PRESS RELEASE DATED JULY 5, 2001
Published on July 10, 2001
NEWS RELEASE
Exhibit 99.1
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AMD SAYS SECOND QUARTER SALES DECLINED
SUNNYVALE, CA -- JULY 5, 2001 -- AMD (NYSE:AMD) said today that sales for
the second quarter ended July 1, 2001 at $985 million declined approximately 17
percent from first quarter sales of $1.189 billion. On continuing businesses,
the sales decline amounted to approximately 11 percent from the like period of
2000. The company also said that, on 341 million shares outstanding, it is
estimating second quarter net income of $0.03 to $0.05 per diluted share.
When it announced first quarter results on April 18, AMD projected that
second quarter sales could decline by as much as 10 percent. AMD said that two
factors caused the greater than expected decline in sales. First, demand for
flash memory devices was and continues to be weaker than anticipated. Second,
competitive pressures in the PC processor market depressed the company's average
selling prices. Today the company said that, despite continuing weak PC market
conditions and very aggressive pricing by Intel Corporation, the company
achieved record unit sales of AMD Athlon(TM) processors, record unit sales of
AMD Duron(TM) processors, and record aggregate PC processor unit sales,
demonstrating the breadth, strength and competitiveness of its PC processor
product line.
AMD will report second quarter results of operations on July 12.
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About AMD
AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and
network computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in
the United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard &
Poor's 500 company, produces microprocessors, flash memory devices, and support
circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and
based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $4.6 billion in 2000. (NYSE:
AMD).
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