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LOGO

One AMD Place

P.O. Box 3453

Sunnyvale, CA 94088-3453

Tel: (408) 749 4000

AN IMPORTANT REMINDER TO VOTE YOUR PROXY

April 15, 2011

Dear Stockholder:

Our records indicate your vote on the 2011 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Annual Meeting has not yet been received. The annual meeting of stockholders of AMD will be held at the Hyatt Regency Austin, 208 Barton Springs Road, Austin, Texas, on Tuesday May 3, 2011. Please take a moment right now to ensure that your shares are represented at this important meeting.

At the Annual Meeting, you will be asked to: (1) elect nine directors; (2) ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm; (3) approve the AMD 2011 Executive Incentive Plan to permit the payment of awards that qualify as deductible performance based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; (4) approve the compensation of our named executive officers (“Say on Pay”); and (5) approve whether a Say-on-Pay vote should occur every 1 year, every 2 years or every 3 years.

Our Board of Directors unanimously recommends that you vote FOR Proposals 1-4. Our Board of Directors did not to make a recommendation on Proposal 5 because it decided to wait and consider the views of our stockholders before making any determination as to the appropriate frequency. Therefore, please note that if you Abstain or do not check a box on Proposal 5, your vote on Proposal 5 will not be counted.

In order to ensure that you have an opportunity to vote, we are enclosing an additional proxy card that will allow you to exercise your rights as a stockholder.

YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT NO MATTER HOW FEW OR HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN. PLEASE VOTE TODAY BY TELEPHONE, INTERNET OR BY SIGNING AND MAILING THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD IN THE ENVELOPE PROVIDED.

Remember – every share and every vote counts!

If you have any questions, please call our proxy solicitor, MacKenzie Partners, Inc., toll-free at (800) 322-2885 or collect at (212) 929-5500. If you reside outside North America, you may also call +44 (0) 203 178 8061.

We appreciate your support over the years.

Thank you in advance for voting promptly.

Sincerely,

LOGO

Thomas J. Seifert

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and

Interim Chief Executive Officer