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|Description=Advanced Micro Devices or AMD is an American technology company that sells CPUs and GPUs for both commercial and enterprise use. | |Description=Advanced Micro Devices or AMD is an American technology company that sells CPUs and GPUs for both commercial and enterprise use. | ||
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'' | '''{{wplink|AMD|Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.}}''' or '''AMD''' is an American technology company that designs and sells computer components such as {{wplink|central processing unit}} (CPUs), {{wplink|graphics processing unit}} (GPUs) and related products for both commercial and enterprise use. AMD was cofounded in 1969 by Walter Jeremiah “Jerry” Sanders, a former executive at {{wplink|Fairchild Semiconductor}} Corporation, and seven colleagues.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. {{!}} American Semiconductor Company {{!}} Britannica Money |url=https://www.britannica.com/money/Advanced-Micro-Devices-Inc |access-date=2026-02-23 |website=Britannica}} ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251225042245/https://www.britannica.com/money/Advanced-Micro-Devices-Inc Archived])</ref> | ||
==Consumer-impact summary== | ==Consumer-impact summary== | ||
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This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]]. | This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]]. | ||
===Abandonment of the sTRX4 platform=== | ===Abandonment of the sTRX4 platform (2019)=== | ||
{{Main|link to the main article}} | {{Main|link to the main article}} | ||
On November 25, 2019, AMD released | On November 25, 2019, AMD released {{wplink|socket sTRX4}} alongside their {{wplink|Threadripper#Castle_Peak_(Threadripper_3000_series,_Zen_2_based)|Threadripper 3000}} series of HEDT (high-end desktop) processors with the promise of long term support for the platform.<ref>{{Cite web |last=AMDOfficial |title=Performance Preview: 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen Threadripper Processors for Creators |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/dsy4kw/performance_preview_3rd_gen_amd_ryzen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250802105206/https://old.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/dsy4kw/performance_preview_3rd_gen_amd_ryzen/ |archive-date=2025-08-02 |access-date=2025-08-02 |website=Reddit}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jeffrey |first=Cal |date=2019-11-12 |title=AMD commits to 'long-term' support for sTRX4 CPU socket used with third-gen Threadripper |url=https://www.techspot.com/news/82734-amd-commits-long-term-support-strx4-cpu-socket.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250802105138/https://www.techspot.com/news/82734-amd-commits-long-term-support-strx4-cpu-socket.html |archive-date=2025-08-02 |access-date=2025-08-02 |website=TechSpot}}</ref> This along with the strong reputation of {{wplink|socket AM4}} led many people to invest into the platform. Despite the promises made, AMD ultimately fell flat and only supported a total of one generation of CPUs before freezing the regular Ryzen Threadripper lineup till the release of {{wplink|List_of_AMD_Ryzen_processors#Storm_Peak_desktop|Threadripper 7000}} on {{wplink|socket sTR5}}. | ||
=== | ==="Bulldozer" CPU false advertisement lawsuit (2015-2019)=== | ||
... | AMD settled the lawsuit with a $12.1 million payout, which is estimated to have compensated up to $35 per applicant that could give a proof of purchase. The complaint was about the Bulldozer processors being marketed as the "first native 8-core desktop processor," while this was allegedly false advertising. The CPU has 4 modules with each 2 sub-processors that shared resources instead of 8 independent cores that could perform separately and simultaneously.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Dylan |date=27 Aug 2019 |title=AMD Reaches $12.1M Settlement In Bulldozer False Advertising Suit |url=https://www.crn.com/news/components-peripherals/amd-reaches-12-1m-settlement-for-bulldozer-false-advertising-suit |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810172133/https://www.crn.com/news/components-peripherals/amd-reaches-12-1m-settlement-for-bulldozer-false-advertising-suit |archive-date=10 Aug 2024 |access-date=2 Dec 2025 |website=CRN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hachman |first=Mark |date=28 Aug 2019 |title=AMD settles Bulldozer class-action suit that could pay out up to $35 per chip |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/397954/amd-settles-bulldozer-class-action-suit-that-could-pay-out-up-to-35-per-chip.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003044413/https://www.pcworld.com/article/397954/amd-settles-bulldozer-class-action-suit-that-could-pay-out-up-to-35-per-chip.html |archive-date=3 Oct 2024 |access-date=2 Dec 2025 |website=PCWorld}}</ref> And it was demonstrated that the alleged customer damages caused by the allegedly misleading claims can be measured on a class-wide basis.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 Jan 2019 |title=Dickey v. Advanced Micro Devices |url=https://regmedia.co.uk/2019/01/22/amd-core-class-action.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217004410/https://regmedia.co.uk/2019/01/22/amd-core-class-action.pdf |archive-date=17 Feb 2024 |access-date=2 Dec 2025 |website=The Register}}</ref> | ||
=== The AMD Platform Security Processor (PSP) / AMD Secure Processor === | |||
{{Main|AMD Platform Security Processor}} | |||
This is a trusted execution environment subsystem integrated into AMD microprocessors since 2013 to manage hardware security, secure boot, and cryptographic operations to approach feature parity with Intel processors with an Intel Management Engine (IME). Critics argue its closed-source firmware poses a backdoor risk and several vulnerabilities have been confirmed. AMD maintains it is essential for features like Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) and firmware TPM (fTPM).<ref>See main article. </ref> | |||
==Products== | ==Products== | ||
=== CPUs: === | ===CPUs:=== | ||
*{{wplink|Epyc}} (server lineup) | |||
*{{wplink|Ryzen}} (consumer lineup) | |||
*{{wplink|Threadripper}} (HEDT lineup) | |||
===GPUs:=== | |||
* | *{{wplink|Radeon}} (consumer lineup) | ||
* | *{{wplink|Radeon Pro}} (workstation lineup) | ||
* | *{{wplink|Radeon Instinct}} (ML targeted workstation lineup) | ||
=== | ===Networking=== | ||
* | *Solarflare Ethernet Adapters | ||
* | *Telco and Networking | ||
* | *Alveo for Data Centers | ||
*Pensando DPU | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
[[Nvidia]] | *[[Intel]] | ||
*[[Nvidia]] | |||
*[[Qualcomm]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||