AMD ATHLON(tm) MP PROCESSOR POWERS HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS IN EUROPE

AMD ATHLON(tm) MP PROCESSOR POWERS HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS IN EUROPE

-A growing number of enterprises
and research institutes are choosing the performance of the AMD Athlon(tm)
MP processor for multiprocessing needs-

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND-June 18th,2002 - AMD [NYSE: AMD] today announced more
than forty server and cluster wins throughout Europe, demonstrating the
company's growing acceptance in the high performance computing arena,
and its strong support from enterprises and research communities. Since
its launch one year ago, the AMD Athlon(tm) MP processor has been selected
by major companies and scientific institutions to power a wide range of
compute-intensive high performance computers applications.

"These successes indicate
that the AMD multiprocessing solution delivers the level of performance,
stability and reliability required by this demanding end-user segment,"
said Gianluca Degliesposti, commercial and product marketing manager,
AMD Europe. "We are committed to improving our customers' gains in
efficiency by providing owerful server and cluster processor solutions."
he added.

AMD Athlon MP processors
power a wealth of server and cluster applications all over Europe.

In Germany, future computer
micro-architecture and software are being studied by the prestigious Fraunhofer
Institute of Computer Architecture and Software Technology. "For
scientific applications it is mission critical to have the highest available
computing performance paired with stability and reliability. We have chosen
the AMD Athlon MP processor because it is a perfect match for our supercomputing
and scientific computing needs," said Uwe Der, responsible for Grid
Computing at the Berlin-based Fraunhofer Institute.

At the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory of the University of Marseille, France,
AMD Athlon MP processors are used for the laboratory's most advanced research.
"This cluster brings benefits to the lab including gains in time
and money conducting space simulation experiments, and in modeling highly
unstable environments like crystalline growth, complex flow, supercritical
fluids, and fire and smoke control in tunnels," said Dominique Fouger,
computer research engineer at Fluids echanics Laboratory (LM3) at University
of Marseille.

The Department of Physics of the University of Pisa, Italy, has installed
an AMD Athlon MP processor-based cluster for energy and nuclear physics
theory simulation, and research in condensed matter and gravitational
waves. Dr. Maurizio Davini, High Performance Computing Manager at the
university's Computing Center said "Our AMD Athlon MP processor-based
cluster has delivered us wonderful performance and an incredibly reliable
computing solution. The excellent price-performance ratio establishes
it as a model for our future computing needs".

Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CLRC), one of the United
Kingdom's most prestigious research centers, has installed an AMD Athlon
MP processor-based cluster to support their research needs. "CLRC's
trials confirm that AMD Athlon MP processors combined with the Wulfkit
interconnect deliver outstanding performance. We have found this cluster
to be a reliable and stable platform delivering a sustained 45 Gflops
to our scientific applications. This is an excellent example of cost-effective
computational resources which will be accessible to thousands of scientists
via the UK e-Science Grid," said Dr. Peter Oliver, Systems Manager
CLRC



These European successes add to the global acceptance of AMD Athlon processor
family in the High Performance Computer space. AMD counts among its success
other research institutions such as University of Delaware, University
of Kentucky, University of Utah, University of California at Santa Cruz,
Western Michigan University, Calvin College, the Hong Kong University
of Science & Technology and the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

About the AMD Athlon(tm)
MP Processor

The AMD Athlon
MP processor is a seventh-generation x86 processor designed for high-performance
multiprocessing servers and workstations. A key advantage of AMD's multiprocessing
platform is Smart MP technology, which greatly enhances overall platform
performance by increasing data movement between the two CPUs, chipset
and memory system. Smart MP technology features dual point-to-point, high-speed
266MHz system buses with Error Correcting Code (ECC) support designed
to provide up to 2.1GB per second per CPU of bus bandwidth in a dual-processor
system. Smart MP technology also has an optimized Modified Owner Exclusive
Shared Invalid (MOESI) cache coherency protocol that manages data and
memory traffic in a multiprocessing environment.

The AMD Athlon MP processor features the patented QuantiSpeed(tm) architecture,
which includes a high performance full-speed cache with hardware data
pre-fetch, a fully pipelined superscalar floating point engine, and an
exclusive L2 Translation Look-aside Buffer (TLB). The AMD Athlon MP processor
is compatible with AMD's stable Socket A infrastructure, and supports
DDR memory technology.

About AMD

AMD is a global
supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer
and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United
States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard &
Poor's 500 company, produces microprocessors, Flash memory devices, and
support circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded
in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $3.9 billion
in 2001. (NYSE: AMD).