SUNNYVALE, CALIF. – March 16, 2005 – AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded AMD’s Cool’n’Quiet(tm) technology with an ENERGY STAR(r) Certificate of Recognition for advancing computer energy efficiency. All AMD Athlon(tm) 64 desktop processors have the innovative Cool’n’Quiet technology, a system-level feature that lowers the power consumption of a computer whenever maximum performance is not needed. AMD received the certificate on March 15 in conjunction with the 2005 ENERGY STAR Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C.