[LETTERHEAD OF
                                                          ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES
                                                                   APPEARS HERE]

                                                                      EXHIBIT 99
NEWS RELEASE
                                                        For further information:
                                                        Chuck Mulloy
                                                        (408) 749-5481

                    ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES SAYS SHAREHOLDER
                             SUIT IS WITHOUT MERIT


SUNNYVALE, CA...November 6, 1995 ... Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) today 
announced that a securities class action has been filed by a shareholder against
the company and certain officers and directors in U.S. District Court in San 
Jose, California.  The complaint asserts that AMD made false or misleading 
projections about the status of its AMD K-5/TM/ microprocessor development 
efforts during an alleged class period beginning April 11, 1995 and ending 
September 25, 1995.


AMD stated that the complaint is without merit and intends to vigorously defend 
itself against the claims made in the complaint.


Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., is the fourth-largest U.S. merchant supplier of 
integrated circuits.  Focusing on the personal and networked computing and 
communications markets, AMD produces microprocessors and related peripherals, 
memories, programmable logic devices and circuits for telecommunications and 
networking applications.  AMD has sales offices worldwide and manufacturing 
facilities in Sunnyvale, California; Austin, Texas; Bangkok, Thailand; Penang, 
Malaysia; Singapore; Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan and Basingstoke, England.

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