ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC
8-K, 1995-11-13
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                   FORM 8-K

             Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                        Securities Exchange Act of 1934



                       Date of Report:  November 6, 1995





                         ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
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            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



           DELAWARE                  1-7882             94-1692300
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  (State or other jurisdiction    (Commission       (I.R.S. Employer
       of incorporation)          File Number)      Identification No.)



            One AMD Place,      
            P.O. Box 3453       
            Sunnyvale, California                    94088-3453
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     (address of principal executive office)         (Zip Code)



     Registrant's telephone number,
     including area code:                          (408) 732-2400






Exhibit Index
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Item 5.  Other Events.
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       On November 6, 1995, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. issued a press release
announcing that a securities class action lawsuit had been filed against the
company and certain officers and directors of the company.  The suit, filed in
United States District Court in San Jose, California (case no. C-95-20750)
alleges violations of the federal securities laws in connection with the
company's statements about the status of its AMD K-5 (TM) microprocessor
development efforts during an alleged class period beginning April 11, 1995 and
ending September 25, 1995.  The company intends to vigorously defend this
matter.

Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(c)     Exhibits:

        99  Press release dated November 6, 1995.

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                                  SIGNATURES
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       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                      ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
                                           (Registrant)



Date: November ___, 1995              By: /s/ Marvin D. Burkett
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                                      Marvin D. Burkett
                                      Senior Vice President, Chief Financial and
                                      Administrative Officer and Treasurer

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                                                                  [LETTERHEAD OF
                                                          ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES
                                                                   APPEARS HERE]

                                                                      EXHIBIT 99
NEWS RELEASE
                                                        For further information:
                                                        Chuck Mulloy
                                                        (408) 749-5481

                    ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES SAYS SHAREHOLDER
                             SUIT IS WITHOUT MERIT


SUNNYVALE, CA...November 6, 1995 ... Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) today 
announced that a securities class action has been filed by a shareholder against
the company and certain officers and directors in U.S. District Court in San 
Jose, California.  The complaint asserts that AMD made false or misleading 
projections about the status of its AMD K-5/TM/ microprocessor development 
efforts during an alleged class period beginning April 11, 1995 and ending 
September 25, 1995.


AMD stated that the complaint is without merit and intends to vigorously defend 
itself against the claims made in the complaint.


Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., is the fourth-largest U.S. merchant supplier of 
integrated circuits.  Focusing on the personal and networked computing and 
communications markets, AMD produces microprocessors and related peripherals, 
memories, programmable logic devices and circuits for telecommunications and 
networking applications.  AMD has sales offices worldwide and manufacturing 
facilities in Sunnyvale, California; Austin, Texas; Bangkok, Thailand; Penang, 
Malaysia; Singapore; Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan and Basingstoke, England.

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