces microprocessors, flash memory devices, and support circuitry
for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in
Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $3.9 billion in 2001. (NYSE: AMD).

AMD on the Web

For more AMD news and product information, please visit our virtual pressroom at
www.amd.com/news/virtualpress/index.html. Additional press releases are
available at www.amd.com/news/news.html. For more information about AMD's
future products, please visit:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...8_4699,00.html.

Cautionary Statement

This release contains forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the
safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Forward-looking statements are generally preceded by words such as
"plans," "expects," "believes," "anticipates" or "intends." Investors are
cautioned that all forward-looking statements in this release involve risks and
uncertainty that could cause actual results to differ materially from current
expectations, including the risks that AMD will not introduce the AMD-8000
series of chipsets and/or the "Hammer" processor by the end of 2002 as is
currently planned, and third-party chipset vendors will not produce chipsets
supporting the "Hammer" processor consistent with AMD's current expectations.
We urge investors to review in detail the risks and uncertainties in the
Company's filings with the United States Securities Exchange Commission.

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AMD, the AMD Arrow logo and combinations thereof, AMD-8000, AMD-8111, AMD-8131,
and AMD-8151 are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. HyperTransport is a
trademark of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium. Other product names are
for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective
companies.

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