Suffice to say, it’s a lot of processors.

It seems very appropriate that this milestone is arriving during our year-long 40^th Anniversary Celebration, providing yet another indicator of AMD’s indelible impact on our industry, and on consumers the world over.

Back in April, I posted about our 40^th Anniversary and how, from our point of view, 40 really is the new 20.  We see our anniversary as a great time to recognize both AMD’s successes and our transition to a new focus on designing the next generation of CPUs and GPUs. 

Our “ruby” anniversary is also an opportunity to have some fun and give back to the fans that have supported us over the decades through a series of contests.  Our first contest closed in June and the exceptionally creative winning entries can be found on our Flickr and YouTube channels. When we challenged the community to develop creative ways to celebrate the anniversary, we knew you’d come through, but we never thought people would go this far!  Well done everyone!

And now, onto contest number two! 

This time, we’re giving away four HP Pavilion DV2z notebooks throughout August and September. For a chance to win, just follow us on Twitter (@AMD_Unprocessed) and starting today, a new question about general AMD trivia will be tweeted every other Monday.  Eligible respondents* who reply via Direct Message with the correct answer will be automatically entered for a chance to win one of these feature laden laptops.

Not bad, eh? Check out the anniversary page for more details!

Good luck!

Nigel Dessau is senior vice president and chief marketing officer at AMD. His postings are his own opinions and may not represent AMD’s positions, strategies or opinions. Links to third party sites are provided for convenience and unless explicitly stated, AMD is not responsible for the contents of such links sites and no endorsement is implied.

* Eligibility: Residents of United States and Canada (excluding Quebec), age 18 or over. One (1) entry per person per entry period. See complete OFFICIAL RULES for additional details. Official rules may be obtained on the Facebook AMD Unprocessed page.  Additional restrictions may apply.  Void where prohibited.

Enjoy.

Fact #1

The 50 million Wii gaming consoles shipped to date run on AMD processors.

Fact #2

Billions of financial transactions are conducted quickly and efficiently every day by major stock exchanges around the world on AMD processor-based servers.

Fact #3

7 of the 10 fastest supercomputers in the world are powered by AMD processors.

Fact #4

AMD processors were trusted to power crash safety test simulations for almost 2 million new cars that hit the road in the US in 2008.

Fact #5

Realistic special effects powered by AMD technology have helped Hollywood amass more than $5.4 billion in worldwide box office revenue.

Fact #6

AMD processors in the Top500 supercomputer list account for more than 4.029 petaflops of computing power (in English: that’s more than four thousand trillion calculations per second).

Fact #7

50 percent of Internet DNS traffic is efficiently and quickly routed via AMD processor-powered servers.

Fact #8

Musicians and producers who have collectively won 70 Grammy awards currently rely on AMD technology for their cutting-edge digital music production.

Fact #9

Every month nearly 23 million travelers find their ideal trip using online travel services powered by AMD processor-based hardware.

Fact #10

AMD graphics and slot machines are a winning combination.  More than 75 percent of new slot machines in Las Vegas use AMD graphics to power their visually stunning imagery, and more than half of those machines also use an AMD CPU.

Nigel Dessau is senior vice president and chief marketing officer at AMD. His postings are his own opinions and may not represent AMD’s positions, strategies or opinions. Links to third party sites are provided for convenience and unless explicitly stated, AMD is not responsible for the contents of such links sites and no endorsement is implied.