Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (abbreviated AMD; NYSE: AMD), an American company that manufactures semiconductors, is going to open up its AMD Performance Library. T he world's second-largest supplier of computer processors is hoping to attract innovation and participation from the developer community.

Advanced Micro Devices will start selling its quad-core Barcelona Opteron processors in August.

Advanced Micro Devices plans to release new platform named Puma based on mobile processor named Griffin and a new RS780 chip set. The new mobile computer is planned to be available in the middle of 2008.

Advanced Micro Devices will unveil its new quad-core Phenom desktop processors this year.

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. today announced the closing of its offering of $2.2 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2015, including $200 million of notes that were issued in connection with the exercise in full of the initial purchasers' over-allotment option.