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Advanced Micro Devices

(NYSE: AMD)

USA

When AMD introduced its powerful but energy-sipping Opteron server chips and Athlon 64 PC chips in 2003, it caught rival chipmaker Intel napping. Since then, AMD has continued to gain market share against its giant competitor. The Sunnyvale (Calif.) company still holds the performance crown for many high-end microprocessors. That helped its sales jump 19%, in 2005, to $5.95 billion. In the same year, AMD spun off its money-losing memory chip business, helping deliver a 7.8% return on equity and a price-earnings ratio of 30.

Company Info

2005 Rank

Not Ranked

Sales*
($ Millions)

5,953.1

Sales Growth
(over prev. year)

19 %

Profits*
($ Millions)

367.4

Return on Equity

7.8 %

Total Return on Sales (12-mo.)

88.4

Share Price
As of 5/31/06

30.89

CURRENT
MARKET INFO

NYSE: AMD

No. of Employees

9,860

Industry Semiconductors
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*Trailing 12 months
Stock price data as of 5/31/06
DATA: Standard & Poor's Compustat

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Company Snapshot

Advanced Micro Devices engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of microprocessor solutions for the computing, communications, and consumer electronics markets worldwide. Its solutions include embedded microprocessors for personal connectivity devices and other consumer markets. The microprocessor products are used in desktop and mobile personal computers, servers and workstations, and chipset products. The embedded microprocessors are used in personal connectivity devices and specific consumer markets. The company's customers consist primarily of original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, and third-party distributors. Advanced Micro Devices sells its products through its direct sales force, third-party distributors, and independent sales representatives. The company has a strategic collaboration with Shenzhen Domain Network and Huawei Technologies. It operates primarily in the U.S., as well as in Europe and Asia. Advanced Micro Devices was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif.


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Hector De J. Ruiz

Hector De J. Ruiz, 59

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Total Compensation

$7,003,224

Value of Options

$68,860,587

Rice University - Doctorate, University of Texas, Austin, The - Bachelor's Degree, University of Texas, Austin, The - Master's Degree

Hector De J. Ruiz has been chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices since April, 2002. Ruiz served as president of Advanced Micro Devices from January, 2000, to January, 2006, and its chief operating officer since January, 2000. Before joining AMD, he served as president of Motorola's semiconductor products sector from 1977 to 1991. Ruiz served as senior vice-president from 1991 to 1995 and general manager of Motorola's paging and messaging businesses and, in 1996, became executive vice-president and general manager of those businesses. His career spans more than 30 years with leading technology companies, including Texas Instruments and Motorola. Before joining Motorola, Ruiz worked at Texas Instruments from 1972 to 1977. He has been chairman and director of Spansion since November, 2005. He has been chairman of AMD since February, 2004, and its director since 2000. He has been a director of Eastman Kodak since January, 2001. He has been a member of the board of Spansion, a subsidiary of AMD, since July, 2003. Ruiz serves on the Foundation Advisory Council for the College of Engineering at the University of Texas. He was appointed to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in 1999. Ruiz earned bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin before earning his doctorate in electronics from Rice University in Houston.



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