AMD Athlon(tm) XP processor awarded Maximum PC's CPU of the Year Award

AMD Athlon(tm) XP processor awarded
Maximum PC's CPU of the Year Award



-AMD's flagship processor takes honors for third consecutive year-



SUNNYVALE, CA - November 8, 2001-Maximum PC has chosen the AMD Athlon(tm) XP
processor for its "CPU of the Year" award for 2001. This is the third
consecutive year AMD's flagship desktop processor has won this influential
award.  Maximum PC announces its Gear of the Year awards annually in the
December issue and posts the winners' names online.



"For CPU of the year, we've selected an AMD Athlon family processor for the
third year in a row," said Maximum PC Editor-in-Chief Jon Phillips.
"We decided to give the Athlon XP the award for offering excellent
performance at a competitive price."



"We are honored that the industry's leading computer enthusiast magazine
has selected the AMD Athlon XP processor for this award," said Ed Ellett,
vice president of Marketing at AMD. "Advanced users and enthusiasts
understand the true indicator of performance is how fast their applications run,
not the clock speed of their processor.  Winning this award reinforces the
fact that the AMD Athlon XP processor is the performance champion for desktop
PCs."



AMD Athlon(tm) Processor Awards Around the World



The AMD Athlon XP processor also recently received Joystick Magazine's "Top
Hard" award in France. The AMD Athlon family of processors and systems
based on these processors have received more than 100 awards worldwide. For a
complete listing of AMD Athlon processor and AMD Athlon processor-based system
awards, visit:

http://www2.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_756_759^663,00.html



About the AMD Athlon(tm) XP Processor



The AMD Athlon(tm) XP processor features QuantiSpeed(tm) architecture, 384KB of
on-chip, full-speed cache, and support for AMD's 3DNow!(tm) Professional
instructions for enhanced multimedia capabilities. The AMD Athlon XP processor
is compatible with AMD's Socket A infrastructure, and supports the advanced
266MHz front-side bus. AMD Athlon XP processors are manufactured using AMD's
0.18-micron copper process technology in Fab 30 in Dresden, Germany.



About AMD



AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked
computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United
States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor's
500 company, produces microprocessors, flash memory devices, and support
circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and
based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $4.6 billion in 2000. (NYSE:
AMD).



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