FWIW - AMD Athlon(TM) XP processor selected as "Product of the Year"--
--AMD named "Most Innovative Company of the Year"--
AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that the company has been honored with the
prestigious Reader's Choice Awards of PC Magazine Germany for the third
consecutive year. The readers of PC Magazine named AMD the "Most Innovative
Company of the Year 2001/2002" and the AMD Athlon(TM) XP processor "Product of
the Year 2001/2002." The AMD Athlon(TM) processor ranked number two in product
of the year category. In the "Most Innovative Product" category, the AMD Athlon
XP processor took second place behind the Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP operating
system.
"The Reader's Choice Awards of PC Magazine are a true testament of the
appreciation AMD and the AMD Athlon processor family are enjoying among end
users," said Jochen Polster, general manager, AMD Germany. "Readers and editors
of PC Magazine Germany are known for their passion for superior engineering and
innovation and understand the meaning of delivered performance. Considering the
vast array of computing products available today and the number of companies
bringing fresh ideas to market, we are honored to win these Reader's Choice
Awards."
"We are pleased to see that innovative companies like AMD are driving
technologies to market that make PCs more beneficial for end users. This is what
our readers appreciate and acknowledge," said Stephan Quinkertz, publisher of PC
Magazine Germany. "Our Reader's Choice Awards impressively demonstrate that AMD
belongs among the most successful companies in the IT industry as a whole."
About the AMD Athlon(TM) XP Processor
The AMD Athlon XP processor features QuantiSpeed(TM) architecture, 384KB of
on-chip, full-speed cache, and support for AMD's 3DNow!(TM) Professional
instructions for enhanced multimedia capabilities. The AMD Athlon XP processor
is compatible with AMD's Socket A infrastructure, and supports the advanced
266MHz front-side bus. AMD Athlon XP processors are manufactured using AMD's
0.18-micron copper process technology in Fab 30 in Dresden, Germany.
About AMD
AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked
computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United
States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor's
500 company, produces microprocessors, flash memory devices, and support
circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and
based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $3.9 billion in 2001. (NYSE:
AMD).
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