AMD (Advanced Micro Devices)
AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) is a global semiconductor company designing high-performance CPUs, GPUs, and AI accelerators for consumer, enterprise, and data center markets. Their Ryzen AI processors feature integrated NPUs enabling local LLM inference on consumer hardware, while their Radeon and Instinct GPU lines target AI workloads via the open-source ROCm compute platform. AMD competes directly with Intel and NVIDIA across PC, server, and AI accelerator segments.
Company Info
- Founded
- 1969
- Headquarters
- Santa Clara, CA
- Founders
- Jerry Sanders, Edwin Turney, Jack Gifford, Larry Staubaugh, Sven Simonsen, John Carey, Jim Giles, Frank Botte
- Employees
- 26000+
- Website
- https://www.amd.com
- Status
- active
Funding
Public (NASDAQ: AMD) total