AMD

Date "AMD" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1911. (references)

"AMD" is a common misspelling or typo for: adze, aims, amp, dado, mad.

Specialty Definition: AMD

Domain	Definition
Computing	AMD 1. Advanced Micro Devices. 2. According to Don Olivier , his system manager came in to work one morningn to find his IBM system down with a message on the console that said "AMD failure". After he and the service rep had puzzled over documentation for an hour or so they called headquarters and eventually learned that it the failure was in the cooling system: an AMD is an "air movement device", IBM for "fan". (1995-01-16). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
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Specialty Definition: AMD

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

AMD is the popular acronym for Advanced Micro Devices. Founded in 1969, AMD is the second-largest supplier of IBM PC compatible processors, and a leading supplier of non-volatile flash memory. AMD makes the Athlon and Duron lines of x86-compatible processors. This is not to imply that AMD produces x86-specific components, as their more general components have been found in early Apple computers and numerous other electronic devices.

History
The company got its start in the microprocessor business in 1979 as a second-source manufacturer of the Intel 8086 and 8088 processors, under contract from Intel. AMD later produced the 80286, or 286, under the same arrangement, but then Intel cancelled the agreement in 1986. AMD then made its own clones of the later Intel 80386 and 80486 models, which were sold at a significantly lower price than the Intel versions.
Their first (and, as of 2003, only) completely in-house processor was the K5, launched in 1995. Architecturally it had more in common with the newly-released Pentium Pro than the Pentium or Cyrix's 6x86. There were a number of problems however; a confusing naming system was employed, with some chips being represented by their true core speed, others with a PR number. More tellingly the K5 couldn't match the 6x86's Integer performance, nor the Pentium's FPU performance. This, combined with the fact that the design scaled badly, doomed the K5 to near-total failure in the market place. To it's credit though, it didn't suffer from the compatibility problems that the 6x86 did, and didn't run as hot as Cyrix's chip.
In 1997, AMD purchased NexGen, Inc and the rights to their Nx686 processor. They rebranded the Nx686 the K6, and shifted it from a proprietary socket to Intel's Socket 7 allowing the processor to be used in almost any Pentium compatible motherboard. The processor used an x86 design which included several design features common in RISC processors. A year after that, the multimedia-enhanced K6-2 was released.
In January 1999, the final iteration of the K6-x series, the 450 MHz K6-III, was extremely competetive with Intel's top of the line chips. This chip was essentially a K6-2 with 256 kilobytes of full-speed level 2 cache integrated into the core and a better branch prediction unit. While it matched (generally beating) the Pentium II/III in Integer operations, the FPU was really a fifth-generation design and couldn't compete with Intel's newest processors.
In August of the same year, AMD finally took the crown of having the fastest x86 in the world when they released the Athlon (K7) processor. Except for a few weeks here and there, AMD held this distinction with later revisions of the Athlon until October 2001, then held it on and off for the next few months. Since then, though, AMD's processors have fallen behind Intel's in frequency and some measures of performance. Even so, many users consider Athlon or K7 processors superior to Intel's current Pentium 4 processors by way of a better architecture. However, Athlons are known to have problems with low-quality power supply units, and have hit severe scaling problems.

AMD64
AMD's future strategy appears to be diverging significantly from that of Intel with the release of the 64-bit AMD64 "Hammer" architecture. Whilst retaining support for the traditional x86 instruction set, the Hammer's native 64-bit mode is unique to AMD processors and incompatible with the IA-64 architecture used in Intel's Itanium processor. As a relatively straightforward extension and cleanup of the basic x86 architecture, from a technical perspective AMD's conservative approach looks likely to produce, at least initially, better price-performance than the Itanium and its successors. Whether system integrators and consumers will risk investment in a non-Intel architecture is still, however, unclear.
AMD released its first AMD64 processor, the Opteron, in March 2003. The Opteron is designed for workstation and server systems, including those containing more than one processor. AMD then released Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 FX in September 2003, and decisively took the performance crown, with both chips beating the Pentium 4 (and a newly launched high end edition, Pentium 4 Extreme Edition) in almost all performance tests.
see also: List of AMD microprocessors

External link

AMD Website: http://www.amd.com
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "AMD."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: AMD

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
AMD	English	Adaptive partitioned multiprocessing	N/A
AMD	French	Dram	Geography
AMD	German	Interaktives Armaturenbrett zur Produktionsplanung und-steuerung	N/A
AMD	Greek	ντραμ	Geography
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: AMD

English words defined with "AMD": Fever root. (references)

Specialty definitions using "AMD": 3DNow!, 3DNow! Professional ♦ AMD 29000, AMD 29027, AMD Am2901, AMD Am2903, AMD Am2910, AMD K7 ♦ bit slice ♦ FreeBSD ♦ GCC ♦ Home Phoneline Networking Alliance ♦ Intel 8751 ♦ K6 ♦ MIPS R2000, MMI ♦ Peripheral Component Interconnect ♦ Scalable Processor ARChitecture, Socket 7, Super 7 ♦ TLAs ♦ wireless local area network ♦ x86. (references)

Non-English Usage: "AMD" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Portuguese (dram).

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Modern Usage: AMD

Domain	Usage
Tongue Twisters	Catch a can canner canning a can as he does the cancan, amd you've caught a can-anning can-canning can canner! (references; author: unknown)
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Commercial Usage: AMD

Domain	Title
References	The 2000 Import and Export Market for Sanitary, Plumbing, Heating, Amd Lighting Fixtures in The Middle East (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Consumption, Population, and Sustainability: Perspectives from Science Amd Religion (reference) Morningstar Stock Research Report AMD : [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) The 2000 Import and Export Market for Sanitary, Plumbing, Heating, Amd Lighting Fixtures in Europe [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference) The Authority: Earth Inferno Amd Other Stories (reference) You Know I Wouldn't Say This If I Didn't Love You (How to Defend Yourself Against Verbal Zaps amd Zingers) (reference) (more book examples)

High Tech	HP Pavilion ze4115 Notebook PC (1.33 GHz AMD Athlon XP 1500+, 256MB RAM, 30GB hard drive) (reference) AMD ATH/1GHZ 128MB 20GB-8MB SND 48X NIC 56K W98 (reference) Amd Athlon/p2 Bonded Fin Cpu Cooler (reference) Amd Athlon Xp 1800+ 384k Cache Socka 266mhz - Core Freq 1.53ghz (reference) Amd Athlon Xp 1900+ 384k Cache Socka 266mhz - Core Freq 1.6ghz (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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Photo Album: AMD

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Mice were injected with mouse sarcoma cells amd treated 3 days later when many micro-metastatic tumor foci were evident in the lungs. Lungs on the left were treated with saline. The lungs on the right were treated with lymphokine activated killer (LAK) cells plus recombinant interleukin-2. Greater than 250 sarcoma metastases are seen in the lungs of saline treated mice. This number is significantly reduced to less than 12 in mice receiving LAK cells plus recombinant interleukin-2. Normal mouse lung is 1 inch long. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		Treatment plant at Minnesota Flats to treat AMD from the Richmond and Lawson Portals. Water raised PH 1 - 11 to ppt sludge. The sludge was hauled to Brick Flat pit. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.
	AMD coming from Iron Mountain Mine, Lawson Portal. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.		Boulder Creek AMD from Richmond and Lawson portals sent to the copper plant. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.
	Slickrock, AMD seep at Iron Mountain Mine. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.
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Digital Photo Gallery: AMD

"The insides" by Rene Cerney
Commentary: "My old parts - AMD 1.3 Gigahertz CPU and a 32 MB stick of PC 133 RAM."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: AMD

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Dry AMD currently cannot be treated. (references)
		Fortunately, dry AMD develops very slowly. (references)
		Some cases of wet AMD can be treated with laser surgery. (references)
Business		AMD, Intel and TI supply about one-fourth of semiconductor demand in the information products industry sector. (references)
Civil Liberties	Dominican Republic	The AMD had permission from the Secretary of Interior to march against proposed social security legislation. (references)
	Dominican Republic	The AMD sent a report on the incident to the President and received an apology; none of the officers involved were disciplined. (references)
Economic History	Mexico	Jalisco is the second most visited state in Mexico, with Puerto Vallarta amd Guadalajara as the main destinations. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: AMD

"AMD" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 46.15% of the time. "AMD" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	46.15%	12	101,599
Lexical Verb (base form)	30.77%	8	124,375
Noun (singular)	23.08%	6	143,867
Total	100.00%	26	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: AMD

Expressions using "AMD": amd 29000 ♦ amd 29027 ♦ amd Am2901 ♦ amd Am2903 ♦ amd Am2910 ♦ amd K7. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "AMD": Fujitsu-amd.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: AMD

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
amd	2,784	2400 amd athlon xp	44
amd athlon	480	custom amd computer	43
amd processor	369	amd xp	43
amd motherboard	232	2600 amd	41
amd duron	203	amd austin computer	41
amd athlon xp	144	overclock amd	40
amd cpu	144	amd vs pentium	40
intel vs amd	132	asd amd	39
amd k6	132	2400 amd	32
amd opteron	98	amd k7	31
amd athlon bios	79	amd athlon xp 2200	30
amd barton	79	amd intel	30
amd k6 2	66	amd 3200	30
overclocking amd	65	2500 amd	29
amd computer	61	amd xp 2000	29
amd athlon processor	59	2600 amd xp	29
amd athlon server	59	amd thunderbird	28
amd athlon xp 2000	51	amd zone	28
2600 amd athlon xp	46	amd 2800	27
amd 800	46	amd laptop	26
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Bible Trace: AMD

Language	Date	Source	1 Corinthians Chapter 12, Verse 31
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Zhloute de ta carismata ta kreittona kai eti kaq uperbolhn odon umin deiknumi
Latin	405	Vulgate	Aemulamini autem charismata maiora et adhuc excellentiorem viam vobis demonstro
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	But sue ye the betere goostli yiftis. And yit Y schewe to you a more exellent weye.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Covet after ye best giftes. Amd yet shewe I vnto you a moare excellent waye.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	But covet earnestly the best gifts. And yet I show to you a more excellent way.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	But let your desires be turned to the more important things given by the Spirit. And now I am pointing out to you an even better way.
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Matched Bible Translations: AMD

Language	1 Corinthians Chapter 12, Verse 31
Cebuano	Apan tinguhaa hinoon ninyo pag-ayo ang labi pa ka dagkung mga hiyas.
Croatian	Èeznite za višim darima! A evo vam puta najizvrsnijega!
Danish	Men tragter efter de største Nådegaver! Og yder mere viser jeg eder en ypperlig Vej.
Dutch	Doch ijvert naar de beste gaven; en ik wijs u een weg, die nog uitnemender is.
Finnish	Pyrkikää osallisiksi parhaimmista armolahjoista. Ja vielä minä osoitan teille tien, verrattoman tien.
French	Aspirez aux dons les meilleurs. Et je vais encore vous montrer une voie par excellence.
German	Strebet aber nach den besten Gaben! Und ich will euch noch einen köstlichern Weg zeigen.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Karena itu, hendaklah kalian berusaha sungguh-sungguh untuk mendapat karunia-karunia yang paling utama. Namun berikut ini saya menunjukkan kepadamu jalan yang terbaik.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Tetapi usahakanlah dirimu akan beroleh segala karunia yang terlebih besar. Maka aku menunjukkan kepadamu suatu jalan yang terutama sekali.
Latvian	Bet jûs centieties pçc labâkâm þçlastîbâm; un pie tâ es jums râdu vçl cçlâku ceïu.
Maori	Na, whaia nga mea homai papai rawa: tenei ia te ara tino pai rawa, maku e whakaatu ki a koutou.
Norwegian	Men streb efter de største nådegaver! Og jeg vil vise eder en ennu bedre vei.
Portuguese	Mas procurai com zelo os maiores dons. Ademais, eu vos mostrarei um caminho sobremodo excelente.
Rumanian	Umblayi dar dupq darurile cele mai bune. Wi vq voi arqta o cale nespus mai bunq.
Russian	тЕЧОХКФЕ П ДБТБИ ВПМШЫЙИ, Й С РПЛБЦХ ЧБН РХФШ ЕЭЕ РТЕЧПУИПДОЕКЫЙК.
Shuar	Túmaitkuinkia pénkera nu takastin wakeruktarum. Tura Imiá pénkera nuna jui jintintiatjarme.
Spanish	Con todo, anhelad los mejores dones. Y ahora os mostraré un camino todavía más excelente:
Swahili	Muwe basi, na tamaa ya kupata vipaji muhimu zaidi. Nami sasa nitawaonyesheni njia bora zaidi kuliko hizi zote.
Swedish	Men varen ivriga att undfå de nådegåvor som äro de största. Och nu vill jag ytterligare visa eder en väg, en övermåttan härlig väg.
Uma	Jadi', huduwukui-koi mporata pakulea' ngkai Inoha' Tomoroli' toe we'i lau to meliu kalompe' -na. Tapi' to meliu mpu'u kalompe' -na, toi-mi ulu to ku'uli' -kokoi.
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Derivations: AMD

Derivations
	Words containing "AMD": melamdim. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: AMD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: dam, mad.
	Words within the letters "a-d-m"
	-1 letter: ad, am, ma.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-m"
	+1 letter: amid, dame, damn, damp, dams, dram, duma, made, mads, maid, maud, mead.
	+2 letters: adeem, adman, admen, admit, admix, aimed, almud, amend, amide, amido, amids, armed, daman, damar, dames, damns, damps, datum, derma, dogma, dolma, domal, douma, drama, drams, dream, dumas, dumka, dunam, edema, famed, gamed, lamed, maced, madam, madly, madre, maids, maned, mated, mauds, maund, mawed, mayed, mazed, meads, medal, media, menad, modal, monad, mudra, named, nomad, tamed.
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