AMD DEMONSTRATES WORLD’S FIRST NATIVE QUAD-CORE X86 SERVER PROCESSOR

BERKELEY, CALIF. – Nov. 30, 2006 — AMD (NYSE: AMD) today demonstrated
the industry’s first native quad-core x86 server processor, achieving
four x86 processing cores on a single die of silicon. At the annual AMD
Industry Analyst Forum, a server powered by four upcoming Quad-Core AMD
Opteron(tm) processors (codenamed Barcelona), manufactured on 65nm
silicon-on-insulator process technology, was shown utilizing all 16
cores. By delivering a consistent thermal envelope while adding two
more processing cores, along with micro-architectural enhancements, AMD
expects to significantly advance the performance-per-watt capabilities*
of AMD Opteron processors.