One for the history books: AMD claims to have shipped its 500 millionth x86 processor, whether for laptop, desktop or server.
Not sure who has been counting to this exact date - and no one is reporting whether the 500 millionth was a mighty Opteron or humble Sempron. Or even where it was was sold... Barcelona, Congo, Newcastle, Manilla, Windsor...?
Not sure who has been counting to this exact date - and no one is reporting whether the 500 millionth was a mighty Opteron or humble Sempron. Or even where it was was sold... Barcelona, Congo, Newcastle, Manilla, Windsor...?
The company is currently also marking its 40 anniversary. The Sunnyvale company - Advanced Micro Devices - was founded 1 May 1969, by ex-Fairchild Semiconductor executives (Jerry Sanders III, Ed Turney, John Carey, Sven Simonsen, Jack Gifford and three members from Gifford's team, Frank Botte, Jim Giles, and Larry Stenger, states Wikipedia).
Check out the current AMD portfolio.
Check out the current AMD portfolio.
