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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is the principal competitor to Nvidia in AI accelerator chips, with its Instinct MI300 series GPUs targeting AI training and inference workloads. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, AMD also produces CPUs and FPGAs (via Xilinx acquisition). AMD's chips already incorporate features that researchers argue could be repurposed for hardware-enabled governance, including location verification and usage monitoring capabilities.

Revenue
$34.6 billion
as of Dec 2025
Headcount
28,000
as of Dec 2024

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Revenue (ARR)

$35BDec 2025
Revenue (ARR) chart. Annual run rate: $24B in 2022 to $35B in 2025.$0$9.9B$20B$30B$40B2022202320242025

Headcount

28KDec 2024
Headcount chart. Employees: 16K in 2022 to 28K in 2024.08.1K16K24K32K202220232024

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Revenue$34.6 billion
Headcount28,000
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Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD
Organization
Legal StructurePublic company (NASDAQ: AMD)
CountryUnited States
Founded DateMay 1969
HeadquartersSanta Clara, CA
General
Websitehttps://www.amd.com

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