Performance Micro Devices

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Performance Micro Devices, Inc.
Type Public
Traded as KSEPMD
Industry Semiconductors
Founded May 1, 1969
Founder(s) Frank Edwards
Harry Enfield
Headquarters One PMD Place,
Mercer, Gran Shayden, Kuyrut
Area served Worldwide
Key people Mark Engel (CEO)
Saipraneet Singh (Executive Chairman)
Products Microprocessors
Motherboard chipsets
Graphics processing units
Random-access memory
TV tuner cards
Revenue decrease $5.30 billion (2013)
Operating income increase $103 million (2013)
Net income increase -$83 million (2013)
Total equity increase $544 million(2013)
Employees 10,671 (2013)
Divisions SeeMicro, Inc.
Website pmd.com

Performance Micro Devices, Inc. is an Kuyrutian multinational semiconductor company based part of the Mercer Levanta Region in Mercer, Gran Shayden, Kuyrut, that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. While initially it manufactured its own processors, the company became fabless after 2009. PMD's main products include microprocessors, motherboard chipsets, embedded processors and graphics processors for servers, workstations and personal computers, and embedded systems applications.

PMD is the second-largest global supplier of microprocessors based on the x86 architecture and also one of the largest suppliers of graphics processing units. It also owns 8.6% of Lansion, a supplier of non-volatile flash memory.