{"id":10353,"date":"2014-06-20T08:31:49","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T06:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=10353"},"modified":"2014-06-20T08:31:49","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T06:31:49","slug":"amd-accelerates-energy-efficiency-of-apus-details-plans-to-deliver-25x-efficiency-gains-by-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/10353-amd-accelerates-energy-efficiency-of-apus-details-plans-to-deliver-25x-efficiency-gains-by-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"<span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">ACCELERATES<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">ENERGY<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EFFICIENCY<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">OF<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">APUS<\/span>, <span class=\"caps\">DETAILS<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">PLANS<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">TO<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">DELIVER<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">25X<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EFFICIENCY<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">GAINS<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">BY<\/span>&nbsp;2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <i>Design Opti\u00admiza\u00adti\u00adons, Intel\u00adli\u00adgent Power Manage\u00adment and Hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous Sys\u00adtem Archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre Advan\u00adces To Enable <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> To Out\u00adpace His\u00adto\u00adri\u00adcal Ener\u00adgy Effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy Trend by At Least 70 Per\u00adcent<\/i>\u2014<i> <\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Dali\u00adan, Chi\u00adna \u2014Chi\u00adna Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Soft\u00adware and Infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon Ser\u00advice Fair<\/b><b>\u2014 June 19, 2014<\/b> <b>\u2014<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\/\"><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span><\/a> (<span class=\"caps\">NYSE<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>) today announ\u00adced its goal to deli\u00adver a 25x impro\u00adve\u00adment in the ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy of its Acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted Pro\u00adces\u00adsing Units (APUs) by 2020,<sup>1<\/sup> Details inclu\u00adding inno\u00adva\u00adtions that will pro\u00addu\u00adce the expec\u00adted effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy gains were pre\u00adsen\u00adted today by <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s Chief Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy Offi\u00adcer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\/en-us\/who-we-are\/corporate-information\/leadership\/mark-papermaster\"> Mark Paper\u00admas\u00adter<\/a> during a key\u00adnote at the Chi\u00adna Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Soft\u00adware and Ser\u00advice Fair (<span class=\"caps\">CISIS<\/span>) con\u00adfe\u00adrence in Dali\u00adan, Chi\u00adna. The \u201c<span class=\"caps\">25X20<\/span>\u201d tar\u00adget&nbsp; is a sub\u00adstan\u00adti\u00adal increase com\u00adpared to the pri\u00ador six years (2008 to 2014), during which time <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> impro\u00adved the typi\u00adcal use ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy of its pro\u00adducts more than 10x.<sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>World\u00adwi\u00adde, three bil\u00adli\u00adon per\u00adso\u00adnal com\u00adpu\u00adters use more than one per\u00adcent of all ener\u00adgy con\u00adsu\u00admed annu\u00adal\u00adly, and 30 mil\u00adli\u00adon com\u00adpu\u00adter ser\u00advers use an addi\u00adtio\u00adnal 1.5 per\u00adcent of all elec\u00adtri\u00adci\u00adty con\u00adsu\u00admed at an annu\u00adal cost of $14 bil\u00adli\u00adon to $18 bil\u00adli\u00adon <span class=\"caps\">USD<\/span>. Expan\u00added use of the Inter\u00adnet, mobi\u00adle devices, and inte\u00adrest in cloud-based video and audio con\u00adtent in gene\u00adral is expec\u00adted to result in all of tho\u00adse num\u00adbers incre\u00adasing in future years.<sup>2<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Crea\u00adting dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adted low-power pro\u00adducts is a key ele\u00adment of our busi\u00adness stra\u00adtegy, with an atten\u00adding relent\u00adless focus on ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy,\u201d said Paper\u00admas\u00adter.&nbsp; Through <span class=\"caps\">APU<\/span> archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adral enhance\u00adments and intel\u00adli\u00adgent power effi\u00adci\u00adent tech\u00adni\u00adques, our cus\u00adto\u00admers can expect to see us dra\u00adma\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly impro\u00adve the ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy of our pro\u00adces\u00adsors during the next seve\u00adral years. Set\u00adting a goal to impro\u00adve the ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy of our pro\u00adces\u00adsors 25 times by 2020 is a mea\u00adsu\u00adre of our com\u00admit\u00adment and con\u00adfi\u00addence in our approach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/b>\u201cThe ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy of infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy has impro\u00adved at a rapid pace sin\u00adce the begin\u00adning of the com\u00adpu\u00adter age, and inno\u00adva\u00adtions in semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies con\u00adti\u00adnue to open up new pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties for hig\u00adher effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy,\u201d said Dr. Jona\u00adthan Koomey, rese\u00adarch fel\u00adlow at the Stey\u00ader-Tay\u00adlor Cen\u00adter for Ener\u00adgy Poli\u00adcy and Finan\u00adce at Stan\u00adford Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty. \u201c<span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> has ste\u00adadi\u00adly impro\u00adved the ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy of its mobi\u00adle pro\u00adces\u00adsors, having achie\u00adved grea\u00adter than a 10-fold impro\u00adve\u00adment over the last six years in typi\u00adcal-use ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy.&nbsp; <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s focus on impro\u00adving typi\u00adcal power effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy will likely yield signi\u00adfi\u00adcant con\u00adsu\u00admer bene\u00adfits sub\u00adstan\u00adti\u00adal\u00adly impro\u00adving real-world bat\u00adtery life and per\u00adfor\u00admance for mobi\u00adle devices.&nbsp; <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy plans show every pro\u00admi\u00adse of yiel\u00adding about a 25-fold impro\u00adve\u00adment in typi\u00adcal-use ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy for mobi\u00adle devices over the next six years, a pace that sub\u00adstan\u00adti\u00adal\u00adly exceeds his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adcal rates of growth in peak out\u00adput ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy.&nbsp; This would be achie\u00adved through both per\u00adfor\u00admance gains and rapid reduc\u00adtions in the typi\u00adcal-use power of pro\u00adces\u00adsors. In addi\u00adti\u00adon to the bene\u00adfits of increased per\u00adfor\u00admance, the effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy gains help to extend bat\u00adtery life, enable deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of smal\u00adler and less mate\u00adri\u00adal inten\u00adsi\u00adve devices, and limit the over\u00adall envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal impact of increased num\u00adbers of com\u00adpu\u00adting devices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moore\u2019s Law sta\u00adtes that the num\u00adber of tran\u00adsis\u00adtors capa\u00adble of being built in a given area dou\u00adbles rough\u00adly every two years.&nbsp; Dr. Koomey\u2019s rese\u00adarch demons\u00adtra\u00adtes that his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adcal\u00adly, ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy of pro\u00adces\u00adsors has clo\u00adse\u00adly tra\u00adcked the rate of impro\u00adve\u00adment pre\u00addic\u00adted by Moore\u2019s Law.<sup>3<\/sup>&nbsp; Through intel\u00adli\u00adgent power manage\u00adment and <span class=\"caps\">APU<\/span> archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adral advan\u00adces, in tan\u00addem with semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring pro\u00adcess tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy impro\u00adve\u00adments and a focu\u00adsed on typi\u00adcal use power, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s expects its ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy achie\u00adve\u00adments to out\u00adpace&nbsp;the his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adcal effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy&nbsp;trend pre\u00addic\u00adted by Moore\u2019s law by at least 70 per\u00adcent bet\u00adween 2014 and&nbsp;2020.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Archi\u00adtec\u00adting for Ener\u00adgy-Effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy Leadership<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Like advan\u00adces in com\u00adpu\u00adting per\u00adfor\u00admance, advan\u00adces in power effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy have his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adcal\u00adly come along with new gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons of sili\u00adcon pro\u00adcess tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy that shrink the size of each indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal tran\u00adsis\u00adtor. <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> expects to out\u00adpace the power effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy gains expec\u00adted from pro\u00adcess tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy tran\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons through 2020 for typi\u00adcal use based on suc\u00adcessful\u00adly exe\u00adcu\u00adting three cen\u00adtral pil\u00adlars of the company\u2019s ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00adent design strategy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous-com\u00adpu\u00adting and power opti\u00admiza\u00adti\u00adon<\/b>: Through <a href=\"http:\/\/developer.amd.com\/resources\/heterogeneous-computing\/what-is-heterogeneous-system-architecture-hsa\/\"> Hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous Sys\u00adtem Archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre (<span class=\"caps\">HSA<\/span>)<\/a>, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> com\u00adbi\u00adnes <span class=\"caps\">CPU<\/span> and <span class=\"caps\">GPU<\/span> com\u00adpu\u00adte cores and spe\u00adcial pur\u00adpo\u00adse acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors such as digi\u00adtal signal pro\u00adces\u00adsors and video enco\u00adders on the same chip in the form of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\/en-us\/innovations\/software-technologies\/apu\">APUs<\/a>. This inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon from <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> saves ener\u00adgy by eli\u00admi\u00adna\u00adting con\u00adnec\u00adtions bet\u00adween dis\u00adcrete chips, redu\u00adces com\u00adpu\u00adting cycles by trea\u00adting the <span class=\"caps\">CPU<\/span> and <span class=\"caps\">GPU<\/span> as peers, and enables the seam\u00adless shift of com\u00adpu\u00adting workloads to the opti\u00admal pro\u00adces\u00adsing com\u00adpo\u00adnent.&nbsp; The result is impro\u00adved ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy and acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted per\u00adfor\u00admance for com\u00admon workloads, inclu\u00adding stan\u00addard office appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons as well as emer\u00adging visual\u00adly ori\u00aden\u00adted and inter\u00adac\u00adti\u00adve workloads such as natu\u00adral user inter\u00adfaces and image and speech reco\u00adgni\u00adti\u00adon. <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> pro\u00advi\u00addes APUs with <span class=\"caps\">HSA<\/span> fea\u00adtures to the embedded, ser\u00adver and cli\u00adent device mar\u00adkets, and its semi-cus\u00adtom APUs are insi\u00adde the new gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of game consoles.<\/li>\n<li><b>Intel\u00adli\u00adgent, real-time power manage\u00adment<\/b>: Most com\u00adpu\u00adting ope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon is cha\u00adrac\u00adte\u00adri\u00adzed by idle time, the inter\u00adval bet\u00adween key\u00adstrokes, touch inputs or time revie\u00adw\u00ading dis\u00adplay\u00aded con\u00adtent. Exe\u00adcu\u00adting tasks as quick\u00adly as pos\u00adsi\u00adble to has\u00adten a return to idle, and then mini\u00admi\u00adzing the power used at idle is extre\u00adme\u00adly important for mana\u00adging ener\u00adgy con\u00adsump\u00adti\u00adon.&nbsp; Most con\u00adsu\u00admer-ori\u00aden\u00adted tasks such as web brow\u00adsing, office docu\u00adment editing, and pho\u00adto editing bene\u00adfit from this \u201crace to idle\u201d beha\u00advi\u00ador. The latest <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> APUs per\u00adform real-time ana\u00adly\u00adsis on the workload and appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, dyna\u00admi\u00adcal\u00adly adjus\u00adting clock speed to achie\u00adve opti\u00admal through\u00adput rates. Simi\u00adlar\u00adly, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> offers plat\u00adform awa\u00adre power manage\u00adment whe\u00adre the pro\u00adces\u00adsor can over\u00adclock to quick\u00adly get the job done, then drop back into low-power idle&nbsp;mode.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Future inno\u00adva\u00adtions in power-effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy:<\/b> Impro\u00adve\u00adments in effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy requi\u00adre tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment that takes many years to com\u00adple\u00adte. &nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> reco\u00adgni\u00adzed the need for ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy years ago and made the rese\u00adarch invest\u00adments that have sin\u00adce led to high impact fea\u00adtures. Going for\u00adward many dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adting capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties such as Inter-frame power gating, per-part adap\u00adti\u00adve vol\u00adta\u00adge, vol\u00adta\u00adge islands, fur\u00adther inte\u00adgra\u00adti\u00adon of sys\u00adtem com\u00adpon\u00adents, and other tech\u00adni\u00adques still in the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment stage should yield acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted&nbsp;gains.<\/p>\n<p>Indus\u00adtry ana\u00adlyst firm <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tiriasresearch.com\/\"><span class=\"caps\">TIRIAS<\/span> Rese\u00adarch<\/a> recent\u00adly review\u00aded <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s metho\u00addo\u00adlo\u00adgy for mea\u00adsu\u00adring its ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy and the plans to achie\u00adve a 25x impro\u00adve\u00adment by 2020 and pro\u00addu\u00adced a publicly-available white paper detail\u00ading their analysis.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>The goal of an ener\u00adgy-effi\u00adci\u00adent pro\u00adces\u00adsor is to deli\u00adver more per\u00adfor\u00admance than the pri\u00ador gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon at the same or less power,\u201d said Kevin Kre\u00adwell, ana\u00adlyst at <span class=\"caps\">TIRIAS<\/span> Rese\u00adarch. \u201c<span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s plan to acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte the ener\u00adgy-effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy gains for its mobi\u00adle-com\u00adpu\u00adting pro\u00adces\u00adsors is impres\u00adsi\u00adve. We belie\u00adve that <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> will achie\u00adve its ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy goal, par\u00adti\u00adal\u00adly through pro\u00adcess impro\u00adve\u00adment but most\u00adly by com\u00adbi\u00adning the saving from redu\u00adcing idle power, the per\u00adfor\u00admance boost of hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous sys\u00adtem archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre, and through more intel\u00adli\u00adgent power manage\u00adment. With this under\u00adta\u00adking, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> demons\u00adtra\u00adtes lea\u00adder\u00adship in the com\u00adpu\u00adting indus\u00adtry, dri\u00adving inno\u00adva\u00adtions for a more ener\u00adgy-effi\u00adci\u00adent future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Sup\u00adport\u00ading Resources<br>\n<\/b>\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class=\"caps\">TIRIAS<\/span> Rese\u00adarch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tiriasresearch.com\/downloads\/amd-targets-accelerating-energy-efficiency-gains\/\"> white&nbsp;paper<\/a><br>\n\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Beco\u00adme a fan of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AMD\"><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span><\/a> on Facebook<br>\n\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fol\u00adlow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amd\">@<span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span><\/a> on Twitter<br>\n\u00b7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Join <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+AMD\/posts\"> <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span><\/a> on Goog\u00adle&nbsp;Plus<\/p>\n<p><b>About <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span><\/b><br>\n<span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> (<span class=\"caps\">NYSE<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>) designs and inte\u00adgra\u00adtes tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy that powers mil\u00adli\u00adons of intel\u00adli\u00adgent devices, inclu\u00adding per\u00adso\u00adnal com\u00adpu\u00adters, tablets, game con\u00adso\u00adles and cloud ser\u00advers that defi\u00adne the new era of sur\u00adround com\u00adpu\u00adting. <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> solu\u00adti\u00adons enable peo\u00adp\u00adle ever\u00ady\u00adwhe\u00adre to rea\u00adli\u00adze the full poten\u00adti\u00adal of their favo\u00adri\u00adte devices and appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons to push the boun\u00adda\u00adries of what is pos\u00adsi\u00adble. For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\">www.amd.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b><sup>1<\/sup><\/b> Based on typi\u00adcal-use Ener\u00adgy Effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy as defi\u00adned by taking the ratio of com\u00adpu\u00adte capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty as mea\u00adsu\u00adred by com\u00admon per\u00adfor\u00admance mea\u00adsu\u00adres such as Spe\u00adc\u00adIn\u00adtRa\u00adte, Pass\u00adMark and PCMark, divi\u00added by typi\u00adcal ener\u00adgy use as defi\u00adned by metrics such as <span class=\"caps\">ETEC<\/span> (Typi\u00adcal Ener\u00adgy Con\u00adsump\u00adti\u00adon for note\u00adbook com\u00adpu\u00adters) as spe\u00adci\u00adfied in Ener\u00adgy Star Pro\u00adgram Requi\u00adre\u00adments Rev 6.0 10\/2013<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><sup>2<\/sup> Energy-efficient computing, The <span class=\"caps\">MIT<\/span> Energy Initiative (<span class=\"caps\">MITEI<\/span>); <a href=\"https:\/\/mitei.mit.edu\/news\/energy-efficient-computing\">https:\/\/mitei.mit.edu\/news\/energy-efficient-computing<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><sup>3<\/sup> Asses\u00adsing Trends in The Elec\u00adtri\u00adcal Effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy of Com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon Over Time, Koomey: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llnl.gov\/news\/aroundthelab\/2010\/Nov\/attach\/koomeyoncomputingtrends-v5.pdf\">https:\/\/www.llnl.gov\/news\/aroundthelab\/2010\/Nov\/attach\/koomeyoncomputingtrends-v5.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">This press release con\u00adta\u00adins for\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments con\u00adcer\u00adning Advan\u00adced Micro Devices, Inc. (the \u201cCom\u00adpa\u00adny\u201d), inclu\u00adding, the abili\u00adty of the Com\u00adpa\u00adny to con\u00adti\u00adnue to inno\u00adva\u00adte in ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy at a rate neces\u00adsa\u00adry to hit its <span class=\"caps\">25X<\/span> goal by 2020; and its abili\u00adty to out\u00adpace Moore\u2019s law by at least 70% with respect to ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy; which are made pur\u00adsu\u00adant to the safe har\u00adbor pro\u00advi\u00adsi\u00adons of the Pri\u00adva\u00adte Secu\u00adri\u00adties Liti\u00adga\u00adti\u00adon Reform Act of 1995. For\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments are com\u00admon\u00adly iden\u00adti\u00adfied by words such as \u201cwould,\u201d \u201cmay,\u201d \u201cexpects,\u201d \u201cbelie\u00adves,\u201d \u201cplans,\u201d \u201cintends,\u201d \u201cpro\u00adjects,\u201d and other terms with simi\u00adlar mea\u00adning. Inves\u00adtors are cau\u00adtio\u00adned that the for\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments in this press release are based on cur\u00adrent beliefs, assump\u00adti\u00adons and expec\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons, speak only as of the date of this press release and invol\u00adve risks and uncer\u00adtain\u00adties that could cau\u00adse actu\u00adal results to dif\u00adfer mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adly from cur\u00adrent expec\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons. Risks include the pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty Mate\u00adri\u00adal fac\u00adtors that could cau\u00adse actu\u00adal results to dif\u00adfer mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adly from cur\u00adrent expec\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons include, wit\u00adhout limi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon, the fol\u00adlo\u00adwing: that Intel Corporation\u2019s pri\u00adcing, mar\u00adke\u00adting and reba\u00adting pro\u00adgrams, pro\u00adduct bund\u00adling, stan\u00addard set\u00adting, new pro\u00adduct intro\u00adduc\u00adtions or other acti\u00advi\u00adties may nega\u00adtively impact the Company\u2019s plans; that the Com\u00adpa\u00adny will requi\u00adre addi\u00adtio\u00adnal fun\u00adding and may be unable to rai\u00adse suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adent capi\u00adtal on favorable terms, or at all; that cus\u00adto\u00admers stop buy\u00ading the Company\u2019s pro\u00adducts or mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adly redu\u00adce their ope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons or demand for the Company\u2019s pro\u00adducts; that the Com\u00adpa\u00adny may be unable to deve\u00adlop, launch and ramp new pro\u00adducts and tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies in the volu\u00admes that are requi\u00adred by the mar\u00adket at matu\u00adre yields on a time\u00adly basis; that the Company\u2019s third-par\u00adty foundry sup\u00adpli\u00aders will be unable to tran\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon its pro\u00adducts to advan\u00adced manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring pro\u00adcess tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies in a time\u00adly and effec\u00adti\u00adve way or to manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adre its pro\u00adducts on a time\u00adly basis in suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adent quan\u00adti\u00adties and using com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adve pro\u00adcess tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies; that the Com\u00adpa\u00adny will be unable to obtain suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adent manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring capa\u00adci\u00adty or com\u00adpon\u00adents to meet demand for its pro\u00adducts or will not ful\u00adly uti\u00adli\u00adze its pro\u00adjec\u00adted manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring capa\u00adci\u00adty needs at <span class=\"caps\">GLOBALFOUNDRIES<\/span>\u2019 (<span class=\"caps\">GF<\/span>) micro\u00adpro\u00adces\u00adsor manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring faci\u00adli\u00adties; that the Company\u2019s requi\u00adre\u00adments for wafers will be less than the fixed num\u00adber of wafers that it agreed to purcha\u00adse from <span class=\"caps\">GF<\/span> or <span class=\"caps\">GF<\/span> encoun\u00adters pro\u00adblems that signi\u00adfi\u00adcant\u00adly redu\u00adce the num\u00adber of func\u00adtion\u00adal die it recei\u00adves from each wafer; that the Com\u00adpa\u00adny is unable to suc\u00adcessful\u00adly imple\u00adment its long-term busi\u00adness stra\u00adtegy; that the Com\u00adpa\u00adny inac\u00adcu\u00adra\u00adte\u00adly esti\u00adma\u00adte the quan\u00adti\u00adty or type of pro\u00adducts that its cus\u00adto\u00admers will want in the future or will ulti\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly end up purcha\u00adsing, resul\u00adting in excess or obso\u00adle\u00adte inven\u00adto\u00adry; that the Com\u00adpa\u00adny is unable to mana\u00adge the risks rela\u00adted to the use of its third-par\u00adty dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtors and add-in-board part\u00adners or offer the appro\u00adpria\u00adte incen\u00adti\u00adves to focus them on the sale of the Company\u2019s pro\u00adducts; that the Com\u00adpa\u00adny may be unable to main\u00adtain the level of invest\u00adment in rese\u00adarch and deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment that is requi\u00adred to remain com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adve; that the\u00adre may be unex\u00adpec\u00adted varia\u00adti\u00adons in mar\u00adket growth and demand for its pro\u00adducts and tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies in light of the pro\u00adduct mix that it may have available at any par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar time; that glo\u00adbal busi\u00adness and eco\u00adno\u00admic con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons will not impro\u00adve or will wor\u00adsen; that <span class=\"caps\">PC<\/span> mar\u00adket con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons do not impro\u00adve or will wor\u00adsen; that demand for com\u00adpu\u00adters will be lower than curr\u00adent\u00adly expec\u00adted; and the effect of poli\u00adti\u00adcal or eco\u00adno\u00admic insta\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty, dome\u00adsti\u00adcal\u00adly or inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal\u00adly, on the Company\u2019s sales or sup\u00adp\u00adly chain. Inves\u00adtors are urged to review in detail the risks and uncer\u00adtain\u00adties in the Company\u2019s Secu\u00adri\u00adties and Exch\u00adan\u00adge Com\u00admis\u00adsi\u00adon filings, inclu\u00adding but not limi\u00adt\u00aded to the Quar\u00adter\u00adly Report on Form 10\u2011Q for the quar\u00adter ended March 29,&nbsp;2014.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><i>&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><i>\u2014<\/i><i>30<\/i><i>\u2014<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><em><b><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>, the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Arrow logo and com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adons the\u00adreof are trade\u00admarks of Advan\u00adced Micro Devices, Inc. Other names are for infor\u00adma\u00adtio\u00adnal pur\u00adpo\u00adses only and may be trade\u00admarks of their respec\u00adti\u00adve owners.<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Design Opti\u00admiza\u00adti\u00adons, Intel\u00adli\u00adgent Power Manage\u00adment and Hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous Sys\u00adtem Archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre Advan\u00adces To Enable <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> To Out\u00adpace His\u00adto\u00adri\u00adcal Ener\u00adgy Effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy Trend by At Least 70 Per\u00adcent\u2014 Dali\u00adan, Chi\u00adna \u2014Chi\u00adna Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Soft\u00adware and Infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon Ser\u00advice Fair\u2014 June 19, 2014 \u2014 <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> (<span class=\"caps\">NYSE<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>) today announ\u00adced its goal to deli\u00adver a 25x impro\u00adve\u00adment in the ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy of (\u2026) <a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/10353-amd-accelerates-energy-efficiency-of-apus-details-plans-to-deliver-25x-efficiency-gains-by-2020\/\">Wei\u00adter\u00adle\u00adsen&nbsp;\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressemitteilungen","entry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10354,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10353\/revisions\/10354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}