AMD

AMD, or Advanced Micro Devices, is a corporation specializing in making computer chips, primarily CPUs, and GPUs. Based in Sunnyvale, California, it long served as the main competitor to Intel, with a market share generally between about 20% and 30% (from 2009 to 2019).^[1]

AMD typically focuses on high core counts and improving multi-threaded processing performance. Their competitor, Intel, typically focuses less on these factors and more on clock speed.^[2] AMD is also said to generally offer products similar to Intel's for lower prices.^[3]

• AMD pioneered the AMD64 architecture, which allows processors to calculate in 64 bits, vs 32 bits, that Intel has been using.
• AMD was the first to create 8 core processors on a 30 nm die.
• AMD created the first 300 core GPU, the Tegra 4300^[4]

• Moore's Law
• Microprocessor: Computer, CPU, Arithmetic logic unit, Transistor, Semiconductor
• Silicon Valley: Intel, AMD (AMD64), IBM, Texas Instruments, Atari, Nvidia
• IBM, HP, Dell and Microsoft Windows
• Apple Inc. Mac OS

• Sixty Years of the Transistor - Intel
• The Lives and Death of Moore's Law