Milan, ITALY - December 9, 2003-AMD (NYSE: AMD), announced that it has named pan-European semiconductor specialist EBV Elektronik, an Avnet company, an official distributor of Spansion(tm) Flash memory devices and AMD Alchemy(tm) Solutions product lines in the European market.
"AMD's choice to work with EBV comes as no surprise. The company is a division of Avnet, a distributor we already work with on a global level," said Pierre-Yves Ferrard, director and general manager of Worldwide Distribution at AMD. "More importantly, EBV is recognized as a very customer-centric and motivated distributor. That fits well with AMD's own strategy."
"AMD is a world leader in microprocessors, Flash memory devices, and silicon-based solutions for communications and networking applications. AMD's products, especially its Flash memory products and embedded processor solutions, will complement our existing portfolio nicely and provide us with many new opportunities to further grow our business." said Patrick Zammit, President EBV Elektronik.

About EBV Elektronik
EBV Elektronik, an Avnet Company, was founded in 1969 and is the leading monolithic pan-European semiconductor specialist. EBV has maintained its successful strategy of personal commitment to customers and excellent services. 230 technical sales specialists provide a strong focus on a limited number of semiconductor partners. Extensive application expertise and design know-how is offered through 100 field application specialists. The technical services are fulfilled by Avnet Logistics, which provides warehouse operations, value-added services and product modification services to EBV's customers. EBV operates from 50 offices in 23 countries throughout Europe as well as Israel and South Africa. Information about EBV Elektronik is available on the World Wide Web under http://www.ebv.com