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• the Graphics segment, which included graphics, video and multimedia products and related revenue as
well as revenue received in connection with the development and sale of game console systems that
incorporate our graphics technology; and
• the Foundry segment, which included operating results attributable to front end wafer manufacturing
operations and related activities, including the operating results of GF, from March 2, 2009 to
December 26, 2009.
In addition to these reportable segments, we had an All Other category, which was not a reportable segment.
This category included certain expenses and credits that were not allocated to any of the operating segments
because management did not consider these expenses and credits in evaluating the performance of the operating
segments. These expenses were non-Foundry segment related expenses and included impairment of goodwill and
acquired intangible assets, employee stock-based compensation expense, restructuring charges and amortization
of acquired intangible assets. We also reported the results of the Handheld business unit in the All Other category
because the operating results of this business unit were not material. The Handheld business unit consisted of the
AMD Imageon™ media processor brand and handheld products that were part of the Handheld business unit
prior to the sale of certain graphics and multimedia technology assets and intellectual property to Qualcomm
Incorporated (Qualcomm) during the first quarter of 2009. We also had an Intersegment Eliminations category,
which was also not a reportable segment. This category included intersegment eliminations for revenue, cost of
sales and profits on inventory related to transactions between the Computing Solutions segment and the Foundry
segment.
Beginning in the first quarter of 2010, as a result of the deconsolidation of GF, we no longer had a Foundry
segment or an Intersegment Eliminations category. We began reviewing and assessing operating performance
using the following reportable segments:
• the Computing Solutions segment, which includes microprocessors, chipsets and embedded processors
and related revenue; and
• the Graphics segment, which includes graphics, video and multimedia products and related revenue as
well as revenue received in connection with the development and sale of game console systems that
incorporate our graphics technology.
In addition, starting in the first quarter of 2010, we began accounting for the embedded graphics business
under the Computing Solutions segment. Previously, operating results related to this business were recorded as
part of the Graphics segment. Information for prior periods has been recast to reflect this change.
We continue to have an All Other category, as described above, and the results of the Handheld business
unit continue to be reported in this category because we expect that the operating results of this business unit will
continue to be immaterial.
We use a 52- to 53-week fiscal year. Our fiscal year ends on the last Saturday in December. The years ended
December 25, 2010, December 26, 2009 and December 27, 2008 each included 52 weeks. References in this
report to 2010, 2009 and 2008 refer to the fiscal year unless explicitly stated otherwise.
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