AMD Appoints Nigel Dessau as Chief Marketing Officer

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the appointment of Nigel Dessau as
chief marketing officer (CMO). He brings 22 years of technology sales
and marketing leadership experience at IBM and Sun, and will be
responsible for AMD´s global marketing, image and campaign strategies.

"Nigel´s customer knowledge and experience working for IBM and Sun
are tremendous assets as AMD charts a new course for the industry with
initiatives such as Accelerated Computing," said Dirk Meyer, president
and COO, AMD. "As we deliver platforms and solutions to best meet our
customers´ needs, we will lean heavily on Nigel - who has a proven
track record of developing and executing clear, compelling global
marketing campaigns."

Dessau joins AMD from Sun Microsystems, where he was senior vice
president of storage marketing and senior vice president of alliances
and licensing. Prior to that, he was CMO of StorageTek and spent 19
years at IBM, most recently as business unit executive for IBM
Virtualization Solutions. While at IBM, Dessau managed the worldwide
launch of the IBM zSeries eServer and oversaw marketing programs for
the S/390 brand. He also led the marketing strategy teams responsible
for extending the corporate e-business and helping to develop the On
Demand Business campaigns.

Born and educated in Nottingham, England, Dessau will be based in
Austin, Texas and report to AMD´s Office of the CEO.

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