SUNNYVALE, Calif -- October 24, 2005 --AMD (NYSE:AMD) today introduced the AMD Commercial Channel Access Program to enhance and extend the company’s commitment to partners’ business needs and contribute to their continued growth and success in the commercial market. The program is designed to foster an environment of collaboration and innovation within the growing worldwide AMD64 ecosystem of systems integrators, value-added resellers (VARs) and distributors. It is designed to deliver benefits to participants by helping them gain access to and develop solutions for the increasing number of customers now looking to deploy AMD Opteron™ processor-based platforms and provide tangible value through these solutions tailored to best address the needs of their end customers.