AMD Sponsors Solar Decathlon Team

AMD Sponsors Solar Decathlon Team To Increase Awareness Of Consumers’ Energy Options - The University Of Texas at Austin leverages AMD’s Cool’n'Quiet™ technology to demonstrate the potential benefits for today’s energy-efficient home

SUNNYVALE, CALIF. — October 5, 2005 –AMD (NYSE: AMD), a leader in developing power-efficient, environmentally-conscious innovations such as Cool’n'Quiet™ technology, today announced its sponsorship of The University of Texas at Austin Solar Decathlon Team (UT SolarD). The UT SolarD Team will compete in the 2005 Solar Decathlon taking place October 7-14, 2005 in Washington, D.C. Founded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the Solar Decathlon is an international competition in which 18 college and university teams from around the globe compete to design and build houses that demonstrate the advantages of a solar lifestyle.

AMD will support the UT SolarD Team by providing an AMD Sempron™ processor-based PC for the home and an AMD Athlon™ 64 processor-based PC for the exhibition in Washington, D.C. In addition, AMD will provide thin client networked devices powered by AMD Geode™ GX SOM-144 RDK processors, support for printing and collateral, and a monetary donation for house transportation costs.