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AArch64
AArch64 or ARM64 is the 64-bit Execution state of the ARM architecture family.
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ABC News (United States)
ABC News is the news division of the American television network ABC.
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Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (أَبُو ظَبِي) is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Acer Inc.
Acer Inc. is a Taiwanese multinational company that produces computer hardware and electronics, headquartered in Xizhi District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. AMD and Acer Inc. are computer hardware companies.
Adreno
Adreno is a series of graphics processing unit (GPU) semiconductor intellectual property cores developed by Qualcomm and used in many of their SoCs.
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Advanced Host Controller Interface
The Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is a technical standard defined by Intel that specifies the register-level interface of Serial ATA (SATA) host controllers in a non-implementation-specific manner in its motherboard chipsets.
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Alchemy (processor)
Alchemy is a family of ultra low power embedded microprocessors originally designed by Alchemy Semiconductor for communication and media devices.
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Am386
The Am386 CPU is a 100%-compatible clone of the Intel 80386 design released by AMD in March 1991.
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Am486
The Am486 is a 80486-class family of computer processors that was produced by AMD in the 1990s.
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Am5x86
The Am5x86 processor is an x86-compatible CPU announced in November of 1995 by AMD for use in 486-class computer systems.
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AMD
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational corporation and fabless semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, that designs, develops and sells computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. AMD and AMD are 1969 establishments in California, 1970s initial public offerings, American companies established in 1969, companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange, companies in the Nasdaq-100, companies listed on the Nasdaq, computer companies established in 1969, computer companies of the United States, computer hardware companies, electronics companies established in 1969, fabless semiconductor companies, graphics hardware companies, HSA Foundation founding members, manufacturing companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area, motherboard companies, semiconductor companies of the United States, Superfund sites in California, technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area and technology companies established in 1969.
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AMD 10h
The AMD Family 10h, or K10, is a microprocessor microarchitecture by AMD based on the K8 microarchitecture.
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AMD 580 chipset series
AMD 580 chipset series is a computer chipset series designed by the AMD Graphics Product Group, for the AMD processors.
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AMD 690 chipset series
The AMD 690 chipset series is an integrated graphics chipset family which was developed and manufactured by AMD subsidiary ATI for both AMD and Intel platforms focusing on both desktop and mobile computing markets.
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AMD 700 chipset series
The AMD 700 chipset series (also called as AMD 7-Series Chipsets) is a set of chipsets designed by ATI for AMD Phenom processors to be sold under the AMD brand.
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AMD 800 chipset series
The AMD 800 chipset series is a set of chipsets developed by AMD, released in 2009.
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AMD Am2900
Am2900 is a family of integrated circuits (ICs) created in 1975 by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
AMD Am29000
The AMD Am29000, commonly shortened to 29k, is a family of 32-bit RISC microprocessors and microcontrollers developed and fabricated by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
AMD Am9080
The Am9080 was a CPU manufactured by AMD.
AMD APU
AMD Accelerated Processing Unit (APU), formerly known as Fusion, is a series of 64-bit microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), combining a general-purpose AMD64 central processing unit (CPU) and 3D integrated graphics processing unit (IGPU) on a single die.
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AMD Élan
AMD Élan is a family of 32-Bit embedded SoCs marketed by AMD based on x86 microprocessors.
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AMD Core Math Library
AMD Core Math Library (ACML) is an end-of-life software development library released by AMD, replaced by many open source libraries, including AMD libm 4.0.
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AMD CrossFire
AMD CrossFire (also known as CrossFireX) is a brand name for the multi-GPU technology by Advanced Micro Devices, originally developed by ATI Technologies.
AMD Dragon
AMD Dragon is a platform engineered for gamers, designed for use with the AMD Phenom II X4 processor family.
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Eyefinity is a brand name for AMD video card products that support multi-monitor setups by integrating multiple (up to six) display controllers on one GPU.
AMD FirePro
AMD FirePro was AMD's brand of graphics cards designed for use in workstations and servers running professional Computer-aided design (CAD), Computer-generated imagery (CGI), Digital content creation (DCC), and High-performance computing/GPGPU applications.
AMD FX
AMD FX is a series of high-end AMD microprocessors for personal computers which debuted in 2011, claimed as AMD's first native 8-core desktop processor.
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AMD Instinct
AMD Instinct is AMD's brand of data center GPUs.
AMD K12
K12 was to be AMD's first custom microarchitecture based on the ARMv8-A (AArch64) instruction set with a planned release in 2017.
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AMD K5
The K5 is AMDs first x86 processor to be developed entirely in-house.
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AMD K6
The K6 microprocessor was launched by AMD in 1997.
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AMD K6-III
The K6-III (code name: "Sharptooth") was an x86 microprocessor line manufactured by AMD that launched on February 22, 1999.
AMD K8
The AMD K8 Hammer, also code-named SledgeHammer, is a computer processor microarchitecture designed by AMD as the successor to the AMD K7 Athlon microarchitecture.
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AMD Livebox
The AMD LiveBox is an announced mini-desktop computer that was revealed at Computex 2012.
AMD Optimizing C/C++ Compiler
The AMD Optimizing C/C++ Compiler (AOCC) is an optimizing C/C++ and Fortran compiler suite from AMD targeting 32-bit and 64-bit Linux platforms.
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AMD Phenom
Phenom is the 64-bit AMD desktop processor line based on the K10 microarchitecture, in what AMD calls family 10h (10 hex, i.e. 16 in normal decimal numbers) processors, sometimes incorrectly called "K10h".
AMD Quad FX platform
The AMD Quad FX platform is an AMD platform targeted at enthusiasts which allows users to plug two Socket F Athlon 64 FX or 2-way Opteron processors (CPUs) into a single motherboard for a total of four physical cores.
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AMD Software
Unified-Linux 24.10.3 / | latest release date.
AMD Spider
The AMD Spider platform consists of enthusiast level products from AMD, including AMD Phenom X4 9000 series processors, ATI Radeon HD 3800 series GPUs, and the AMD 7 series chipset.
AMD TrueAudio
TrueAudio is AMDs application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) intended to serve as dedicated co-processor for the calculations of computationally expensive advanced audio signal processing, such as convolution reverberation effects and 3D audio effects.
AMD Turion
AMD Turion is the brand name AMD applies to its x86-64 low-power consumption mobile processors codenamed K8L.
AMD–Chinese joint venture
The AMD–Chinese joint venture is the agreement between the American semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and China-based partners to license and build x86-compatible CPUs for the Chinese-based market.
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AMDgpu (Linux kernel module)
AMDgpu is an open source device driver for the Linux operating system developed by AMD to support its Radeon lineup of graphics cards (GPUs).
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American Experience
American Experience is a television program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States.
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AnandTech
AnandTech is an online computer hardware magazine owned by Future plc.
Arbitration
Arbitration is a formal method of dispute resolution involving a neutral third party who makes a binding decision.
ARM architecture family
ARM (stylised in lowercase as arm, formerly an acronym for Advanced RISC Machines and originally Acorn RISC Machine) is a family of RISC instruction set architectures (ISAs) for computer processors.
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ARM Cortex-A57
The ARM Cortex-A57 is a central processing unit implementing the ARMv8-A 64-bit instruction set designed by ARM Holdings.
Ars Technica
Ars Technica is a website covering news and opinions in technology, science, politics, and society, created by Ken Fisher and Jon Stokes in 1998.
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI), in its broadest sense, is intelligence exhibited by machines, particularly computer systems.
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ASMedia
ASMedia Technology Inc. is a Taiwanese integrated circuit design company. AMD and ASMedia are fabless semiconductor companies.
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Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
Asus
ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (stylized as ASUSTeK or ASUS) is a Taiwanese multinational computer, phone hardware and electronics manufacturer headquartered in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. AMD and Asus are computer hardware companies, graphics hardware companies and motherboard companies.
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AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas.
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Athlon
Athlon is the brand name applied to a series of x86-compatible microprocessors designed and manufactured by AMD.
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Athlon 64
The Athlon 64 is a ninth-generation, AMD64-architecture microprocessor produced by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), released on September 23, 2003.
Athlon 64 X2
The Athlon 64 X2 is the first native dual-core desktop central processing unit (CPU) designed by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
ATI Technologies
ATI Technologies Inc., commonly called ATI, was a Canadian semiconductor technology corporation based in Markham, Ontario, that specialized in the development of graphics processing units and chipsets. AMD and ATI Technologies are fabless semiconductor companies and graphics hardware companies.
Augmented reality
Augmented reality (AR) is an interactive experience that combines the real world and computer-generated 3D content.
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties.
Bachelor of Information Systems
Bachelor of Information Systems (also known as Bachelor of Information System) is a three or four-year higher degree, which provides basic skills in managing software services, databases, web solutions, and simple data networks.
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Bayshore Freeway
The Bayshore Freeway is a part of U.S. Route 101 (US 101) in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California.
Bill Gaede
Guillermo "Bill" Gaede (born November 19, 1952) is an Argentine engineer and programmer who is best known for Cold War industrial spying conducted while he worked at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Intel Corporation (Intel).
Binary multiplier
A binary multiplier is an electronic circuit used in digital electronics, such as a computer, to multiply two binary numbers.
Bipolar junction transistor
A bipolar junction transistor (BJT) is a type of transistor that uses both electrons and electron holes as charge carriers.
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Bit slicing
Bit slicing is a technique for constructing a processor from modules of processors of smaller bit width, for the purpose of increasing the word length; in theory to make an arbitrary n-bit central processing unit (CPU).
Bloomberg Businessweek
Bloomberg Businessweek, previously known as BusinessWeek (and before that Business Week and The Business Week), is an American monthly business magazine published 12 times a year.
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Bloomberg L.P.
Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial, software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
BMW in Formula One
BMW has been involved in Formula One in a number of capacities since the inauguration of the World Drivers' Championship in.
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Bobcat (microarchitecture)
The AMD Bobcat Family 14h is a microarchitecture created by AMD for its AMD APUs, aimed at a low-power/low-cost market.
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Broadcom
Broadcom Inc. is an American multinational designer, developer, manufacturer, and global supplier of a wide range of semiconductor and infrastructure software products. Broadcom's product offerings serve the data center, networking, software, broadband, wireless, storage, and industrial markets. AMD and Broadcom are companies in the Nasdaq-100, companies listed on the Nasdaq, computer companies of the United States, computer hardware companies, fabless semiconductor companies and semiconductor companies of the United States.
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Bulldozer (microarchitecture)
The AMD Bulldozer Family 15h is a microprocessor microarchitecture for the FX and Opteron line of processors, developed by AMD for the desktop and server markets.
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Capital (economics)
In economics, capital goods or capital are "those durable produced goods that are in turn used as productive inputs for further production" of goods and services.
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Central processing unit
A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor, or just processor, is the most important processor in a given computer.
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Chair (officer)
The chair, also chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly.
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer (CEO) (chief executive (CE), or managing director (MD) in the UK) is the highest officer charged with the management of an organization especially a company or nonprofit institution.
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Chief technology officer
A chief technology officer (CTO) (also known as a chief technical officer or chief technologist) is an officer tasked with managing technical operations of an organization.
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Chipset
In a computer system, a chipset is a set of electronic components on one or more integrated circuits that manages the data flow between the processor, memory and peripherals.
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Clean room design
Clean-room design (also known as the Chinese wall technique) is the method of copying a design by reverse engineering and then recreating it without infringing any of the copyrights associated with the original design.
Clock rate
In computing, the clock rate or clock speed typically refers to the frequency at which the clock generator of a processor can generate pulses, which are used to synchronize the operations of its components, and is used as an indicator of the processor's speed.
Cloud computing
Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage (cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user.
CMOS
Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS, pronounced "sea-moss") is a type of metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) fabrication process that uses complementary and symmetrical pairs of p-type and n-type MOSFETs for logic functions.
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CNET
CNET (short for "Computer Network") is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally.
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Color Graphics Adapter
The Color Graphics Adapter (CGA), originally also called the Color/Graphics Adapter or IBM Color/Graphics Monitor Adapter, introduced in 1981, was IBM's first color graphics card for the IBM PC and established a de facto computer display standard.
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Compaq
Compaq Computer Corporation (sometimes abbreviated to CQ prior to the 2007 rebranding) was an American information technology company founded in 1982 that developed, sold, and supported computers and related products and services.
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Computer engineering
Computer engineering (CoE or CpE) is a branch of computer science and electronic engineering that integrates several fields of computer science and electronic engineering required to develop computer hardware and software.
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Computer graphics
Computer graphics deals with generating images and art with the aid of computers.
Computex
COMPUTEX Taipei, or Taipei International Information Technology Show, is a computer expo held annually in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Consumer electronics
Consumer electronics or home electronics are electronic (analog or digital) equipment intended for everyday use, typically in private homes.
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Cool'n'Quiet
AMD Cool'n'Quiet is a CPU dynamic frequency scaling and power saving technology introduced by AMD with its Athlon XP processor line.
Coreboot
coreboot, formerly known as LinuxBIOS, is a software project aimed at replacing proprietary firmware (BIOS or UEFI) found in most computers with a lightweight firmware designed to perform only the minimum number of tasks necessary to load and run a modern 32-bit or 64-bit operating system.
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CPU socket
In computer hardware, a CPU socket or CPU slot contains one or more mechanical components providing mechanical and electrical connections between a microprocessor and a printed circuit board (PCB).
Cray
Cray Inc., a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, is an American supercomputer manufacturer headquartered in Seattle, Washington. AMD and Cray are computer companies of the United States and computer hardware companies.
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Cross-licensing
A cross-licensing agreement is a contract between two or more parties where each party grants rights to their intellectual property to the other parties.
Cyrix
Cyrix Corporation was a microprocessor developer that was founded in 1988 in Richardson, Texas, as a specialist supplier of floating point units for 286 and 386 microprocessors. AMD and Cyrix are fabless semiconductor companies.
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Data center
A data center (American English) or data centre (Commonwealth English)See spelling differences.
Data processing unit
A data processing unit (DPU) is a programmable computer processor that tightly integrates a general-purpose CPU with network interface hardware.
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DDR2 SDRAM
Double Data Rate 2 Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DDR2 SDRAM) is a double data rate (DDR) synchronous dynamic random-access memory (SDRAM) interface.
DDR3 SDRAM
Double Data Rate 3 Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DDR3 SDRAM) is a type of synchronous dynamic random-access memory (SDRAM) with a high bandwidth ("double data rate") interface, and has been in use since 2007.
DDR4 SDRAM
Double Data Rate 4 Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DDR4 SDRAM) is a type of synchronous dynamic random-access memory with a high bandwidth ("double data rate") interface.
DEC Alpha
Alpha (original name Alpha AXP) is a 64-bit reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).
Delaware
Delaware is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern region of the United States.
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Dell
Dell Inc. is an American technology company that develops, sells, repairs, and supports computers and related products and services. AMD and Dell are computer companies of the United States and computer hardware companies.
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Dell EMC
Dell EMC (EMC Corporation until 2016) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, and Round Rock, Texas, United States. AMD and Dell EMC are companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange, computer companies of the United States and computer hardware companies.
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Device driver
In the context of an operating system, a device driver is a computer program that operates or controls a particular type of device that is attached to a computer or automaton.
Diageo
Diageo plc is a British multinational alcoholic beverage company, with its headquarters in London, England.
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Digital Visual Interface
Digital Visual Interface (DVI) is a video display interface developed by the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG).
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Dirk Meyer
Derrick R. "Dirk" Meyer (born November 24, 1961) is a former Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Micro Devices, serving in the position from July 18, 2008 to January 10, 2011.
Dot-com bubble
The dot-com bubble (or dot-com boom) was a stock market bubble that ballooned during the late-1990s and peaked on Friday, March 10, 2000.
Dota Pro Circuit
The Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) was the professional league used in Dota 2, a competitive five-on-five video game.
Dumping (pricing policy)
Dumping, in economics, is a form of predatory pricing, especially in the context of international trade.
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Duron
Duron is a line of budget x86-compatible microprocessors manufactured by AMD and released on June 19, 2000.
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Dynamic random-access memory
Dynamic random-access memory (dynamic RAM or DRAM) is a type of random-access semiconductor memory that stores each bit of data in a memory cell, usually consisting of a tiny capacitor and a transistor, both typically based on metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) technology.
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Edwin Turney
Edwin James Turney (March 26, 1929, Brooklyn, New York – October 15, 2008) is best known as one of the founders of Advanced Micro Devices serving as the Vice President of Sales and Administration from 1969 to 1974.
Eighth generation of video game consoles
The eighth generation of video game consoles began in 2012, and consists of four home video game consoles: the Wii U released in 2012, the PlayStation 4 family in 2013, the Xbox One family in 2013, and the Nintendo Switch family in 2017.
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Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism.
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Embedded system
An embedded system is a computer system—a combination of a computer processor, computer memory, and input/output peripheral devices—that has a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electronic system.
Emirate of Abu Dhabi
The Emirate of Abu Dhabi (translit) is one of seven emirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates.
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EPROM
An EPROM (rarely EROM), or erasable programmable read-only memory, is a type of programmable read-only memory (PROM) chip that retains its data when its power supply is switched off.
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Epyc
Epyc (stylized as EPYC) is a brand of multi-core x86-64 microprocessors designed and sold by AMD, based on the company's Zen microarchitecture.
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Eurogamer
Eurogamer is a British video game journalism website launched in 1999 alongside parent company Gamer Network.
Excavator (microarchitecture)
AMD Excavator Family 15h is a microarchitecture developed by AMD to succeed Steamroller Family 15h for use in AMD APU processors and normal CPUs.
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Extrinsic semiconductor
An extrinsic semiconductor is one that has been doped; during manufacture of the semiconductor crystal a trace element or chemical called a doping agent has been incorporated chemically into the crystal, for the purpose of giving it different electrical properties than the pure semiconductor crystal, which is called an intrinsic semiconductor.
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Fabless manufacturing
Fabless manufacturing is the design and sale of hardware devices and semiconductor chips while outsourcing their fabrication (or fab) to a specialized manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry. AMD and Fabless manufacturing are fabless semiconductor companies.
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Fairchild Semiconductor
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. was an American semiconductor company based in San Jose, California. AMD and Fairchild Semiconductor are companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Superfund sites in California and technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Field-programmable gate array
A field-programmable gate array (FPGA) is a type of configurable integrated circuit that can be repeatedly programmed after manufacturing.
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Firmware
In computing, firmware is software that provides low-level control of computing device hardware.
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Fiscal year
A fiscal year (also known as a financial year, or sometimes budget year) is used in government accounting, which varies between countries, and for budget purposes.
Flash memory
Flash memory is an electronic non-volatile computer memory storage medium that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed.
Floating-point unit
A floating-point unit (FPU, colloquially a math coprocessor) is a part of a computer system specially designed to carry out operations on floating-point numbers.
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Fortune (magazine)
Fortune (stylized in all caps) is an American global business magazine headquartered in New York City.
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Fortune 500
The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks 500 of the largest United States corporations by total revenue for their respective fiscal years.
Framewave
Framewave (formerly AMD Performance Library (APL)) is computer software, a high-performance optimized programming library, consisting of low level application programming interfaces (APIs) for image processing, signal processing, JPEG, and video functions.
Free and open-source graphics device driver
A free and open-source graphics device driver is a software stack which controls computer-graphics hardware and supports graphics-rendering application programming interfaces (APIs) and is released under a free and open-source software license.
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Free software
Free software, libre software, libreware or rarely known as freedom-respecting software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions.
FreeSync
FreeSync is an adaptive synchronization technology for LCD and OLED displays that support a variable refresh rate aimed at avoiding tearing and reducing stuttering caused by misalignment between the screen's refresh rate and the content's frame rate.
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Frequency-shift keying
Frequency-shift keying (FSK) is a frequency modulation scheme in which digital information is encoded on a carrier signal by periodically shifting the frequency of the carrier between several discrete frequencies.
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Fujitsu
is a Japanese multinational information and communications technology equipment and services corporation, established in 1935 and headquartered in Kawasaki, Kanagawa. AMD and Fujitsu are computer hardware companies.
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General-purpose computing on graphics processing units
General-purpose computing on graphics processing units (GPGPU, or less often GPGP) is the use of a graphics processing unit (GPU), which typically handles computation only for computer graphics, to perform computation in applications traditionally handled by the central processing unit (CPU).
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Geode (processor)
Geode is a series of x86-compatible system-on-a-chip (SoC) microprocessors and I/O companions produced by AMD that was targeted at the embedded computing market.
GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries Inc. is a multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company incorporated in the Cayman Islands and headquartered in Malta, New York. AMD and GlobalFoundries are companies in the Nasdaq-100, companies listed on the Nasdaq, manufacturing companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area, semiconductor companies of the United States and technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Gordon Moore
Gordon Earle Moore (January 3, 1929 – March 24, 2023) was an American businessman, engineer, and the co-founder and emeritus chairman of Intel Corporation.
GPUOpen
GPUOpen is a middleware software suite originally developed by AMD's Radeon Technologies Group that offers advanced visual effects for computer games.
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Graphics Core Next
Graphics Core Next (GCN) is the codename for a series of microarchitectures and an instruction set architecture that were developed by AMD for its GPUs as the successor to its TeraScale microarchitecture.
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Graphics processing unit
A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit initially designed for digital image processing and to accelerate computer graphics, being present either as a discrete video card or embedded on motherboards, mobile phones, personal computers, workstations, and game consoles.
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Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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Harvard Journal of Law & Technology
The Harvard Journal of Law & Technology is a biannual open access law journal, established at Harvard Law School in 1988.
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HDMI
High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is a proprietary audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data from an HDMI-compliant source device, such as a display controller, to a compatible computer monitor, video projector, digital television, or digital audio device.
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Hector Ruiz
Hector de Jesus Ruiz Cardenas (born December 25, 1945) is the chairman and CEO of Advanced Nanotechnology Solutions, Inc. and former CEO & executive chairman of semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD).
Heterogeneous computing
Heterogeneous computing refers to systems that use more than one kind of processor or core.
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Heterogeneous System Architecture
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) is a cross-vendor set of specifications that allow for the integration of central processing units and graphics processors on the same bus, with shared memory and tasks.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
The Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) is an American multinational information technology company based in Spring, Texas. AMD and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are computer companies of the United States and computer hardware companies.
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Hewlett-Packard
The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard or HP, was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. AMD and Hewlett-Packard are companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange, manufacturing companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Superfund sites in California and technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Hexus
HEXUS is a UK-based technology reporting and reviews website founded by David Ross in 2000 and owned by The Media Team.
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High Bandwidth Memory
High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) is a computer memory interface for 3D-stacked synchronous dynamic random-access memory (SDRAM) initially from Samsung, AMD and SK Hynix.
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High-performance computing
High-performance computing (HPC) uses supercomputers and computer clusters to solve advanced computation problems.
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HotHardware
HotHardware is an online publication about computer hardware, consumer electronics and related technologies, mobile computing and PC gaming.
HSA Foundation
The HSA Foundation is a not-for-profit engineering organization of industry and academia that works on the development of the Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA), a set of royalty-free computer hardware specifications, as well as open source software development tools needed to use HSA features in application software.
Hyper-threading
Hyper-threading (officially called Hyper-Threading Technology or HT Technology and abbreviated as HTT or HT) is Intel's proprietary simultaneous multithreading (SMT) implementation used to improve parallelization of computations (doing multiple tasks at once) performed on x86 microprocessors.
HyperTransport
HyperTransport (HT), formerly known as Lightning Data Transport, is a technology for interconnection of computer processors.
I386
The Intel 386, originally released as 80386 and later renamed i386, is a 32-bit microprocessor designed by Intel.
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IBM
International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York and present in over 175 countries. AMD and IBM are computer companies of the United States and computer hardware companies.
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IBM Cloud
IBM Cloud (formerly known as Bluemix) is a set of cloud computing services for business offered by the information technology company IBM.
IBM PC–compatible
IBM PC–compatible computers are technically similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT, all from computer giant IBM, that are able to use the same software and expansion cards.
IBM Personal Computer
The IBM Personal Computer (model 5150, commonly known as the IBM PC) is the first microcomputer released in the IBM PC model line and the basis for the IBM PC compatible ''de facto'' standard.
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IBM Personal Computer AT
The IBM Personal Computer AT (model 5170, abbreviated as IBM AT or PC/AT) was released in 1984 as the fourth model in the IBM Personal Computer line, following the IBM PC/XT and its IBM Portable PC variant.
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Imageon
Imageon (previously ATI Imageon) was a series of media coprocessors and mobile chipsets produced by ATI (later AMD) in 2002–2008, providing graphics acceleration and other multimedia features for handheld devices such as mobile phones and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs).
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Industry Standard Architecture
Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) is the 16-bit internal bus of IBM PC/AT and similar computers based on the Intel 80286 and its immediate successors during the 1980s.
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Information technology
Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, and data and information processing, and storage.
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InfoWorld
InfoWorld (IW) is an American information technology media business.
Instruction set architecture
In computer science, an instruction set architecture (ISA) is an abstract model that generally defines how software controls the CPU in a computer or a family of computers.
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Instructions per cycle
In computer architecture, instructions per cycle (IPC), commonly called instructions per clock, is one aspect of a processor's performance: the average number of instructions executed for each clock cycle.
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Integrated circuit
An integrated circuit (IC), also known as a microchip, computer chip, or simply chip, is a small electronic device made up of multiple interconnected electronic components such as transistors, resistors, and capacitors.
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Intel
Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated in Delaware. AMD and Intel are 1970s initial public offerings, companies in the Nasdaq-100, companies listed on the Nasdaq, computer companies of the United States, computer hardware companies, graphics hardware companies, manufacturing companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area, motherboard companies, semiconductor companies of the United States, Superfund sites in California and technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Intel 4004
The Intel 4004 is a 4-bit central processing unit (CPU) released by Intel Corporation in 1971.
Intel 80186
The Intel 80186, also known as the iAPX 186, or just 186, is a microprocessor and microcontroller introduced in 1982.
Intel 80286
The Intel 80286 (also marketed as the iAPX 286 and often called Intel 286) is a 16-bit microprocessor that was introduced on February 1, 1982.
Intel 8080
The Intel 8080 ("eighty-eighty") is the second 8-bit microprocessor designed and manufactured by Intel.
Intel 8086
The 8086 (also called iAPX 86) is a 16-bit microprocessor chip designed by Intel between early 1976 and June 8, 1978, when it was released.
Intel 8088
The Intel 8088 ("eighty-eighty-eight", also called iAPX 88) microprocessor is a variant of the Intel 8086.
Intel Core
Intel Core is a line of multi-core (with the exception of Core Solo and Core 2 Solo) central processing units (CPUs) for midrange, embedded, workstation, high-end and enthusiast computer markets marketed by Intel Corporation.
Intel Core 2
Intel Core 2 is a processor family encompassing a range of Intel's mainstream 64-bit x86-64 single-, dual-, and quad-core microprocessors based on the Core microarchitecture.
Irvine Company
The Irvine Company LLC is an American private company focused on real estate development.
ITU-T
The International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) is one of the three Sectors (branches) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
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Jack Gifford
John "Jack" F. Gifford (January 11, 1941 – January 11, 2009) was an American engineer and businessman best known as a founder and former CEO, President and Chairman of the Board of Maxim Integrated Products, an analog and mixed signal semiconductor company, located in San Jose, California.
Jaguar (microarchitecture)
The AMD Jaguar Family 16h is a low-power microarchitecture designed by AMD.
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Jerry Sanders (businessman)
Walter Jeremiah Sanders III (born September 12, 1936) is an American businessman and engineer who was a co-founder and long-time CEO of the American semiconductor manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), serving in the position from 1969 to 2002.
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Jim Keller (engineer)
James B. Keller (born 1958/1959) is an American microprocessor engineer best known for his work at AMD, Apple, and Tesla.
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Kryptonite
Kryptonite is a fictional material that appears primarily in Superman stories published by DC Comics.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a federally funded research and development center in Livermore, California, United States. AMD and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are Superfund sites in California.
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League of Legends Pro League
The League of Legends Pro League (LPL) is the top-level professional league for League of Legends in China.
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Lenovo
Lenovo Group Limited, trading as Lenovo, is a Chinese-American multinational technology company specializing in designing, manufacturing, and marketing consumer electronics, personal computers, software, business solutions, and related services. AMD and Lenovo are computer hardware companies.
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Linux
Linux is both an open-source Unix-like kernel and a generic name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.
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Liquid-crystal display
A liquid-crystal display (LCD) is a flat-panel display or other electronically modulated optical device that uses the light-modulating properties of liquid crystals combined with polarizers.
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Lisa Su
Lisa Tzwu-Fang Su (born November 7, 1969) is an American billionaire business executive and electrical engineer who is president, chief executive officer (CEO), and the chair of the semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
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List of AMD chipsets
This is an overview of chipsets sold under the AMD brand, manufactured before May 2004 by the company itself, before the adoption of open platform approach as well as chipsets manufactured by ATI Technologies after October 2006 as the completion of the ATI acquisition.
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List of AMD graphics processing units
The following is a list that contains general information about GPUs and video cards made by AMD, including those made by ATI Technologies before 2006, based on official specifications in table-form.
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List of AMD processors
This article gives a list of AMD microprocessors, sorted by generation and release year.
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List of AMD processors with 3D graphics
This is a list of microprocessors designed by AMD containing a 3D integrated graphics processing unit (iGPU), including those under the AMD APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) product series.
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List of ATI chipsets
This is a comparison of chipsets, manufactured by ATI Technologies.
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List of computer hardware manufacturers
Current notable computer hardware manufacturers. AMD and List of computer hardware manufacturers are computer hardware companies.
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LLVM
LLVM is a set of compiler and toolchain technologies that can be used to develop a frontend for any programming language and a backend for any instruction set architecture.
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Machine learning
Machine learning (ML) is a field of study in artificial intelligence concerned with the development and study of statistical algorithms that can learn from data and generalize to unseen data and thus perform tasks without explicit instructions.
Manila
Manila (Maynila), officially the City of Manila (Lungsod ng Maynila), is the capital and second-most-populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City.
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Mark Papermaster
Mark D. Papermaster (born 1961) is an American business executive who is the chief technology officer (CTO) and executive vice president for technology and engineering at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
MediaGX
The MediaGX CPU is an x86-compatible processor that was designed by Cyrix and manufactured by National Semiconductor following the two companies' merger.
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Memory controller
A memory controller, also known as memory chip controller (MCC) or a memory controller unit (MCU), is a digital circuit that manages the flow of data going to and from a computer's main memory.
Mercedes-Benz in Formula One
Mercedes-Benz, a German luxury automotive brand of the Mercedes-Benz Group, has been involved in Formula One as both team owner and engine manufacturer for various periods since 1954.
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Meta Platforms
Meta Platforms, Inc., doing business as Meta, and formerly named Facebook, Inc., and TheFacebook, Inc., is an American multinational technology conglomerate based in Menlo Park, California. AMD and Meta Platforms are companies in the Nasdaq-100, companies listed on the Nasdaq and technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Metaverse
The metaverse is a loosely defined term referring to virtual worlds in which users represented by avatars interact, usually in 3D and focused on social and economic connection.
Michael S. Malone
Michael Shawn Malone (born January 21, 1954) is an American author, columnist, editor, investor, businessman, television producer, and has been the host of several shows on PBS.
Microcode
In processor design, microcode serves as an intermediary layer situated between the central processing unit (CPU) hardware and the programmer-visible instruction set architecture of a computer, also known as its machine code.
Microcomputer
A microcomputer is a small, relatively inexpensive computer having a central processing unit (CPU) made out of a microprocessor.
Microprocessor
A microprocessor is a computer processor for which the data processing logic and control is included on a single integrated circuit (IC), or a small number of ICs.
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. AMD and Microsoft are companies in the Nasdaq-100, companies listed on the Nasdaq, computer companies of the United States and computer hardware companies.
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft.
MIL-STD-883
The MIL-STD-883 standard establishes uniform methods, controls, and procedures for testing microelectronic devices suitable for use within military and aerospace electronic systems including basic environmental tests to determine resistance to deleterious effects of natural elements and conditions surrounding military and space operations; mechanical and electrical tests; workmanship and training procedures; and such other controls and constraints as have been deemed necessary to ensure a uniform level of quality and reliability suitable to the intended applications of those devices.
MIPS architecture
MIPS (Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipelined Stages) is a family of reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architectures (ISA)Price, Charles (September 1995).
MMX (instruction set)
MMX is a single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) instruction set architecture designed by Intel, introduced on January 8, 1997 with its Pentium P5 (microarchitecture) based line of microprocessors, named "Pentium with MMX Technology".
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MOSFET
W and controlling a load of over 2000 W. A matchstick is pictured for scale. In electronics, the metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET, MOS-FET, or MOS FET) is a type of field-effect transistor (FET), most commonly fabricated by the controlled oxidation of silicon.
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Motherboard
A motherboard (also called mainboard, main circuit board, MB, base board, system board, or, in Apple computers, logic board) is the main printed circuit board (PCB) in general-purpose computers and other expandable systems.
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois.
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Mubadala Investment Company
Mubadala Investment Company PJSC (شركة مبادلة للاستثمار), or simply Mubadala, is a state-owned global investment management holding company that acts as one of the sovereign wealth funds of the government of Abu Dhabi.
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Multi-chip module
A multi-chip module (MCM) is generically an electronic assembly (such as a package with a number of conductor terminals or "pins") where multiple integrated circuits (ICs or "chips"), semiconductor dies and/or other discrete components are integrated, usually onto a unifying substrate, so that in use it can be treated as if it were a larger IC.
Multi-core processor
A multi-core processor is a microprocessor on a single integrated circuit with two or more separate processing units, called cores (for example, dual-core or quad-core), each of which reads and executes program instructions.
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Multi-monitor
Multi-monitor, also called multi-display and multi-head, is the use of multiple physical display devices, such as monitors, televisions, and projectors, in order to increase the area available for computer programs running on a single computer system.
Multinational corporation
A multinational corporation (MNC; also called a multinational enterprise (MNE), transnational enterprise (TNE), transnational corporation (TNC), international corporation, or stateless corporation,with subtle but contrasting senses) is a corporate organization that owns and controls the production of goods or services in at least one country other than its home country.
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Nasdaq-100
The Nasdaq-100 (^NDX) is a stock market index made up of equity securities issued by 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. AMD and Nasdaq-100 are companies in the Nasdaq-100 and companies listed on the Nasdaq.
National Semiconductor
National Semiconductor was an American semiconductor manufacturer which specialized in analog devices and subsystems, formerly with headquarters in Santa Clara, California. AMD and National Semiconductor are Superfund sites in California and technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Network interface controller
A network interface controller (NIC, also known as a network interface card, network adapter, LAN adapter and physical network interface) is a computer hardware component that connects a computer to a computer network.
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New York Stock Exchange
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed "The Big Board") is an American stock exchange in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City.
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NexGen
NexGen, Inc. was a private semiconductor company based in Milpitas, California, that designed x86 microprocessors until it was purchased by AMD in 1996. AMD and NexGen are fabless semiconductor companies and technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Nintendo
is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto.
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Ninth generation of video game consoles
The ninth generation of video game consoles began in November 2020 with the releases of Microsoft's Xbox Series X and Series S console family and Sony's PlayStation 5.
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Nokia 9000 Communicator
The Nokia 9000 Communicator was the first product in Nokia's Communicator series, announced at CeBIT 1996 and introduced into the market on 15 August 1996.
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Northbridge (computing)
In computing, a northbridge (also host bridge, or memory controller hub) is a microchip that comprises the core logic chipset architecture on motherboards to handle high-performance tasks, especially for older personal computers.
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Nutanix
Nutanix, Inc. is an American cloud computing company that sells software for datacenters and hybrid multi-cloud deployments. AMD and Nutanix are companies listed on the Nasdaq.
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Nvidia
Nvidia Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated in Delaware. AMD and Nvidia are companies in the Nasdaq-100, companies listed on the Nasdaq, computer companies of the United States, computer hardware companies, fabless semiconductor companies, graphics hardware companies, manufacturing companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area, semiconductor companies of the United States and technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Nvidia RTX
Nvidia RTX (also known as Nvidia GeForce RTX under the GeForce brand) is a professional visual computing platform created by Nvidia, primarily used in workstations for designing complex large-scale models in architecture and product design, scientific visualization, energy exploration, and film and video production, as well as being used in mainstream PCs for gaming.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a federally funded research and development center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States.
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OCZ
OCZ was a brand of Toshiba that was used for some of its solid-state drives (SSDs) before they were rebranded with Toshiba.
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OLPC XO
The OLPC XO (formerly known as $100 Laptop, Children's Machine, 2B1) is a low cost laptop computer intended to be distributed to children in developing countries around the world, to provide them with access to knowledge, and opportunities to "explore, experiment and express themselves" (constructionist learning).
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One Laptop per Child
One Laptop per Child (OLPC) was a non-profit initiative that operated from 2005 to 2014 with the goal of transforming education for children around the world by creating and distributing educational devices for the developing world, and by creating software and content for those devices.
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Open architecture
Open architecture is a type of computer architecture or software architecture intended to make adding, upgrading, and swapping components with other computers easy.
Open Platform Management Architecture
Open Platform Management Architecture (OPMA) is an open, royalty free standard for connecting a modular, platform hardware management subsystem (an "mCard") to a computer motherboard.
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Open-source software
Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose.
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Open64
Open64 is a free, open-source, optimizing compiler for the Itanium and x86-64 microprocessor architectures.
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OpenSolaris
OpenSolaris is a discontinued open-source computer operating system based on Solaris and created by Sun Microsystems.
Opteron
Opteron is AMD's x86 former server and workstation processor line, and was the first processor which supported the AMD64 instruction set architecture (known generically as x86-64).
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Original equipment manufacturer
An original equipment manufacturer (OEM) is generally perceived as a company that produces parts and equipment that may be marketed by another manufacturer.
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Overclocking
In computing, overclocking is the practice of increasing the clock rate of a computer to exceed that certified by the manufacturer.
Patriot Memory
Patriot Memory is an American designer and manufacturer of PC-based USB flash drives, memory modules, solid state drives and gaming peripherals. AMD and Patriot Memory are computer companies of the United States, computer hardware companies and technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Crystal City, Virginia.
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PC Card
PC Card is a parallel peripheral interface for laptop computers and PDAs.
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PCI Express
PCI Express (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express), officially abbreviated as PCIe or PCI-e, is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard, designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X and AGP bus standards.
PCMag
PC Magazine (shortened as PCMag) is an American computer magazine published by Ziff Davis.
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Penang
Penang (Pulau Pinang) is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia along the Strait of Malacca.
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Pentium
Pentium is a discontinued series of x86 architecture-compatible microprocessors produced by Intel.
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Pentium II
The Pentium II brand refers to Intel's sixth-generation microarchitecture ("P6") and x86-compatible microprocessors introduced on May 7, 1997.
Perfect World (company)
Perfect World Co., Ltd. (完美世界股份有限公司) is a Chinese mass media company based in Beijing.
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Peripheral Component Interconnect
Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) is a local computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer and is part of the PCI Local Bus standard.
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Pernod Ricard
Pernod Ricard is a French company best known for its anise-flavoured pastis apéritifs Pernod Anise and Ricard Pastis (often referred to simply as Pernod or Ricard).
Phenom II
Phenom II is a family of AMD's multi-core 45 nm processors using the AMD K10 microarchitecture, succeeding the original Phenom.
Piledriver (microarchitecture)
AMD Piledriver Family 15h is a microarchitecture developed by AMD as the second-generation successor to Bulldozer.
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Pin grid array
A pin grid array (PGA) is a type of integrated circuit packaging.
PlayStation 4
The PlayStation 4 (PS4) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
PlayStation 5
The PlayStation 5 (PS5) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
Portable media player
A portable media player (PMP) or digital audio player (DAP) is a portable consumer electronics device capable of storing and playing digital media such as audio, images, and video files.
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PowerNow!
AMD PowerNow! is AMD's dynamic frequency scaling and power saving technology for laptop processors.
President (corporate title)
A president is a leader of an organization, company, community, club, trade union, university or other group.
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Processor (computing)
In computing and computer science, a processor or processing unit is an electrical component (digital circuit) that performs operations on an external data source, usually memory or some other data stream.
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Profiling (computer programming)
In software engineering, profiling ("program profiling", "software profiling") is a form of dynamic program analysis that measures, for example, the space (memory) or time complexity of a program, the usage of particular instructions, or the frequency and duration of function calls.
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Proprietary software
Proprietary software is software that grants its creator, publisher, or other rightsholder or rightsholder partner a legal monopoly by modern copyright and intellectual property law to exclude the recipient from freely sharing the software or modifying it, and—in some cases, as is the case with some patent-encumbered and EULA-bound software—from making use of the software on their own, thereby restricting their freedoms.
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Public company
A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter markets.
Puma (microarchitecture)
The Puma Family 16h is a low-power microarchitecture by AMD for its APUs.
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Purch Group
Purch Group, Inc. was a New York City-based digital media company.
Qualcomm
Qualcomm Incorporated is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Diego, California, and incorporated in Delaware. AMD and Qualcomm are companies in the Nasdaq-100, companies listed on the Nasdaq, computer companies of the United States, computer hardware companies, fabless semiconductor companies, graphics hardware companies and semiconductor companies of the United States.
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Radeon
Radeon is a brand of computer products, including graphics processing units, random-access memory, RAM disk software, and solid-state drives, produced by Radeon Technologies Group, a division of AMD.
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Radeon 200 series
The Radeon 200 series is a series of graphics processors developed by AMD.
Radeon 300 series
The Radeon 300 series is a series of graphics processors developed by AMD.
Radeon 400 series
The Radeon 400 series is a series of graphics processors developed by AMD.
Radeon 500 series
The Radeon 500 series is a series of graphics processors developed by AMD.
Radeon HD 2000 series
The graphics processing unit (GPU) codenamed Radeon R600 is the foundation of the Radeon HD 2000 series and the FireGL 2007 series video cards developed by ATI Technologies.
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Radeon HD 3000 series
The graphics processing unit (GPU) codenamed the Radeon R600 is the foundation of the Radeon HD 2000/3000 series and the FireGL 2007 series video cards developed by ATI Technologies.
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Radeon HD 4000 series
The Radeon R700 is the engineering codename for a graphics processing unit series developed by Advanced Micro Devices under the ATI brand name.
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Radeon HD 5000 series
The Evergreen series is a family of GPUs developed by Advanced Micro Devices for its Radeon line under the ATI brand name.
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Radeon HD 6000 series
The Northern Islands series is a family of GPUs developed by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) forming part of its Radeon-brand, based on the 40 nm process.
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Radeon HD 7000 series
The Radeon HD 7000 series, codenamed "Southern Islands", is a family of GPUs developed by AMD, and manufactured on TSMC's 28 nm process.
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Radeon Pro
Radeon Pro is AMD's brand of professional oriented GPUs.
Radeon R100 series
The Radeon R100 is the first generation of Radeon graphics chips from ATI Technologies.
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Radeon R200 series
The R200 is the second generation of GPUs used in Radeon graphics cards and developed by ATI Technologies.
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Radeon R300 series
The R300 GPU, introduced in August 2002 and developed by ATI Technologies, is its third generation of GPU used in Radeon graphics cards.
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Radeon R400 series
The R420 GPU, developed by ATI Technologies, was the company's basis for its 3rd-generation DirectX 9.0/OpenGL 2.0-capable graphics cards.
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Radeon RX 5000 series
The Radeon RX 5000 series is a series of graphics processors developed by AMD, based on their RDNA architecture.
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Radeon RX 6000 series
The Radeon RX 6000 series is a series of graphics processing units developed by AMD, based on their RDNA 2 architecture.
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Radeon RX 7000 series
The Radeon RX 7000 series is a series of graphics processing units developed by AMD, based on their RDNA 3 architecture.
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Radeon RX Vega series
The Radeon RX Vega series is a series of graphics processors developed by AMD.
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Radeon X1000 series
The R520 (codenamed Fudo) is a graphics processing unit (GPU) developed by ATI Technologies and produced by TSMC.
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Raja Koduri
Rajabali Makaradhwaja Koduri (born 31 August 1968) is an Indian computer engineer and executive for computer graphics hardware.
Random-access memory
Random-access memory (RAM) is a form of electronic computer memory that can be read and changed in any order, typically used to store working data and machine code.
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RDNA (microarchitecture)
RDNA (Radeon DNA) is a graphics processing unit (GPU) microarchitecture and accompanying instruction set architecture developed by AMD.
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Real-time clock
A real-time clock (RTC) is an electronic device (most often in the form of an integrated circuit) that measures the passage of time.
Reduced instruction set computer
In electronics and computer science, a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) is a computer architecture designed to simplify the individual instructions given to the computer to accomplish tasks.
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Reverse engineering
Reverse engineering (also known as backwards engineering or back engineering) is a process or method through which one attempts to understand through deductive reasoning how a previously made device, process, system, or piece of software accomplishes a task with very little (if any) insight into exactly how it does so.
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Robert Noyce
Robert Norton Noyce (December 12, 1927 – June 3, 1990), nicknamed "the Mayor of Silicon Valley", was an American physicist and entrepreneur who co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel Corporation in 1968.
Rory Read
Rory P. Read is an American business executive.
Ryzen
Ryzen is a brand of multi-core x86-64 microprocessors designed and marketed by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) for desktop, mobile, server, and embedded platforms based on the Zen microarchitecture.
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S&P 100
The S&P 100 Index is a stock market index of United States stocks maintained by Standard & Poor's.
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S&P 500
The Standard and Poor's 500, or simply the S&P 500, is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 of the largest companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.
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Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (sometimes shortened to SEC and stylized as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational major appliance and consumer electronics corporation headquartered in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, South Korea. It is currently the pinnacle of the Samsung chaebol, accounting for 70% of the group's revenue in 2012. AMD and Samsung Electronics are 1970s initial public offerings, computer hardware companies, electronics companies established in 1969 and HSA Foundation founding members.
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San Antonio
San Antonio (Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio, the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in the 2020 US census.
San Francisco Chronicle
The San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California.
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San Tomas Aquino Creek
San Tomas Aquinas Creek, known locally as San Tomas Aquino Creek, is a streamU.S. Geological Survey.
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Santa Clara, California
Santa Clara (Spanish for "Saint Clare") is a city in the county of the same name in the state of California.
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SATA
SATA (Serial AT Attachment) is a computer bus interface that connects host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives, optical drives, and solid-state drives.
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Schottky barrier
A Schottky barrier, named after Walter H. Schottky, is a potential energy barrier for electrons formed at a metal–semiconductor junction.
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the racing division of luxury Italian auto manufacturer Ferrari and the racing team that competes in Formula One racing.
SeaMicro
SeaMicro, Inc. was a subsidiary of AMD that specialized in the ultra-dense computer server industry.
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Second source
In the electronics industry, a second source is a company that is licensed to manufacture and sell components originally designed by another company (the first source).
Semiconductor
A semiconductor is a material that has an electrical conductivity value falling between that of a conductor, such as copper, and an insulator, such as glass.
Semiconductor fabrication plant
In the microelectronics industry, a semiconductor fabrication plant (commonly called a fab; sometimes foundry) is a factory for semiconductor device fabrication.
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Semiconductor industry
The semiconductor industry is the aggregate of companies engaged in the design and fabrication of semiconductors and semiconductor devices, such as transistors and integrated circuits.
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Sempron
Sempron has been the marketing name used by AMD for several different budget desktop CPUs, using several different technologies and CPU socket formats.
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Server (computing)
A server is a computer that provides information to other computers called "clients" on computer network.
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Shift register
A shift register is a type of digital circuit using a cascade of flip-flops where the output of one flip-flop is connected to the input of the next.
Siemens
Siemens AG is a German multinational technology conglomerate.
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Silicon Integrated Systems
Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) is a company that manufactures, among other things, motherboard chipsets. AMD and Silicon Integrated Systems are computer hardware companies and graphics hardware companies.
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Silicon on insulator
In semiconductor manufacturing, silicon on insulator (SOI) technology is fabrication of silicon semiconductor devices in a layered silicon–insulator–silicon substrate, to reduce parasitic capacitance within the device, thereby improving performance.
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Silicon Valley Historical Association
The Silicon Valley Historical Association (also known as the Santa Clara Valley Historical Association) is an organization that has interviewed notable figures in Silicon Valley since 1991 and produces documentaries, publishes books, and keeps filmed history of notable figures in the technological industry.
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Simultaneous multithreading
Simultaneous multithreading (SMT) is a technique for improving the overall efficiency of superscalar CPUs with hardware multithreading.
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Slot 1
Slot 1 refers to the physical and electrical specification for the connector used by some of Intel's microprocessors, including the Pentium Pro, Celeron, Pentium II and the Pentium III.
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Slot A
Slot A is the physical and electrical specification for a 242-lead single-edge-connector used by early versions of AMD's Athlon processor.
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Socket 7
Socket 7 is a physical and electrical specification for an x86-style CPU socket on a personal computer motherboard.
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Socket A
Socket A (also known as Socket 462) is a zero insertion force pin grid array (PGA) CPU socket used for AMD processors ranging from the Athlon Thunderbird to the Athlon XP/MP 3200+, and AMD budget processors including the Duron and Sempron.
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Socket AM2+
Socket AM2+ is a CPU socket, which is the immediate successor to Socket AM2 that is used by several AMD processors such as Athlon 64 X2.
Socket AM3
Socket AM3 is a CPU socket for AMD processors.
Socket C32
Socket C32 is a zero insertion force land grid array CPU socket designed by AMD for their single-CPU and dual-CPU Opteron 4000 series server CPUs.
Socket FM1
Socket FM1 is a CPU socket for desktop computers used by AMD early A-series APUs ("Llano") processors and Llano-derived Athlon II processors.
Socket G34
Socket G34 is a land grid array CPU socket designed by AMD to support AMD's multi-chip module Opteron 6000-series server processors.
Solid-state drive
A solid-state drive (SSD) is a solid-state storage device.
Sony
, formerly known as and, commonly known as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. AMD and Sony are computer hardware companies.
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Spansion
Spansion Inc. was an American-based company that designed, developed, and manufactured flash memory, microcontrollers, mixed-signal and analog products, and system-on-chip (SoC) solutions. AMD and Spansion are companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
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SSE5
The SSE5 (short for Streaming SIMD Extensions version 5) was a SIMD instruction set extension proposed by AMD on August 30, 2007 as a supplement to the 128-bit SSE core instructions in the AMD64 architecture.
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Stanford University
Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) is a private research university in Stanford, California.
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Static random-access memory
Static random-access memory (static RAM or SRAM) is a type of random-access memory (RAM) that uses latching circuitry (flip-flop) to store each bit.
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Steam Deck
The Steam Deck is a handheld gaming computer developed by Valve and released on February 25, 2022.
Steamroller (microarchitecture)
AMD Steamroller Family 15h is a microarchitecture developed by AMD for AMD APUs, which succeeded Piledriver in the beginning of 2014 as the third-generation Bulldozer-based microarchitecture.
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Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Sun for short) was an American technology company that sold computers, computer components, software, and information technology services and created the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, ZFS, the Network File System (NFS), and SPARC microprocessors.
Sun xVM
Sun xVM was a product line from Sun Microsystems that addressed virtualization technology on x86 platforms.
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Sunnyvale, California
Sunnyvale is a city located in the Santa Clara Valley in northwest Santa Clara County in the U.S. state of California.
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Supercomputer
A supercomputer is a type of computer with a high level of performance as compared to a general-purpose computer.
Superman
Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics.
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Supermicro
Super Micro Computer, Inc., dba Supermicro, is an American information technology company based in San Jose, California. AMD and Supermicro are companies in the Nasdaq-100, companies listed on the Nasdaq, computer companies of the United States, computer hardware companies, graphics hardware companies, motherboard companies and technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Supreme Court of California
The Supreme Court of California is the highest and final court of appeals in the courts of the U.S. state of California.
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Synchronous dynamic random-access memory
Synchronous dynamic random-access memory (synchronous dynamic RAM or SDRAM) is any DRAM where the operation of its external pin interface is coordinated by an externally supplied clock signal.
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System on a chip
A system on a chip or system-on-chip (SoC; pl. SoCs) is an integrated circuit that integrates most or all components of a computer or other electronic system.
System on module
A system on a module (SoM) is a board-level circuit that integrates a system function in a single module.
Tape-out
In electronics and photonics design, tape-out or tapeout is the final stage of the design process for integrated circuits or printed circuit boards before they are sent for manufacturing.
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Telecommunications industry
The telecommunications industries within the sector of information and communication technology is made up of all telecommunications/telephone companies and internet service providers and plays a crucial role in the evolution of mobile communications and the information society.
See AMD and Telecommunications industry
TeraScale (microarchitecture)
TeraScale is the codename for a family of graphics processing unit microarchitectures developed by ATI Technologies/AMD and their second microarchitecture implementing the unified shader model following Xenos.
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The Green Grid
The Green Grid is a nonprofit, industry consortium of end-users, policy-makers, technology providers, facility architects, and utility companies collaborating to improve the resource efficiency of data centers.
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.
The Verge
The Verge is an American technology news website headquartered in Lower Manhattan, New York City and operated by Vox Media.
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.
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Thermal design power
The thermal design power (TDP), sometimes called thermal design point, is the maximum amount of heat generated by a computer chip or component (often a CPU, GPU or system on a chip) that the cooling system in a computer is designed to dissipate under any workload.
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Threadripper
Threadripper, or Ryzen Threadripper, is a brand of HEDT (high-end desktop) and workstation multi-core x86-64 microprocessors designed and marketed by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and based on the Zen microarchitecture.
Thunderbolt (interface)
Thunderbolt is the brand name of a hardware interface for the connection of external peripherals to a computer.
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TiVo Corporation
TiVo Corporation, formerly known as the Rovi Corporation and Macrovision Solutions Corporation, was an American technology company headquartered in San Jose, California.
Tom's Hardware
Tom's Hardware is an online publication owned by Future plc and focused on technology.
Toshiba
is a Japanese multinational electronics company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. AMD and Toshiba are computer hardware companies.
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Transition-minimized differential signaling
Transition-minimized differential signaling (TMDS) is a technology for transmitting high-speed serial data used by the DVI and HDMI video interfaces, as well as by other digital communication interfaces.
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TSMC
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC or Taiwan Semiconductor) is a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company. AMD and TSMC are computer hardware companies.
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TV accessory
A television accessory (TV accessory) is an accessory that is used in conjunction with a television (TV) or other compatible display devices and is intended to either improve the user experience or to offer new possibilities of using it.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government, created in the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash of 1929.
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Ultra-mobile PC
An ultra-mobile PC, or ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), is a miniature version of a pen computer, a class of laptop whose specifications were launched by Microsoft and Intel in Spring 2006.
Unified shader model
In the field of 3D computer graphics, the unified shader model (known in Direct3D 10 as "Shader Model 4.0") refers to a form of shader hardware in a graphical processing unit (GPU) where all of the shader stages in the rendering pipeline (geometry, vertex, pixel, etc.) have the same capabilities.
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Unified Video Decoder
Unified Video Decoder (UVD, previously called Universal Video Decoder) is the name given to AMD's dedicated video decoding ASIC.
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United States antitrust law
In the United States, antitrust law is a collection of mostly federal laws that regulate the conduct and organization of businesses in order to promote competition and prevent unjustified monopolies.
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Very long instruction word
Very long instruction word (VLIW) refers to instruction set architectures that are designed to exploit instruction-level parallelism (ILP).
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VESA Local Bus
The VESA Local Bus (usually abbreviated to VL-Bus or VLB) is a short-lived expansion bus introduced during the i486 generation of x86 IBM-compatible personal computers.
VIA Technologies
VIA Technologies, Inc. is a Taiwanese manufacturer of integrated circuits, mainly motherboard chipsets, CPUs, and memory. AMD and VIA Technologies are computer hardware companies, fabless semiconductor companies and motherboard companies.
Victor Peng
Victor Peng (born 1960) is a Taiwanese-American technology executive and the President of Adaptive and Embedded Computing Group at AMD.
Victory Five
Victory Five was a Chinese professional esports organisation based in Shenzhen.
Video Coding Engine
Video Code Engine (VCE, was earlier referred to as Video Coding Engine, Video Compression Engine or Video Codec Engine in official AMD documentation) is AMD's video encoding application-specific integrated circuit implementing the video codec H.264/MPEG-4 AVC.
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Video Electronics Standards Association
VESA, formally known as Video Electronics Standards Association, is an American technical standards organization for computer display standards.
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Video game
A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset.
Video game industry
The video game industry is the tertiary and quaternary sectors of the entertainment industry that specialize in the development, marketing, distribution, monetization and consumer feedback of video games.
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Virtex (FPGA)
Virtex is the flagship family of FPGA products currently developed by AMD, originally Xilinx before being acquired by the former.
Virtual reality
Virtual reality (VR) is a simulated experience that employs 3D near-eye displays and pose tracking to give the user an immersive feel of a virtual world.
Vivado
Vivado Design Suite is a software suite for synthesis and analysis of hardware description language (HDL) designs, superseding Xilinx ISE with additional features for system on a chip development and high-level synthesis.
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Vodafone
Vodafone Group is a British multinational telecommunications company. AMD and Vodafone are companies listed on the Nasdaq.
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WiGig
WiGig, alternatively known as 60 GHz Wi-Fi, refers to a set of 60 GHz wireless network protocols.
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Wii U
The Wii U is a home video game console developed by Nintendo as the successor to the Wii.
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Witness summons
A subpoena (also subpœna, supenna or subpena) or witness summons is a writ issued by a government agency, most often a court, to compel testimony by a witness or production of evidence under a penalty for failure.
Workstation
A workstation is a special computer designed for technical or scientific applications.
X.Org Foundation
The X.Org Foundation is a non-profit corporation chartered to research, develop, support, organize, administrate, standardize, promote, and defend a free and open accelerated graphics stack.
X86
x86 (also known as 80x86 or the 8086 family) is a family of complex instruction set computer (CISC) instruction set architectures initially developed by Intel based on the 8086 microprocessor and its 8-bit-external-bus variant, the 8088.
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X86-64
x86-64 (also known as x64, x86_64, AMD64, and Intel 64) is a 64-bit version of the x86 instruction set, first announced in 1999.
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Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is a home video game console developed by Microsoft.
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Xbox One
The Xbox One is a home video game console developed by Microsoft.
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Xbox Series X and Series S
The Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S are the fourth generation of consoles in the Xbox series.
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Xilinx
Xilinx, Inc. was an American technology and semiconductor company that primarily supplied programmable logic devices. AMD and Xilinx are fabless semiconductor companies, semiconductor companies of the United States and technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Xilleon
Xilleon is a brand for a family of SoCs combining a low-power CPU with ASICs for accelerated video decompression and further functions for major worldwide broadcast networks (including PAL, NTSC, SECAM and ATSC) targeting digital television (i.e. products like set-top boxes, Integrated digital television, digital television adapters, smart TVs, etc.).
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Xpress 200
The Radeon Xpress 200 is a computer chipset released by ATI.
Xpress 3200
The Xpress 3200 is a revision of the Xpress 200 computer chipset released by ATI.
Zen (first generation)
Zen is first iteration in the Zen family of computer processor microarchitectures from AMD.
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Zen (microarchitecture)
Zen is a family of computer processor microarchitectures from AMD, first launched in February 2017 with the first generation of its Ryzen CPUs.
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Zen 2
Zen 2 is a computer processor microarchitecture by AMD.
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Zen 3
Zen 3 is the name for a CPU microarchitecture by AMD, released on November 5, 2020.
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Zen 4
Zen 4 is the name for a CPU microarchitecture designed by AMD, released on September 27, 2022.
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Zen+
Zen+ is the name for a computer processor microarchitecture by AMD.
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Zilog
Zilog, Inc. is an American manufacturer of microprocessors, microcontrollers, and application-specific embedded system-on-chip (SoC) products. Founded in 1974 by Federico Faggin and Ralph Ungermann, who were soon joined by Masatoshi Shima, who had all left Intel after working the 4004 and 8080 microprocessors. AMD and Zilog are semiconductor companies of the United States.
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Zilog Z8000
The Zilog Z8000 is a 16-bit microprocessor designed by Zilog in early 1979.
22 nm process
The "22 nm" node is the process step following 32 nm in CMOS MOSFET semiconductor device fabrication.
32 nm process
The "32 nm" node is the step following the "45 nm" process in CMOS (MOSFET) semiconductor device fabrication.
3DNow!
3DNow! is a deprecated extension to the x86 instruction set developed by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
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4-bit computing
4-bit computing is the use of computer architectures in which integers and other data units are 4 bits wide.
45 nm process
Per the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors, the 45 nm process is a MOSFET technology node referring to the average half-pitch of a memory cell manufactured at around the 2007–2008 time frame.
64-bit computing
In computer architecture, 64-bit integers, memory addresses, or other data units are those that are 64 bits wide.
65 nm process
The 65 nm process is an advanced lithographic node used in volume CMOS (MOSFET) semiconductor fabrication.
7 nm process
In semiconductor manufacturing, the "7 nm" process is a term for the MOSFET technology node following the "10 nm" node, defined by the International Roadmap for Devices and Systems (IRDS), which was preceded by the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS).
90 nm process
The 90 nm process refers to the technology used in semiconductor manufacturing to create integrated circuits with a minimum feature size of 90 nanometers.
See also
Computer companies established in 1969
- AMD
- Applied Digital Data Systems
- Comp-Sultants
- CompuServe
- Computervision
- Cyphernetics
- Dataprobe
- Decision Data
- Diablo Data Systems
- Four-Phase Systems
- Intergraph
- Key Tronic
- Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems
- Microdata Corporation
- Mostek
- NEC Software Solutions
- OCR Systems
- On-Line Software International
- ROLM
- StorageTek
- Vector General
- Verbatim (brand)
- Xebec Corporation
Electronics companies established in 1969
- AMD
- Beko
- Danaher Corporation
- Entrust
- Flex Ltd.
- Globe Janakantha Shilpa Paribar
- Hisense
- KMC Controls
- Key Tronic
- MOS Technology
- Magnepan
- Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems
- Oberheim Electronics
- Pou Chen Corporation
- Ruwido
- Samsung Electronics
- Solid State Logic
- Summit Appliance
- Viscount (musical instrument manufacturer)
- Zebra Technologies
HSA Foundation founding members
Manufacturing companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
- AMD
- Advanced Linear Devices
- Ample (company)
- Apple Inc.
- Aruba Networks
- Better Light
- California Bell Company
- Carbon (company)
- Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
- Gillig
- GlobalFoundries
- HP Inc.
- Hewlett-Packard
- Intel
- Jack & Jason's Pancakes & Waffles
- Jelly Belly
- Juniper Networks
- Keysight
- Lucid Motors
- MIPS Technologies
- Marvell Technology
- McCune Audio/Video/Lighting
- Mellanox Technologies
- Monster Cable
- NUMMI
- Nanosys
- Nvidia
- Oakland Assembly
- Purism (company)
- SSL (company)
- SanDisk
- SynOptics
- Tesla Fremont Factory
- Tesla, Inc.
- Yondr
Motherboard companies
- AMD
- AOpen
- ASRock
- Albatron Technology
- Asus
- BFG Technologies
- Biostar
- Chaintech
- DFI
- EPoX
- EVGA Corporation
- Elitegroup Computer Systems
- First International Computer
- Foxconn
- GALAX
- Gigabyte Technology
- Gumstix
- ISEE (company)
- Intel
- Libre Computer Project
- Merix Corporation
- Micro-Star International
- Sapphire Technology
- Shuttle Inc.
- Supermicro
- Tyan
- Universal Abit
- VIA Technologies
- ZOTAC
Technology companies established in 1969
- AMD
- Aeritalia
- Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation
- Automatic Systems (company)
- Capex Corporation
- Diablo Data Systems
- EarthSat
- Entrust
- Esri
- LIG Nex1
- Leidos
- Maxar Technologies
- NEC Software Solutions
- Napco Security Technologies
- ROLM
- Space Vector Corporation
- TAT Technologies
- WM-data
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