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  • A photo of Advanced Micro Devices headquarters in Santa Clara, California, showing the company's logo on a sign outside a modern glass office building.
    Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    / 1969–1999: Founding and rise as a microprocessor challenger

    In 1991, AMD released the Am386 microprocessor family, a reverse engineered chip that was compatible with Intel’s next-generation 32-bit 386 microprocessor. The release led to a protracted legal dispute with Intel that ended in 1994, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in AMD’s favor. That same year, Compaq Computer Corporation…

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    In 1991, AMD released the Am386 microprocessor family, a reverse engineered chip that was compatible with Intel’s next-generation 32-bit 386 microprocessor. The release led to a protracted legal dispute with Intel that ended in 1994, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in AMD’s favor. That same year, Compaq Computer Corporation…

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