AMD Company Timeline

1969

May 1, 1969

AMD incorporates.

1970

Jan 1, 1970

AMD introduces its first device.

1972

Jan 1, 1972

AMD goes public.

1979

Jan 1, 1979

AMD debuts on the New York Stock Exchange.

1982

Jan 1, 1982

AMD signs an agreement to serve as a second source to Intel for IBM PC microprocessors.

1984

Jan 1, 1984

AMD is listed in "The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America”.

1985

Jan 1, 1985

ATI Technologies incorporates. ATI develops its first graphics controller and first graphics board product.

1986

Jan 1, 1986

ATI secures major contract with Commodore Business Machines.

1987

Jan 1, 1987

AMD acquires Monolithic Memories, Inc. and enters programmable logic business.

1991

Jan 1, 1991

ATI introduces Mach8 chip and board products.

1992

Jan 1, 1992

ATI introduces Mach32.

1995

Jan 1, 1995

ATI is first graphics company to ship Mac-compatible graphics boards.

1997

Jan 1, 1996

ATI releases several new technologies.

1997

Jan 1, 1997

AMD introduces the AMD-K6 microprocessor. ATI is first graphics company to release products supporting Accelerated Graphics Port. ATI is first graphics company to provide hardware support for DVD acceleration and display.

1998

Jan 1, 1998

ATI ships its ten millionth AGP chip.

2000

Jan 1, 2000

AMD is first to go past 1GHz.

2005

Jan 1, 2005

ATI GPU is featured in Microsoft Xbox 360.

2008

Jan 1, 2008

Dirk Meyer becomes new CEO of AMD.

2009

Jan 1, 2009

AMD ships its 500 millionth x86 processor.

2011

Jan 1, 2011

AMD showcases the world’s fastest CPU at AMD Fusion Zone. Rory Read is the new president and CEO.

2013

Jan 1, 2013

AMD's technology is inside every major next generation gaming console and home entertainment system. AMD launched the AMD Opteron X-Series processors.