-&nbsp; <i>Accomplished
engineering leader and notable graphics industry visionary is latest example of
world-class engineering talent to join as company attacks growth opportunities </i>-
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<b>SUNNYVALE,
Calif. – Apr. 22, 2013</b> <b>- </b>AMD (NYSE:
AMD) today announced that Raja Koduri, 44, has
rejoined the company as corporate vice president, Visual Computing, reporting
to Mark Papermaster, senior vice president and chief technology officer.
In his new role, Koduri will have overall responsibility for driving AMD’s
innovation in visual and accelerated computing.

”Maintaining AMD’s position as a leader in visual computing is the key
to our long-term success. As one of the industry’s foremost experts in
developing leading-edge visual computing solutions, Raja brings exceptional
vision and strength to AMD’s world-class engineering leadership team,” said
Papermaster. ”Given his past record of success, Raja will help AMD lead the way
in visual and accelerated computing and ensure we continue developing the
industry-leading graphics IP that forms the foundation for our future growth.”

Koduri brings 20 years of hands-on experience
advancing the visual computing experience, from application software
programming to GPU design. During his career, he has led engineering teams
toward development and shipment of products in graphics hardware, graphics
software, parallel languages and power management.

Koduri was most recently director of graphics architecture at Apple
Inc., where he spearheaded developing the performance, quality, programmability
and power-saving features in the company’s renowned graphics processor roadmap
and had an impact on the graphics roadmap of the entire industry. Prior to
Apple, Koduri served in a range of graphics leadership roles at AMD and
formerly at ATI. He led the Graphics Products Group as chief technology
officer, and during his tenure drove leadership GPU performance initiatives in
hardware and software, created the GPU computing domain and made several
hands-on contributions to graphics quality and programmability features.

Koduri is the latest example of world-class processor engineering and
design talent to join AMD as the company continues to expand its technical
talent and IP portfolio to attack growth opportunities in adjacent markets.
Notable recent hires include: <a href="http://www.amd.com/us/press-releases/Pages/amd-bolsters-engineering-2013jan23.aspx">Charles
Matar</a>, corporate vice president of SoC
Development, who joined AMD from Qualcomm; <a href="http://www.amd.com/us/press-releases/Pages/amd-bolsters-engineering-2013jan23.aspx">Wayne
Meretsky</a>, corporate vice president of Software IP
Development, a former Apple and P.A. Semi veteran; and <a href="http://www.amd.com/us/press-releases/Pages/JimKellerJoinsAMD-2012aug01.aspx">Jim
Keller</a>, chief architect of Microprocessor Cores,
a noted computer architect who joined AMD from Apple.

Koduri holds a Master of Technology degree in electronics and
communications from IIT Kharagpur, India.

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