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AMD’s Vice President and Chief Technical Officer Fred Weber today will disclose architectural details of AMD’s next-generation “Hammer” microprocessor architecture at Microprocessor Forum in San Jose, Calif. Weber will also discuss how HyperTransport™, the innovative technology designed to accelerate internal system communications, simplifies the design and boosts the performance of multiprocessing systems. A question-and-answer session will follow his presentation.

Following his presentation, AMD plans to issue a press release and other information with highlights of the “Hammer” presentation. Information will be available at http://www.amd.com/news/spotlight

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