On May 1, 1969, Advanced Micro Devices was founded, adopting an 'arrow' logo, which has been in use since then. Its first product was the Am9300 shift register.
In 1982, rival Intel licensed its 8086 processors to AMD to serve as the former's second-source manufacturer, but later in the 1990s, the latter decided to make its own x86-based chips starting with the Am386 processor.
In 1995, its green variant was used as a main logo until 2013.
1980–1990 (secondary)[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
None
Launched:
1980
This is a slimmer variant of its main arrow logo and it is commonly used on AMD chips in that period until it was dropped later in the 1990s in favor of its main AMD arrow logo. This logo was first used on one of its variants of Am8086 processor, based on Intel's 8086 processor.
1995–present[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Gill Sans Bold
Launched:
1995
AMD introduced its own wordmark alongside the AMD K5 processor in 1996. The green arrow logo variant was used as their main logo until it was dropped in 2013 to instead use red as the brand's primary logo.
A hollow version of this wordmark is used in its GPU dies (The name of the chip on the graphics cards).
