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New AMD-Based Tablet PC Processor Wins 2013 "Best Choice of COMPUTEX TAIPEI" Award

SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwired - May 28, 2013) -   AMD ( NYSE : AMD ) today announced its lowest-power accelerated processing unit (APU) for tablet, hybrid and clamshell notebook PCs is the winner of the 2013 Best Choice of COMPUTEX TAIPEI award , the third consecutive win for AMD . The award is given by the Taipei Computer Association, a driving force behind the annual event and the leading technology organization in the country.

"We are very excited to receive this important award from the Taipei Computer Association for the third consecutive year, each year for our innovation in APUs," said Lisa Su, senior vice president and general manager, Global Business Units at AMD. "It's been our goal to deliver a more complete, full-featured experience on tablet and hybrid PCs, and we've been successful with our third generation A-Series APUs. It's a great honor to be recognized for our innovation and technology leadership at this prestigious event."

Available in dual and quad-core configurations, the new 2013 AMD Elite Mobility ultra low power APU, codenamed "Temash," is the world's first quad-core x86 system-on-a-chip (SoC) designed for tablet and hybrid PCs. The new APUs are designed to deliver the best entertainment and productivity experiences in the widest range of highly mobile devices, from media tablets to performance tablets, hybrids and small-screen touch notebooks, 13-inches and below. In coming months, key OEM partners will launch multiple new designs featuring this new APU.

To determine award winners, extensive reviews are conducted by a panel of esteemed government officials, academics, research analysts, editors-in-chief of key media outlets and industry experts to select winning products based on outstanding design and cutting-edge technology in nine product categories.

AMD and other award recipients' products will be displayed at the Best Choice Award Pavilion by Taipei Computer Association at the upcoming 2013 COMPUTEX TAIPEI exhibition June 4-8. AMD's product showcase will be located at Booth #L0617a in the TWTC Nangang exhibition hall.

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About AMD AMD ( NYSE : AMD ) is a semiconductor design innovator leading the next era of vivid digital experiences with its groundbreaking AMD Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) that power a wide range of computing devices. AMD's server computing products are focused on driving industry-leading Cloud computing and virtualization environments. AMD's superior graphics technologies are found in a variety of solutions ranging from game consoles, PCs to supercomputers. For more information, visit http://www.amd.com .

AMD, the AMD Arrow logo and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Other names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

This document contains forward-looking statements concerning AMD, including the timing of future products that incorporate AMD's products, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are commonly identified by words such as "would," "may," "expects," "believes," "plans," "intends," "projects," and other terms with similar meaning. Investors are cautioned that the forward-looking statements in this document are based on current beliefs, assumptions and expectations, speak only as of the date of this document and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations. Risks include the possibility that Intel Corp.'s pricing, marketing and rebating programs, product bundling, standard setting, new product introductions or other activities may negatively impact our plans; that we will require additional funding and may be unable to raise sufficient capital on favorable terms, or at all; that customers stop buying the company's products or materially reduce their operations or demand for the company's products; that the company may be unable to develop, launch and ramp new products and technologies in the volumes that are required by the market at mature yields on a timely basis; that the company's third party foundry suppliers will be unable to transition its products to advanced manufacturing process technologies in a timely and effective way or to manufacture the company's products on a timely basis in sufficient quantities and using competitive technologies; the company will be unable to obtain sufficient manufacturing capacity or components to meet demand for its products or will not fully utilize its commitment with respect to GLOBALFOUNDRIES microprocessor manufacturing; that our requirements for wafers will be less than the fixed number of wafers that we agreed to purchase from GLOBALFOUNDRIES or GLOBALFOUNDRIES encounters problems that significantly reduce the number of functional die we receive from each wafer; that we are unable to successfully implement our long-term business strategy; that we inaccurately estimate the quantity or type of products that our customers will want in the future or will ultimately end up purchasing, resulting in excess or obsolete inventory; that we are unable to manage the risks related to the use of our third-party distributors and add-in-board (AIB) partners or offer the appropriate incentives to focus them on the sale of our products; that the company may be unable to maintain the level of investment in research and development that is required to remain competitive; that there may be unexpected variations in the market growth and demand for its products and technologies in light of the product mix that the company may have available at any particular time; that global business and economic conditions will not improve or will worsen; that PC market conditions do not improve or will worsen; that demand for computers will be lower than currently expected; and the effect of political or economic instability, domestically or internationally, on the company's sales or supply chain. Investors are urged to review in detail the risks and uncertainties in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to the Annual Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 30, 2013.

Contact: Kristen Lisa AMD Public Relations (512) 602-6020 kristen.lisa@amd.com

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