AMD 2015 Annual Report Download - page 9

General
We are a global semiconductor company primarily offering:
• x86 microprocessors, as a standalone central processing unit (CPU) or as incorporated into an
accelerated processing unit (APU), chipsets, and discrete graphics processing units (GPUs) for the
consumer, commercial and professional graphics markets; and
• server and embedded CPUs, GPUs and APUs, and semi-custom System-on-Chip (SoC) products and
technology for game consoles.
For financial information about geographic areas and for segment information with respect to revenues and
operating results, refer to the information set forth in Note 12 of our consolidated financial statements, beginning
on page 97 below.
We use a 52 or 53 week fiscal year ending on the last Saturday in December. The years ended December 26,
2015, December 27, 2014 and December 28, 2013 each included 52 weeks. References in this report to 2015,
2014 and 2013 refer to the fiscal year unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Additional Information
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) was incorporated under the laws of Delaware on May 1, 1969 and
became a publicly held company in 1972. Our common stock is currently listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market
(NASDAQ) under the symbol “AMD”. Our mailing address and executive offices are located at One AMD
Place, Sunnyvale, California 94088, and our telephone number is [phone]. References in this Annual
Report on Form 10-K to “AMD,” “we,” “us,” “management,” “our” or the “Company” mean Advanced Micro
Devices, Inc. and our consolidated subsidiaries.
AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon, AMD Opteron, AMD Phenom, AMD Sempron, AMD Turion,
FirePro, CrossFire, Radeon, Geode, SeaMicro and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro
Devices, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Xbox360 and Xbox One are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation
in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. PlayStation is a registered trademark of Sony Computer
Entertainment, Inc. Wii and Wii U are registered trademarks of Nintendo of America, Inc. ARM is a registered
trademark of ARM Limited (or its subsidiaries).
Other names are for informational purposes only and are used to identify companies and products and may
be trademarks of their respective owners.
Web Site Access to Our SEC Filings and Corporate Governance Documents
On the Investor Relations pages of our Web site, http://ir.amd.com, we post links to our filings with the
SEC, our Principles of Corporate Governance, our Code of Ethics for our executive officers and all other senior
finance executives, our Worldwide Standards of Business Conduct, which applies to our Board of Directors and
all of our employees, and the charters of the Audit and Finance, Compensation and Leadership Resources,
Nominating and Corporate Governance and Innovation and Technology committees of our Board of Directors.
Our filings with the SEC are posted as soon as reasonably practical after they are electronically filed with, or
furnished to, the SEC. You can also obtain copies of these documents by writing to us at: Corporate Secretary,
AMD, 7171 Southwest Parkway, M/S B100.2, Austin, Texas 78735, or emailing us at:
[email protected]. All of these documents and filings are available free of charge.
If we make substantive amendments to our Code of Ethics or grant any waiver, including any implicit
waiver, to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller or
persons performing similar functions, we intend to disclose the nature of such amendment or waiver on our Web
site.
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