超威半导体公司Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) 2009年年度报告「NASDAQ」.pdf

1、2009 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-KTo Our Stockholders:2009 marked AMDs 40thanniversary as a semiconductor innovator.It was a year in which wecelebrated our rich history while taking great strides toward an even brighter future.We reshaped our company,while achieving every major new product milestone in

2、 the yearfromindustry-leading graphics products,to visually-richer client platforms,to higher-performance six-coreserver processors.With the formation of GLOBALFOUNDRIES,we made a game-changing movehelping to unlock AMD from the capital-intensive burden of funding the leading-edge manufacturingcapac

3、ity we require.Finally,we reached a historic settlement with Intel,resulting in unprecedentedground-rules for fair competition in the x86-microprocessor industry.We hope the settlement will marka new era where our customers will realize the benefits of fair and open competition and a renewedfocus on

4、 customer-centric innovation.We exited 2009 with strong momentum and enter 2010 with a new business model,compellingproducts and strong customer demand.2009:Strengthening in a down yearDespite a challenging global economic environment and downturn in worldwide PC demand,wemade solid progress to stre

5、ngthen the company financially.First,we resized the company in an effort to achieve consistent profitability.In so doing,we wereable to align under a more streamlined organization,with a more focused strategy,poised to deliverour new AMD Fusion processor technology.Second,we closed a transaction wit

6、h the Advanced Technology Investment Corporation(ATIC)and the Mubadala Development Company of Abu Dhabi.This fulfilled a multi-year vision to create twocompanies capable of delivering innovation and impact to the global technology industry:a leadingdesign innovator in AMD and a leading-edge manufact