Monday June 30, 2003

[H]ardNews 1st Edition

AMD Press Releases:

4-Way & 8-Way Action

SUNNYVALE, CA-JUNE 30, 2003-AMD [NYSE: AMD] today announced an expansion of its family of AMD Opteron(tm) processors with the new AMD Opteron processor 800 Series, for 4-way and 8-way servers and the 100 Series, for 1-way servers and workstations.

Validation, While You Wait

SUNNYVALE, CALIF.-JUNE 30, 2003-AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the Validated Server Program (VSP), offering immediate availability of complete AMD Opteron(tm) processor-based servers. System builders, system integrators and value-added resellers in North America will be the first to benefit from the VSP, which will provide AMD customers a single point of contact for server manufacturing, service, support and shipping. The program launched today with continued global rollout expected in the second half of 2003.