Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational semiconductor company founded in 1969 by Jerry Sanders and others. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, AMD designs and markets a broad range of computing and visualization products, including central processing units (CPUs), graphics processing units (GPUs), accelerated processing units (APUs), and data center accelerators. Over its history AMD has evolved from a second-source manufacturer into a leading fabless semiconductor designer, competing in both consumer and enterprise markets with product families such as Ryzen (consumer CPUs), EPYC (server CPUs), Radeon (graphics), and Instinct (accelerators).

AMD has grown through strategic technology development and acquisitions (notably the purchase of ATI Technologies in 2006 and Xilinx in 2022), expanding its portfolio into high-performance computing, gaming, and adaptive computing. The company works closely with foundries for manufacturing, participates actively in o...