10-K 1 d10k.htm FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 25, 2005 For the fiscal year ended December 25, 2005
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

  x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.  

For the fiscal year ended December 25, 2005

OR

  ¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.  

For the transition period from ____________ to ____________

Commission File Number 001-07882


ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware   94-1692300
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
One AMD Place, Sunnyvale, California   94088
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(408) 749-4000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

(Title of each class)


 

(Name of each exchange

on which registered)


Common Stock per share $0.01 par value   New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  Yes  x  No  ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.  Yes  ¨  No  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes  x  No  ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filer  x Accelerated filer  ¨ Non-accelerated filer  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act)  Yes  ¨  No  x

As of June 24, 2005, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $6,799,159,288 based on the reported closing sale price of $17.17 per share as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 24, 2005, which was the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter.

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

480,887,662 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, as of February 17, 2006


DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 5, 2006, are incorporated into Part II and III hereof.


AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon, AMD Opteron, AMD Sempron, AMD Turion, AMD PowerNow!, Alchemy, Geode and combinations thereof are trademarks of AMD. Spansion and MirrorBit, and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Spansion LLC. Vantis is a trademark of Lattice Semiconductor Corporation. Legerity is a trademark of Legerity, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. MIPS is a registered trademark of MIPS Technologies, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. HyperTransport is a licensed trademark of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium. NetWare is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. Other terms used to identify companies and products may be trademarks of their respective owners.


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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

 

FORM 10-K

For The Fiscal Year Ended December 25, 2005

 

INDEX

 

PART I    1
    ITEM 1.   BUSINESS    1
    ITEM 1A.   RISK FACTORS    17
    ITEM 1B.   UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS    18
    ITEM 2.   PROPERTIES    18
    ITEM 3.   LEGAL PROCEEDINGS    19
    ITEM 4.   SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS    20
PART II    21
    ITEM 5.  

MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

   21
    ITEM 6.   SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA    22
    ITEM 7.  

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

   24
    ITEM 7A.   QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK    71
    ITEM 8.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA    74
    ITEM 9.  

CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

   124
    ITEM 9A.   CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES    124
    ITEM 9B.   OTHER INFORMATION    124
PART III    125
    ITEM 10.   DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT    125
    ITEM 11.   EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION    125
    ITEM 12.  

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

   125
    ITEM 13.   CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS    125
    ITEM 14.   PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES    125
PART IV    126
    ITEM 15.   EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES    126
SIGNATURES    134

 

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PART I

 

ITEM 1.    BUSINESS

 

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

The statements in this report include forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and beliefs and involve numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as predictions of future events as we cannot assure you that the events or circumstances reflected in these statements will be achieved or will occur. You can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology including “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “intends,” “plans,” “pro forma,” “estimates,” or “anticipates” or the negative of these words and phrases or other variations of these words and phrases or comparable terminology. The forward-looking statements relate to, among other things: our sales; capital expenditures; depreciation and amortization expenses; the adequacy of resources to fund operations and capital expenditures; operating expenses; tax rate; the development and timing of the introduction of new products and technologies; customer and market acceptance of our microprocessors; our ability to remain competitive and maintain or increase our market position; our ability to maintain and develop key relationships with our existing and new customers and suppliers; the ability to produce our products in the volumes and mix required by the market either in our own facilities or at foundries, at acceptable yields and on a timely basis; our ability to maintain the level of investment in research and development and capacity that is required to remain competitive; our ability to transition to advanced manufacturing process technologies in a timely and effective way; our ability to achieve cost reductions in the amounts and in the timeframes anticipated; the process technology transitions in our wafer fabrication facilities; our ability to gain market share in high-growth global markets such as China, Latin America, India and Eastern Europe; Spansion’s ability to implement 300-millimeter wafer manufacturing capacity; and customer and market acceptance of Spansion Flash memory products based on MirrorBit and floating gate technology, including the ORNAND architecture.

 

For a discussion of the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements, see the “Financial Condition” and “Risk Factors” sections set forth in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” beginning on page 24 below and such other risks and uncertainties as set forth below in this report or detailed in our other Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reports and filings. We assume no obligation to update forward-looking statements.

 

General

 

We are a leading semiconductor company with manufacturing or testing facilities in the United States, Europe and Asia, and sales offices throughout the world. We design, manufacture and market microprocessor solutions for the computing, communications and consumer electronics markets. These solutions include embedded microprocessors for personal connectivity devices and other consumer markets. Prior to the closing of the initial public offering, or IPO, of Spansion Inc. on December 21, 2005, which is described in more detail below, we also manufactured and sold Flash memory devices through our formerly consolidated, majority owned subsidiary, Spansion LLC.

 

Effective June 30, 2003, we and Fujitsu Limited, a company incorporated in Japan, formed a Delaware limited liability company named FASL LLC to integrate AMD’s and Fujitsu’s Flash memory businesses. On June 28, 2004, FASL LLC changed its name to Spansion LLC. As part of the new joint venture, we and Fujitsu each contributed various assets to Spansion LLC and became Spansion LLC’s two members. The contribution of assets included certain intellectual property, equipment and real estate. We owned 60 percent of the membership interests of Spansion LLC, and Fujitsu owned 40 percent of the membership interests of Spansion LLC. Because Spansion LLC was our majority owned subsidiary, its results of operations, financial position and cash flows were consolidated with ours.

 

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On December 21, 2005, Spansion Inc. closed its initial public offering, or IPO, of 47,264,000 shares of its Class A common stock as well as offerings of senior notes to institutional investors with an aggregate principal amount of $250 million and senior subordinated notes to us with an aggregate principal amount of $175 million. Shortly prior to the pricing of the IPO, Spansion LLC was reorganized into a corporate structure and became an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Spansion Inc. Following the IPO, we own 48,529,403 shares, or approximately 37.9 percent, of Spansion’s outstanding common stock. As of December 21, 2005, Spansion Inc. is an independent company and is no longer our majority owned subsidiary. Therefore, its financial position, results of operations and cash flows have been consolidated with ours only through December 20, 2005. We currently report our interest in Spansion’s results of operations using the equity method of accounting. As a result, our share of Spansion’s net income (loss) will impact our net income (loss). Also, from December 21, 2005, our investment in Spansion is reflected on our consolidated balance sheet in the “Net Investment in Spansion” line item.

 

This report generally reflects our structure at December 25, 2005, which is after Spansion’s IPO. However, because Spansion’s results of operations are consolidated with our results of operations for substantially all of 2005, and because Spansion’s results of operations can materially affect our results of operations, we include a discussion of the Flash memory market and Spansion’s Flash memory operations under this section entitled, “Business,” a discussion of the results of operations of our Memory Products segment through December 20, 2005 under the section entitled, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” beginning on page 24 below, and risks and uncertainties that Spansion faces that could affect Spansion’s results of operations and correspondingly our results of operations under the section entitled, “Risk Factors,” beginning on page 54 below.

 

In connection with Spansion’s IPO, we entered into a Stockholders Agreement as of December 21, 2005, with Fujitsu and Spansion, which imposes certain restrictions and obligations on us and Fujitsu and our respective shares of Spansion’s common stock and provides for certain matters pertaining to Spansion’s management and governance. Pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement, neither we nor Fujitsu can transfer any shares of Spansion’s common stock, except to majority owned subsidiaries, until the earlier of December 21, 2006 or the conversion of the Class D common stock, which is a class of common stock owned by Fujitsu, into Class A common stock. In addition, neither we nor Fujitsu can transfer shares in an amount equal to or greater than one percent of the then outstanding common stock to any entity whose principal business competes with Spansion, without first obtaining the consent of the non-transferring party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld after June 30, 2007. With the exception of board observer rights and stock registration rights, the Stockholders Agreement will terminate when each party’s aggregate ownership interest in Spansion falls below ten percent.

 

Additional Information

 

We were incorporated under the laws of Delaware on May 1, 1969 and became a publicly held company in 1972. Since 1979 our common stock has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “AMD.” Our mailing address and executive offices are located at One AMD Place, Sunnyvale, California 94088, and our telephone number is (408) 749-4000. References in this report to “AMD,” “we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Company” means Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. and our consolidated subsidiaries, including, prior to December 21, 2005, Spansion Inc. (formerly Spansion LLC) and its subsidiaries.

 

We post on the Investor Relations pages of our Web site, www.amd.com, a link to our filings with the SEC, our Principles of Corporate Governance, our Code of Ethics for our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Controller and other senior finance executives, our “Worldwide Standards of Business Conduct,” which applies to our directors and all our employees, and the charters of our Audit, Compensation, Finance and Nominating and Corporate Governance committees. Our filings with the SEC are posted as soon as reasonably practical after they are filed electronically with the SEC. You can also obtain copies of these documents by writing to us at: Corporate Secretary, AMD, One AMD Place, M/S 68, Sunnyvale, California 94088, or emailing us at:

 

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Corporate.Secretary@amd.com. All these documents and filings are available free of charge. Please note that information contained on our Web site is not incorporated by reference in, or considered to be a part of, this report.

 

For financial information about geographic areas and for segment information with respect to sales and operating results, refer to the information set forth in Note 10 of our consolidated financial statements, beginning on page 107 below.

 

Our Industry

 

Semiconductors are critical components used in a variety of electronic products and systems. An integrated circuit, or IC, is a semiconductor device that consists of many interconnected transistors on a single chip. Since the invention of the transistor in 1948, improvements in IC process and design technologies have led to the development of smaller, more complex and more reliable ICs at a lower cost per function. In order to satisfy the demand for faster, smaller and lower-cost ICs, semiconductor manufacturers have continually developed improvements in manufacturing and process technology. For example, ICs are increasingly being manufactured using smaller geometries. In addition, the size of silicon wafers from which ICs are produced has increased, with some semiconductor manufacturers migrating from 200-millimeter wafers to 300-millimeter wafers. Use of smaller process geometries can result in products that are higher performing, use less power and cost less to manufacture on a per unit basis. Use of larger wafers can contribute further to a decrease in manufacturing costs per unit and increase capacity by yielding more chips per wafer.

 

The availability of low-cost semiconductors, together with increased customer demand for sophisticated electronic systems, has led to the proliferation of semiconductors. Today, virtually all electronic products use semiconductors, including personal computers, or PCs, and related peripherals, wired and wireless voice and data communications and networking products including mobile telephones, facsimile and photocopy machines, home entertainment equipment, industrial control equipment and automobiles.

 

Within the global semiconductor industry, during 2005 we primarily participated in three markets:

 

    Microprocessors, which are used for control and computing tasks;

 

    Flash memory devices, which are used to store data and programming instructions; and

 

    Embedded microprocessors for commercial and consumer markets.

 

As a result of Spansion’s IPO on December 21, 2005, we no longer directly participate in the Flash memory market. Moreover, we entered into a Non-Competition Agreement as of December 21, 2005, with Fujitsu and Spansion pursuant to which we agreed not to directly or indirectly engage in a business that manufactures or supplies standalone semiconductor devices (including single chip, multiple chip or system devices) containing only Flash memory. These non-competition obligations will last until the earlier of (i) the dissolution of Spansion, and (ii) two years after the date on which our ownership interest in Spansion is less than or equal to five percent.

 

Computation Products

 

The Microprocessor Market

 

A microprocessor is an IC that serves as the central processing unit, or CPU, of a computer. It generally consists of millions of transistors that process data and control other devices in the system, acting as the brain of the computer. The performance of a microprocessor is a critical factor impacting the performance of a PC and other similar devices. The principal indicators of microprocessor performance are work-per-cycle, or how many instructions are executed per cycle, and clock speed, representing the rate at which its internal logic operates, measured in units of hertz, or cycles per second. Other factors impacting microprocessor performance include memory size, data access speed and power consumption. Developments in circuit design and manufacturing

 

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process technologies have resulted in significant advances in microprocessor performance over the past two decades. We market our processors based on overall performance, which is a function of both architecture and clock speed.

 

The microprocessor market is characterized by short product life cycles and migration to ever-higher-performance microprocessors. To compete successfully in this market, we must transition to new process technologies at a fast pace and offer higher-performance microprocessors in significantly greater volumes. We also must achieve manufacturing yield and volume goals in order to sell microprocessors at competitive prices.

 

Our microprocessors currently are designed with both 32-bit and 64-bit processing capabilities. The bit rating of a microprocessor generally denotes the largest size of numerical data that a microprocessor can handle. For approximately the last ten years, microprocessors have had 32-bit computing capabilities. While 32-bit processors have historically been sufficient, we believe that they will face challenges as new data and memory-intensive consumer and enterprise software applications gain popularity. Microprocessors with 64-bit processing capabilities enable systems to have greater performance by allowing software applications and operating systems to access more memory. From applications for multimedia and gaming, to grid computing and extensive enterprise databases, we believe the demand for 64-bit computing will increase.

 

Improvements in the prices and performance characteristics of microprocessors as well as in software operating systems and applications, and computer components and systems generally have combined to increase the demand for microprocessors over time. The greatest demand for our microprocessors today is from PC manufacturers.

 

Microprocessor Products

 

We currently offer microprocessor products for desktop and mobile PCs, servers and workstations. Our microprocessors are based on the x86 instruction set architecture. In addition, we design them based on a superscalar reduced instruction set computer, or RISC, architecture. RISC architecture allows microprocessors to perform fewer types of computer instructions thereby allowing the microprocessor to operate at a higher speed. We also design our microprocessors to be compatible with operating system software such as Microsoft® Windows®, Linux, NetWare®, Solaris and UNIX.

 

Desktop PCs.    Our microprocessors for desktop PCs consist of the following tiered product brands: AMD Athlon 64 FX, AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Sempron processors. We designed the AMD Athlon 64 FX processor specifically for gamers, PC enthusiasts and digital content creators who require processors that can perform graphic-intensive tasks. We designed our AMD Athlon 64 processors for enterprises and sophisticated PC users that seek to access large amounts of data and memory. For value-conscious consumers of desktop and notebook PCs, we offer the AMD Sempron microprocessors, which we designed to provide core computing needs at affordable prices. AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Athlon 64 FX processors are based on the AMD64 technology platform, which extends the industry-standard x86 instruction set architecture to 64-bit computing. We designed our AMD Athlon 64 processors to allow simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit computing, enabling users to protect their information technology investments by continuing to use their 32-bit software applications while implementing 64-bit applications on the timetable of their choice.

 

In May 2005, we introduced our AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processors for desktop PCs. These processors contain two CPU cores on one semiconductor die, which enables them to execute more operations simultaneously during each clock cycle. These processors offer users improved overall performance compared to single-core processors as well as improved performance-per-watt. The performance advantages of AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processors are especially evident in multi-tasking environments where they can enable operating systems to prioritize and manage tasks from multiple software applications simultaneously. For example, users are able to simultaneously download audio files such as MP3s, burn a CD, check and write e-mail, edit a digital photo and run virus protection without compromising the performance of their PC. AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core

 

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processors can also deliver performance improvements for “multithreaded” software applications by processing different parts of the software programs, or “threads,” simultaneously on two cores, thereby maximizing the performance of the application. We design the AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processors for “prosumer” and digital media enthusiasts or other users who routinely run multiple processor-intensive software applications simultaneously. We expect sales of our AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processors to increase as software applications designed to take advantage of the performance features of dual-core processors become increasingly available.

 

Mobile PCs.    Our microprocessors for the mobile computing market consist of mobile AMD Athlon 64 processors and mobile AMD Sempron processors. We designed our mobile processor products for high-performance computing and wireless connectivity. They feature advanced power management from AMD PowerNow! technology, which offers reduced power consumption and extended system battery life.

 

In March 2005, we introduced AMD Turion 64 mobile technology. Processors incorporating this technology represent our most advanced family of 32- and 64-bit Windows-compatible processors for notebook PCs, and provide performance improvements such as longer battery life, reduced heat generation, enhanced security and compatibility with current wireless and graphics solutions. We expect to introduce dual-core processors based on AMD Turion 64 mobile technology in mid-2006.

 

Servers and Workstations.    Our x86 microprocessors for servers and workstations consist primarily of AMD Opteron processors. A server is a powerful computer on a network, often with multiple microprocessors working together, that is dedicated to a particular purpose, stores large amounts of information and performs the critical functions for that purpose. A workstation is essentially a heavy-duty desktop, designed for tasks such as computer-aided design and digital content creation. We based our AMD Opteron processors for servers and workstations on the AMD64 technology and designed them to allow simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit computing. These processors can be used in a variety of server applications, including business processing (enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, and supply chain management) and business intelligence. They can also be used in workstation applications such as engineering and digital content creation software and other information technology infrastructure applications such as intensive Web serving and messaging.

 

We also offer AMD Opteron processors for high-end embedded designs that require low-power and high-performance. For these designs, our low-power AMD Opteron processors deliver the same performance as their corresponding full-power parts, while offering the added benefit of reduced power consumption and thermal output. The target markets for these processors include standard servers and blade servers where lower power is needed to enable dense designs and in embedded controllers like those found in networking, mass storage and telecommunications. A blade server is typically used for a single, dedicated application (such as serving Web pages) and can be inserted into a space-saving rack with many other similar servers.

 

In April 2005, we introduced our dual-core AMD Opteron processors. Like our AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processors, our dual-core AMD Opteron processors offer improved overall performance such as improved multithreading and multitasking, and improved performance-per-watt, which can reduce the operational costs related to power usage.

 

Our AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon 64, AMD Turion 64 and certain AMD Sempron processors are based on AMD64 technology with direct connect architecture. Direct connect architecture connects an on-chip memory controller and I/O, or input/output, channels directly to one or more microprocessors cores. For dual-core processors, each core has its own dedicated cache, which is memory that is located on the semiconductor die. We believe this architecture, and in particular the integrated memory controller, enables substantially higher performance because memory can be accessed more directly rather than traversing a traditional front-side bus, which results in increased bandwidth and reduced memory latencies. We also designed the AMD64 architecture to enhance the security of a user’s computing environment by integrating security features that are designed to prevent the spread of certain viruses when enabled by the anti-virus features of current versions of certain

 

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operating systems, including Linux, Microsoft® Windows® and Solaris operating systems. In addition, these processors support HyperTransport technology, which is a high-bandwidth communications interface we initially developed, that enables substantially higher performance. We designed our AMD64-based processors to be fully compatible with the Microsoft Windows 64-bit operating system as well as other operating systems. We believe that the backward compatibility of our AMD64-based processors will allow users to migrate more easily from current 32-bit operating systems and applications to 64-bit operating systems and applications on a common hardware platform.

 

Chipsets.    We also sell chipset products primarily to support certain models of our AMD Opteron processors and make available motherboard reference design kits, designed to support our microprocessors for use in PCs and embedded products. A chipset provides the interface between all of a PCs subsystems and sends data from the microprocessor to input, display and storage devices, such as the keyboard, mouse, monitor and hard drive. The primary reason we offer these products to our customers is to provide them with a solution that will allow them to use our microprocessors and develop and introduce their products into the market more quickly.

 

Memory Products

 

The Flash Memory Market

 

Flash memory is an important semiconductor component used in electronic devices such as mobile phones, digital cameras, DVD players, set top boxes, MP3 players and automotive electronics such as navigation systems. Flash memory differs from other types of memory due to its ability to retain stored information after power is turned off. Most electronic products use Flash memory to store important program instructions, known as code, as well as multimedia content or other digital content known as data. Code storage allows the basic operating instructions, operating system software or program code to be retained, which allows an electronic product to function, while data storage allows digital content, such as multimedia files, to be retained. For example, Flash memory in camera phones retains the program code, which enables users to turn on and operate the phone, and also stores data such as digital photos.

 

The Flash memory market can be divided into three major categories based on application: wireless, embedded and removable storage. Portable, battery-powered communications applications are categorized as “wireless.” Solid-state removable memory applications are categorized as “removable storage.” All other applications are categorized as “embedded.” Applications within the wireless category include mobile phones and smart phones. Applications within the removable storage category include USB drives and memory cards. Applications within the embedded category include consumer electronics, automotive electronics, PC peripherals, networking and telecom equipment (excluding mobile phones) and industrial, medical and military products. Spansion participates in the wireless and embedded categories of the NOR Flash memory market.

 

There are two major architectures of Flash memory in the market today: NOR Flash memory, which is used for code and data storage in mobile phones and primarily for code storage in consumer electronics, and NAND Flash memory, which is primarily used for data storage in removable memory applications, such as compact Flash cards and USB drives, and is increasingly being used in some high-end mobile phones and embedded applications. Within the Flash memory market, Spansion sells NOR Flash memory products.

 

Flash Memory Products

 

Spansion’s Flash memory products encompass a broad spectrum of densities and features and are primarily designed to support code, or mixed code and data storage applications in the wireless and embedded categories of the Flash memory market. Spansion’s products are used in mobile telephones, consumer electronics, automotive electronics, networking equipment and other applications that require memory to be non-volatile and electrically rewritten.

 

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Spansion Flash memory products are based on two technologies today: single bit-per-cell floating gate technology and two bits-per-cell MirrorBit technology. Flash memory technology refers to the structure of an individual memory cell or transistor.

 

Floating Gate Technology.    Floating gate is the conventional memory cell technology that is utilized by most Flash memory companies today for both NOR and NAND products. A memory cell comprises a transistor having a source, a drain and a control gate to regulate the current flow between the source and the drain, thereby defining whether the memory cell stores a “0” bit or a “1” bit by storing a charge in the cell storage medium. Floating gate is a memory cell technology in which the “floating gate” is a conductive storage medium between the control gate and the source and drain. It is referred to as a floating gate because it is electrically isolated or “floating” from the rest of the cell to ensure that stored charge does not leak away resulting in memory loss. Spansion’s products using floating gate are typically used for code storage for applications requiring very high read speeds, extreme temperatures and harsh environments such as automotive applications.

 

Floating gate technology has traditionally stored one bit of data per memory cell, referred to as single level cell floating gate technology, or SLC. To achieve higher densities and lower costs per bit, the industry has developed floating gate technology to store two bits of data per memory cell, referred to as floating gate multi-level cell, or MLC, technology. MLC floating gate stores one of four different quantities of charge, known as fractional charge storage, in the memory cell; these different quantities of charge are decoded as equivalent to two bits of information. Spansion has chosen not to use MLC floating gate to achieve two bits per cell in its products.

 

MirrorBit Technology.    Spansion’s Flash memory products also include devices based on MirrorBit technology, which is a proprietary technology that stores two bits of data in a single memory cell thereby doubling the density, or storage capacity, of each memory cell and enabling higher density products. However, unlike the conductive storage medium used by floating gate technology, MirrorBit technology stores charge in a non-conductive storage medium, silicon nitride, without the need for a floating gate. While electrons stored on a floating gate will diffuse, those stored in a particular location of a MirrorBit nitride cell will stay in place. This enables MirrorBit to store charge in two physically distinct locations, rather than having to use four levels of charge like MLC floating gate Flash memory. Storing charge in a silicon nitride layer and eliminating the requirement for a floating gate simplifies the manufacturing process, which results in higher yields. MirrorBit technology offers manufacturing cost advantages compared to MLC floating gate NOR technology.

 

Spansion’s product portfolio ranges from one megabit to 512 megabits. While historically Spansion’s products have been based on floating gate technology, the majority of its new product designs use MirrorBit technology. Spansion’s products have traditionally been designed to support code, or mixed code and data storage applications and serve the wireless and embedded categories of the Flash memory market. Some of its product families address both of these categories.

 

Personal Connectivity Solutions

 

The Embedded Processor Market

 

We also offer embedded microprocessors for personal connectivity devices and specific consumer markets. Personal connectivity devices can be classified into four main segments: computer devices such as thin clients, smart handheld devices and PDAs; access devices such as gateways and access points; entertainment devices such as media players and digital TVs; and automotive devices such as in-car navigation systems, telematics and media playback. The applications in these devices typically require highly integrated systems-on-chip, or SoCs, that include high-performance, low-power embedded processors and microcontrollers.

 

Personal Connectivity Solutions

 

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embedded processors to address customer needs in non-PC markets where Internet connectivity and/or low power processing is a priority. Typically these embedded processors are used in products that require high to moderate levels of performance where key features include reduced cost, mobility, low power and small form factor. Products that use our embedded processors are targeted for specific market segments using SoC design techniques.

 

Our embedded microprocessor products consist of the AMD Geode family and the AMD Alchemy family of products. AMD Geode microprocessors are based on the x86 architecture and are optimized for high performance and low power. The Geode technology integrates complex functionality, such as processing, system logic, graphics, and audio and video decompression onto one integrated device. We target our AMD Geode processors at each of the market segments referenced above. With the AMD Geode family of microprocessors, we are able to extend the range of our x86-based product offerings to serve markets from embedded appliances to high-end servers.

 

Our AMD Geode processors exemplify our “x86 Everywhere” strategy, which is our goal for utilizing the x86 instruction set architecture to power a wide variety of devices in diverse places such as the home, office or car, in the supply chain, storage networks, and/or the data center. We believe that when a greater number of devices are standardized upon an x86-based platform, end-users can benefit from the ability to run their existing x86-based software on devices that interoperate with each other. This can accelerate and simplify the process of enabling faster, easier connectivity and data sharing between a wide range of products, from portable consumer electronics to PCs and servers.

 

We developed our AMD Alchemy embedded processors for portable media players, Internet access points, and gateways in which low power consumption is a key factor. All of these products have an architecture that provides a 32-bit MIPS instruction set. They support various Microsoft operating systems as well as Linux, VxWorks, and other operating systems.

 

We believe our personal connectivity solutions offer our customers high performance at low power, faster time to market and lower product costs. Our strategy is to continue providing cost-effective embedded microprocessors for personal connectivity devices that our customers can deploy quickly in their applications.

 

Other

 

In October 2004, we launched the Personal Internet Communicator (PIC), a consumer Internet access device that we believe will help provide affordable Internet access to first time technology users in high-growth markets. Through the PIC, end users are provided with access to a variety of communication and productivity tools such as an Internet browser, e-mail, word processing, spreadsheet applications and a presentation viewer. The PIC runs on an operating system powered by Microsoft Windows technology. The PIC is manufactured by third parties and is designed to be branded, marketed and sold by local service providers such as telecommunications companies and government-sponsored communications programs. We supply the embedded microprocessors for the PIC. We developed the PIC in support of our 50x15 initiative, which is our goal to deliver affordable, accessible Internet connectivity and computing capabilities to 50 percent of the world’s population by 2015. As of December 25, 2005, telecommunications companies and Internet service providers had introduced PIC products in countries such as Brazil, the Caribbean, India, Mexico, Panama and Turkey. We report sales of PIC products under our “All Other” category.

 

Marketing and Sales

 

We sell our products through our direct sales force and through third-party distributors and independent sales representatives in both domestic and international markets pursuant to non-exclusive agreements. Our agreements typically contain standard terms and conditions covering matters such as payment terms, warranties and indemnities for issues specific to our products such as third-party claims that our products when used for their intended purpose(s) infringe the U.S. patent rights or certain other intellectual property rights of a third

 

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party. We also have various channel marketing programs pursuant to which we may provide product information, training, marketing materials and funds.

 

We market and sell our products under the AMD trademark. Our product brands for microprocessors include AMD Athlon 64, AMD Athlon 64 FX and AMD Sempron processor brands for desktop PCs, the AMD Opteron processor brand for servers and workstations and the AMD Turion 64 mobile technology and AMD Sempron and AMD Athlon 64 processor brands for notebook PCs. Our product brands for our embedded processors include AMD Alchemy solutions and AMD Geode processors. We market our products through our direct marketing and co-marketing programs. Our direct marketing activities include print and Web-based advertising as well as consumer and trade events and other industry and consumer communications. We also sponsor teams such as the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team and the Scuderia Formula One, and we also have established relationships with associations such as NASCAR, each of who is a leader in their domain of expertise. We work with these groups to determine their technology needs and how our AMD64 technology can help support those needs. The goal of these sponsorships is to increase awareness of our brand and technology. In addition, we have cooperative advertising and marketing programs with customers or third parties, including market development programs. Under our marketing development programs, eligible customers can use market development funds as partial reimbursement for advertisements and marketing programs related to our products, subject to meeting defined criteria. Market development funds are earned by customers based on purchases of our products.

 

We also have the AMD LIVE! brand, through which we promote film, broadcast and music professional artists that use AMD64 technology. In January 2006 we announced our intention to extend the AMD LIVE! professional brand to consumers through multimedia desktop and notebook PCs. We expect these PCs to be available in mid-2006 and to offer users enhanced digital entertainment experiences, including the ability to connect, store, distribute and access digital media content throughout their home.

 

Spansion markets and sells its Flash memory products under the Spansion trademark. Fujitsu acts as the sole distributor of Spansion Flash memory products in Japan and also as a distributor throughout the rest of the world, other than Europe and the Americas, with limited exceptions. Our sales force responsible for selling Spansion Flash memory products and related personnel was transferred to Spansion in the second quarter of 2005. The transition of some related support functions, including booking and billing is still underway. Therefore, we currently continue to provide support to Spansion for incremental administrative services related to sales of Spansion Flash memory products. In addition, because Spansion does not yet have the capability to ship products and invoice customers, we continue to act as Spansion’s agent to provide logistical support services in connection with the sale of Spansion Flash memory products. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Other Financial Matters—Spansion Agency Agreement.”

 

Customers

 

Our customers consist primarily of original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, original design manufacturers, or ODMs, and third-party distributors in both domestic and international markets. ODMs provide design and/or manufacturing services to branded and unbranded private label resellers. We generally warrant that products sold to our customers will, at the time of shipment, be free from defects in workmanship and materials and conform to our approved specifications. Subject to certain exceptions, we offer a three-year limited warranty to end users for microprocessor products that are commonly referred to as “processors in a box” and a one-year limited warranty to direct purchasers of all other microprocessor and embedded processor products. Under limited circumstances, we may offer an extended limited warranty to direct purchasers of microprocessor products that are intended for systems targeted at the commercial end markets. Generally, our customers may cancel orders 30 days prior to shipment without incurring a penalty.

 

Original Equipment Manufacturers

 

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microprocessors include numerous foreign and domestic manufacturers of servers and workstations, desktop and notebook PCs and PC motherboards. Generally, OEMs do not have a right to return our products other than pursuant to the standard limited warranty. However, from time to time we may agree to repurchase a portion of these products pursuant to negotiated terms.

 

In 2005, Hewlett-Packard Company accounted for approximately 12 percent of our consolidated net sales. Sales to Hewlett-Packard consisted primarily of products from our Computation Products segment.

 

Third-Party Distributors

 

Our authorized distributors resell to sub-distributors and mid-sized and smaller OEMs and ODMs. Typically, distributors handle a wide variety of products, including those that compete with our products. Distributors typically maintain an inventory of our products. In most instances, our agreements with distributors protect their inventory of our products against price reductions and provide return rights with respect to any product that we have removed from our price book or that is not more than twelve months older than the manufacturing code date. In addition, some agreements with our distributors may contain standard stock rotation provisions permitting limited levels of product returns.

 

In 2005, Fujitsu accounted for approximately 15 percent of our consolidated net sales. Fujitsu primarily distributed Spansion Flash memory products. Fujitsu is also an OEM customer with respect to products from our Computation Products segment.

 

Competition

 

The IC industry is intensely competitive. Products compete on performance, quality, reliability, price, adherence to industry standards, software and hardware compatibility, brand recognition and availability. Technological advances in the industry result in frequent product introductions, regular price reductions, short product life cycles and increased product capabilities that may result in significant performance improvements. Our ability to compete depends on our ability to develop, introduce and sell new products or enhanced versions of existing products on a timely basis and at competitive prices, while reducing our manufacturing costs.

 

Competition in the Microprocessor Market

 

Intel Corporation has dominated the market for microprocessors used in desktop and mobile PCs for many years. Intel is also a dominant competitor in the server category of the microprocessor market. Intel’s significant financial resources enable it to market its products aggressively, to target our customers and our channel partners with special incentives and to discipline customers who do business with us. These aggressive activities can result in lower unit sales and average selling prices for our products, and adversely affect our margins and profitability. As long as Intel remains in this dominant position, we may be materially adversely affected by Intel’s:

 

    Business practices, including pricing and allocation strategies and actions, such as aggressive pricing for microprocessors to increase market share;

 

    product mix and introduction schedules;

 

    product bundling, marketing and merchandising strategies;

 

    exclusivity payments to its current and potential customers;

 

    control over industry standards, PC manufacturers and other PC industry participants, including motherboard, memory, chipset and basic input/output system, or BIOS, suppliers; and

 

    marketing and advertising expenditures in support of positioning the Intel brand over the brand of its OEM customers.

 

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For example, Intel exerts substantial influence over PC manufacturers and their channels of distribution through various brand and marketing programs. Because of its dominant position in the microprocessor market, Intel has been able to control x86 microprocessor and PC system standards and dictates the type of products the microprocessor market requires of Intel’s competitors. Intel also dominates the PC system platform, which includes core logic chipsets, graphics chips, motherboards and other components necessary to assemble a PC system. As a result, PC OEMs are highly dependent on Intel, less innovative on their own and, to a large extent, are distributors of Intel technology. Additionally, Intel is able to drive de facto standards for x86 microprocessors that could cause us and other companies to have delayed access to such standards.

 

Our microprocessors are not designed to function with motherboards and chipsets designed to work with Intel microprocessors because our patent cross-license agreement with Intel does not extend to Intel’s proprietary bus interface protocol. Therefore, we depend on third-party companies other than Intel for the design and manufacture of core-logic chipsets, graphics chips, motherboards, BIOS software and other components that support our microprocessor offerings. In recent years, many of these third-party designers and manufacturers have lost significant market share to Intel or exited the business. Our ability to compete with Intel in the market for microprocessors will depend on our continued success in developing and maintaining relationships with infrastructure providers in order to ensure that these third-party designers and manufacturers of motherboards, chipsets and other system components support our microprocessor offerings, particularly our AMD64-based microprocessors.

 

Similarly, we offer OEMs and other companies motherboard reference design kits designed to support our processors. The primary reason we offer these products is to provide our customers with a solution that will allow them to use our microprocessors and develop and introduce their products in the market more quickly.

 

We expect Intel to maintain its dominant position in the microprocessor market and to continue to invest heavily in research and development, new manufacturing facilities and other technology companies. Intel has substantially greater financial resources than we do and accordingly spends substantially greater amounts on research and development and production capacity than we do. We expect competition from Intel to continue and increase in the future to the extent Intel reduces the prices for its products and as Intel introduces new competitive products.

 

Competition With Respect to Our Personal Connectivity Solutions

 

With respect to our embedded processors for personal connectivity devices, our principal competitors are Freescale, Hitachi, Intel, NEC Corporation, Toshiba and Via Technologies. We expect competition in the market for these devices to increase as our principal competitors focus more resources on developing low-power embedded processor solutions.

 

Competition in the Flash Memory Market

 

Prior to the closing of Spansion’s IPO on December 21, 2005, we sold Spansion’s Flash memory products. With respect to Flash memory products, our principal competitors were Intel, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., STMicroelectronics N.V., Silicon Storage Technology, Macronix International Co., Ltd., Toshiba Corporation, Sharp Electronics Corp. and Renesas Technology Corp. In the future, Spansion’s principal competitors may also include the joint venture between Intel and Micron Technology. Most of these competitors market devices incorporating MLC floating gate technology. We believe many of Spansion’s other competitors plan to develop MLC technology. Some of these competitors, including Intel, Samsung, STMicroelectronics, Toshiba, Sharp and Renesas, are more broadly diversified than Spansion and may be able to sustain lower operating margins in their Flash memory business based on profitability of their other, non-Flash memory businesses.

 

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competitors aggressively price their Flash memory products to increase market share. Competition may also increase if NOR memory vendors merge or otherwise consolidate their operations. Furthermore, Spansion faces increasing competition from NAND Flash memory vendors in some portions of the embedded and wireless market categories.

 

Moreover, competitors are working on a number of new technologies, including FRAM, MRAM, polymer and phase-change based memory technologies. If successfully developed and commercialized as viable alternatives to Flash memory, these technologies could pose a competitive threat to Spansion. In addition, Spansion and certain of its competitors have licensed Flash memory technology called NROM technology from a third party. NROM technology has similar characteristics to MirrorBit technology, which may allow these competitors to develop Flash memory technology that is competitive with MirrorBit technology.

 

To the extent that these or other competitive conditions adversely effect Spansion’s results of operations, our results of operations could also be adversely affected.

 

Research and Development

 

We focus our research and development activities on product design and system and manufacturing process development. We have devoted significant resources to product design and to developing and improving manufacturing process technologies. We also work with other industry leaders as well as public foundations, universities and industry consortia to conduct early stage research and development. For example, we conduct our microprocessor manufacturing process development primarily through our joint development agreement with IBM. We are also a joint venture partner with Infineon Technologies AG and Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. for research and development related to optical photomasks that we use during microprocessor manufacturing. We are also a member with Infineon, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft research institution, the German Ministry of Education and Research and the Free State of Saxony in the Fraunhofer Center for Nanoelectronic Technology, the CNT, in Dresden, Germany. The CNT is a joint development effort that conducts research and development projects that focus on developing improvements in semiconductor processing technology particularly on 300-millimeter technology.

 

We are currently focusing on delivering the next generation of microprocessors and on advanced manufacturing process technologies, including implementing 65-nanometer technology and continuing development of our 45-nanometer technology. In order to remain competitive, we must continue to maintain our technology leadership. As of December 25, 2005, our total research and development staff consisted of approximately 2,700 employees. Because Spansion’s IPO closed on December 21, 2005, Spansion’s research and development staff is not included in the number of employees listed above. Our research and development expenses for 2005, 2004, and 2003 were $1,144 million, $935 million and $852 million. For more information, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations.”

 

Microprocessors

 

We conduct product and system research and development activities for our microprocessor products in the United States with additional design and development engineering teams located in Germany, China, Japan and India. In December 2005, we announced the opening of the Korea Technology Development Center. The center will focus on helping local customers and partners develop customized embedded processor platforms for various digital consumer devices, including WiBro terminals, digital media broadcast solutions, personal media players, HDTV and Internet access solutions.

 

We conduct our microprocessor manufacturing process development activities primarily through our joint development agreement with IBM. In August 2005, we and IBM executed the Second Amended and Restated “S” Process Development Agreement. Under this agreement, we agreed to continue to jointly develop new process technologies, including 32-nanometer, 22-nanometer and certain other advanced technologies, to be

 

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implemented on silicon wafers. Through this agreement, we expanded our alliance with IBM to also include laboratory-based research of emerging technologies such as new transistor, interconnect, lithography and die-to-package connection technologies. Furthermore, if we jointly develop bump technology, which is the technology associated with connecting an integrated circuit to a chip package, during the term of the agreement, these technologies will be licensed to us under the terms of the agreement.

 

The agreement also extended the joint development relationship for an additional three years, from December 31, 2008 to December 31, 2011. However, the continuation of capital purchases by IBM necessary for process development projects under the agreement past December 31, 2008 is conditioned upon the approval of IBM’s board of directors. If IBM’s board of directors does not approve this agreement by September 30, 2007, either party has the right to terminate the agreement effective December 31, 2008 without liability. In addition, the agreement may be extended further by the mutual agreement of the parties and can also be terminated immediately by either party if the other party permanently ceases doing business, becomes bankrupt or insolvent, liquidates or undergoes a change of control or can be terminated by either party upon 30 days written notice upon a failure of the other party to perform a material obligation thereunder. Under this agreement, research and development takes place in IBM’s Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York, the Center for Semiconductor Research at Albany NanoTech, and at IBM’s 300 millimeter manufacturing facility in East Fishkill, N.Y.

 

Under the agreement, we agreed to pay fees to IBM for joint development projects. The actual amounts to be paid to IBM are dependent upon the number of partners, including us and IBM, engaged in related development projects under the agreement. The fees for the joint development projects are generally payable on a quarterly basis over the term of the agreement. In addition, we agreed to pay IBM specified royalties upon the occurrence of certain events, including in the event that we sublicense the jointly developed process technologies to certain third parties or if we bump wafers for a third party. For more information on the fees paid or payable to IBM, see “Unconditional Purchase Commitments,” and “Risk Factors—We cannot be certain that our substantial investments in research and development of process technologies will lead to timely improvements in technology and equipment used to fabricate our products or that we will have sufficient resources to invest in the level of research and development that is required to remain competitive.”

 

Flash Memory

 

Product and system research and development activities for Spansion Flash memory products is conducted primarily in Sunnyvale, California and in Japan, with additional design and development engineering teams located in the United States, Europe and Asia. Spansion’s primary development focus is on products based on MirrorBit technology for the wireless and embedded business markets. Research and development activities related to process development are conducted primarily at the Submicron Development Center in Sunnyvale, California, a manufacturing facility in Austin, Texas referred to as Fab 25 and at facilities in Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan. Spansion is focusing on developing new non-volatile memory process technologies and has announced plans for development of 65-nanometer technology. Spansion is developing processes on 200-millimeter and 300-millimeter wafer technology. Spansion also participates in alliances or other arrangements with external partners in the area of product technology and systems solutions.

 

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Manufacturing, Assembly and Test Facilities

 

We own and operate five manufacturing facilities, of which two are wafer fabrication facilities and three are assembly and test facilities.

 

Our microprocessor fabrication is conducted at the facilities described in the chart below:

 

Facility Location   

Wafer Size

(diameter in

millimeters)

  

Principal

Production

Technology

(in nanometers)

  

Approximate

Clean Room

Square

Footage

Dresden, Germany

              

Fab 30

   200    90    150,000

Fab 36

   300    90    140,000

 

As of December 25, 2005, we manufactured our microprocessor products at Fab 30, on 90-nanometer process technology. We started production at Fab 36 in late 2005, and we intend to make production shipments of wafers manufactured using 90-nanometer technology in the first quarter of 2006. By the end of 2006, we intend to begin manufacturing using 65-nanometer technology. Our goal is to be substantially converted to 65-nanometer technology in Fab 36 by mid-2007. Use of 300-millimeter wafers can contribute to decreasing manufacturing costs per unit and helps increase capacity by yielding significantly more chips per wafer than 200-millimeter wafers. Use of smaller process geometries allows us to put more transistors on an equivalent size chip, which can result in products that are higher performing, use less power and/or cost less to manufacture. We currently plan to add production output on a steady year-to-year basis and to keep fab utilization at high levels.

 

In addition, we have sourcing and manufacturing technology agreements with Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing pursuant to which Chartered will become an additional manufacturing source for our AMD64-based microprocessors. We intend to use the additional capacity provided by Chartered to augment production at our manufacturing facilities. We expect that Chartered will commence production for us in 2006.

 

We have foundry arrangements with third parties for the production of our embedded processor and chipset products.

 

We have also developed an approach to manufacturing that we call Automated Precision Manufacturing, or APM. APM comprises a suite of automation, optimization and real-time data analysis technologies which automate the way decisions are made within our fabrication facilities. We use APM during process technology transitions, and believe APM enables greater efficiency, higher baseline yields, better binning and faster yield learning.

 

Our current assembly and test facilities are described in the chart set forth below:

 

Facility Location   

Approximate

Manufacturing

Area Square

Footage

   Activity

Penang, Malaysia

   112,000    Assembly & Test

Singapore

   194,000    Test

Suzhou, China

   44,310    Test, Mark & Packaging

 

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Prior to December 21, 2005, we also owned and operated eight Flash memory manufacturing facilities through Spansion. Four of these facilities were wafer fabrication facilities and four were assembly and test facilities. These facilities are described in the charts below:

 

Wafer Fabrication Facilities

 

Facility Location   

Wafer Size

(diameter in

millimeters)

  

Production

Technology

(in nanometers)

  

Approximate

Clean Room

Square

Footage

Austin, Texas

              

Fab 25

   200    110    120,000

Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan

              

JV1

   200    230 and 320    70,000

JV2

   200    200 and 230    91,000

JV3

   200    110, 130 and 170    118,000

 

Assembly and Test Facilities

 

Facility Location   

Approximate

Clean Room

Square

Footage

Bangkok, Thailand

   78,000

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

   71,300

Penang, Malaysia

   71,000

Suzhou, China

   30,250

 

During 2005, Spansion’s products were manufactured on 110-, 130-, 170-, 200-, 230- and 320-nanometer process technologies. Process technologies at 200-nanometers and above were used to manufacture low to medium density products where improved cost structure is achieved by leveraging JV1 and JV2, which are substantially depreciated fabs. In 2005, 110-nanometer floating gate and MirrorBit technologies were deployed in production at Fab 25 and JV3. All of the manufacturing facilities produced 200-millimeter wafers. Spansion also has entered into an agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company to augment its internal production capacity.

 

Raw Materials

 

Our manufacturing processes require many raw materials, such as silicon wafers, IC packages, mold compound, substrates and various chemicals and gases, and the necessary equipment for manufacturing. We obtain these materials and equipment from a large number of suppliers located throughout the world.

 

Intellectual Property and Licensing

 

We rely on a combination of protections provided by contracts and intellectual property rights to protect our products and technologies from unauthorized third-party copying and use. Intellectual property rights include copyrights, patents, patent applications, trademarks, trade secrets and maskwork rights. As of December 25, 2005, we had more than 5,500 U.S. patents and had over 1,250 patent applications pending in the United States. The number of issued patents and patent applications decreased from December 26, 2004 because we assigned a number of patents and patent applications to Spansion in connection with its IPO, as discussed below. In certain cases, we have filed corresponding applications in foreign jurisdictions. We expect to file future patent applications in both the United States and abroad on significant inventions, as we deem appropriate. We do not believe that any individual patent, or the expiration thereof, is or would be material to our business.

 

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In connection with the formation of Spansion LLC as of June 2003, we and Fujitsu transferred to Spansion various intellectual property rights pursuant to an Intellectual Property Contribution and Ancillary Matters Agreement, or IPCAAMA. Under the IPCAAMA, Spansion became the owner or joint owner with each of us and Fujitsu, of certain patents, patent applications, trademarks and other intellectual property rights and technology. We reserved rights, on a royalty free basis, to practice the contributed patents and to license these patents to our affiliates and successors-in-interest. We also have the right to use the jointly-owned intellectual property for our internal purposes and to license such intellectual property to others to the extent consistent with our non-competition obligations to Spansion.

 

In addition, for as long as our ownership interest in Spansion remains above a specific minimum level, Spansion is required to identify its technology to us and to provide copies of and training with respect to that technology. Spansion also granted a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, fully paid and royalty-free license of its rights in this technology to us. We may grant licenses under Spansion’s patents, provided that these licenses are of no broader scope than, and are subject to the same terms and conditions that apply to, any license of our patents granted in connection with such license, and the recipient of such license grants to Spansion a license of similar scope under its patents.

 

Under the IPCAAMA, for as long as we continue to hold a majority of shares entitled to vote for the election of Spansion’s directors, we must enforce our applicable patents to minimize, to the extent reasonably possible, any of Spansion’s losses for the infringement of third party patents. However, the manner in which we enforce our patents, including which patents we enforce, is left to our discretion.

 

Effective with the closing of Spansion’s IPO, we and Fujitsu transferred additional patents and patent applications to Spansion. The patents that we transferred included patents and patent applications covering Flash memory products and technology, the processes necessary to manufacture Flash memory products, and the operation and control of Flash memory products.

 

We also have a patent cross-license agreement with Fujitsu whereby each party was granted a non-exclusive license under certain of the other party’s respective semiconductor-related patents. This patent cross-license agreement terminates on June 30, 2013, unless earlier terminated upon 30 days notice following a change of control of the other party. We also have a patent cross-license agreement with Spansion. The patents and patent applications that are licensed are those with an effective filing date prior to the termination of the patent cross-license agreement. The agreement will automatically terminate on the later of June 30, 2013 and the date we sell our entire equity interest in Spansion. The agreements may be terminated by a party on a change in control of the other party or its semiconductor group.

 

In addition, as is typical in the semiconductor industry, we have numerous cross-licensing and technology exchange agreements with other companies under which we both transfer and receive technology and intellectual property rights. One such agreement is the patent cross-license agreement with Intel Corporation which is effective as of January 1, 2001. Under this agreement we granted each other a non-exclusive license under each party’s patents for the manufacture and sale of semiconductor products worldwide. We pay Intel a royalty for certain licensed microprocessor products sold by us or any AMD affiliate anywhere in the world. The license applies to each party’s patents that have a first effective filing date during the capture period, which is the period from January 1, 2001 through January 1, 2010. Either party may terminate the agreement if the other party commits a material breach of the agreement and does not correct the breach within 60 days after receiving written notice thereof, In addition, either party may terminate the agreement upon 60 days written notice in the event of a filing by the other party of a petition in bankruptcy or insolvency, or any adjudication thereof, the filing of any petition seeking reorganization under any law relating to bankruptcy, the appointment of a receiver, the making of any assignment for the benefit of creditors, the institution of any proceedings for the liquidation or winding up of the other party’s business, or in the event of a change of control. For purposes of our agreement with Intel, change of control means a transaction or a series of related transactions in which (i) one or more related parties who did not previously own at least a 50 percent interest in a party obtain at least a 50 percent interest in such party, and, in the

 

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reasonable business judgment of the other party, such change in ownership will have a material effect on the other party’s business, or (ii) a party acquires, by merger, acquisition of assets or otherwise, all or any portion of another legal entity such that either the assets or market value of such party after the close of such transaction are greater than one and one third of the assets or market value of such party prior to such transaction.

 

Backlog

 

We manufacture and market standard lines of products. Consequently, a significant portion of our sales are made from inventory on a current basis. Sales are made primarily pursuant to purchase orders for current delivery or agreements covering purchases over a period of time. These orders or agreements may be revised or canceled without penalty. Generally, in light of current industry practice and experience and the fact that substantially our entire order backlog is cancelable, we do not believe that such agreements provide meaningful backlog figures or are necessarily indicative of actual sales for any succeeding period.

 

Employees

 

As of December 25, 2005, we had approximately 9,860 employees. Spansion’s employees are not included in the number of employees listed above. We believe that our relationship with our employees is good.

 

Environmental Regulations

 

Many aspects of our business operations and products are regulated by domestic and international environmental laws and regulations. These regulations include limitations on discharge of pollutants to air, water, and soil; remediation requirements; product chemical content limitations; manufacturing chemical use and handling restrictions; pollution control requirements; waste minimization considerations; and requirements addressing treatment, transport, storage and disposal of solid and hazardous wastes. If we fail to comply with any of the applicable environmental regulations we may be subject to fines, suspension of production, alteration of our manufacturing processes, import/export restrictions, sales limitations, and/or criminal and civil liabilities. Existing or future regulations could require us to procure expensive pollution abatement or remediation equipment; to modify product designs; or to incur other expenses to comply with environmental regulations. Any failure to adequately control the use, disposal or storage, or discharge of hazardous substances could expose us to future liabilities that could have a material adverse effect on our business. We believe we are in material compliance with applicable environmental requirements and do not expect those requirements to result in material expenditures in the foreseeable future.

 

Environmental laws are complex, change frequently and have tended to become more stringent over time. For example, the European Union has enacted in recent years restrictions on the use of lead, among other chemicals, in electronic products, which affects semiconductor packaging. Other regulatory requirements potentially affecting our manufacturing processes and the design and marketing of our products are in development throughout the world. While we have budgeted for foreseeable associated expenditures, we cannot assure you that future environmental legal requirements will not become more stringent or costly in the future. Therefore, we cannot assure you that our costs of complying with current and future environmental and health and safety laws, and our liabilities arising from past and future releases of, or exposure to, hazardous substances will not have a material adverse effect on us.

 

ITEM 1A.    RISK FACTORS

 

Disclosure regarding the most significant factors that may adversely affect our business, operations, industry or financial position or our future financial performance is set forth under the section entitled, “Risk Factors,” beginning on page 54 below.

 

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ITEM 1B.    UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

 

We have not received any written comments that were issued more than 180 days before December 25, 2005, the end of the fiscal year covered by this report, from the Securities and Exchange Commission staff regarding our periodic or current reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that remain unresolved.

 

ITEM 2.    PROPERTIES

 

At December 25, 2005, we owned principal engineering, manufacturing, warehouse and administrative facilities located in the United States, Germany, Singapore and Malaysia. These facilities totaled approximately 2.8 million square feet. Of this amount, 2.2 million square feet were located in Dresden, Germany and were used primarily for wafer fabrication, research and development, and administrative offices.

 

In some cases, we lease all or a portion of the land on which these facilities are located. Specifically, we lease approximately 115,000 square feet of land in Singapore and 270,000 square feet of land in Suzhou, China for our microprocessor assembly and test facilities. In addition, Fab 30 and Fab 36 are located on approximately 9.7 million square feet of land. Of this amount, Fab 36 owns approximately 5.4 million square feet, and both the facility and the land are encumbered by a lien securing the obligations of our German subsidiary, AMD Fab 36 Limited Liability Company & Co. KG (AMD Fab 36 KG), the entity that owns the Fab 36 assets, under its EUR 700 million term loan facility agreement with a consortium of banks in connection with the Fab 36 project, (Fab 36 Loan Agreements.) See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Fab 36 Term Loan and Guarantee and Fab 36 Partnership Agreements.”

 

As of December 25, 2005, we also leased approximately 1.8 million square feet of space for engineering, manufacturing, warehouse and administrative use, including 26 sales offices located in commercial centers near customers, principally in the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia. These leases expire at varying dates through 2018.

 

We also have approximately 270,000 square feet of building space that is currently vacant. We continue to have lease obligations with respect to this space that expire at various dates through 2011. We are actively marketing this space for sublease. We anticipate that Spansion will lease approximately 71,000 square feet of this building space in 2006.

 

In April 2005, we announced plans for a new campus for design and administrative functions to be developed on approximately 58 acres in Austin, Texas. We expect that the campus will consist of approximately 825,000 square feet and will include four office buildings, garage structures and a common building to be used for an employee cafeteria, fitness center and conference space. We intend to incorporate advanced environmentally sensitive building techniques and materials during the design, development and construction process and to concentrate development to approximately 33 of the available 58 acres. The remainder of the land would remain undeveloped. We expect construction of the new campus to begin in 2006 with relocation to occur during 2007.

 

We currently do not anticipate difficulty in either retaining occupancy of any of our facilities through lease renewals prior to expiration or through month-to-month occupancy, or replacing them with equivalent facilities. We believe that our existing facilities are suitable and adequate for our present purposes, and that, except as discussed above, the productive capacity of such facilities is substantially being utilized or we have plans to utilize it.

 

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ITEM 3.    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

AMD v. Intel Corporation and Intel Kabushiki Kaisha, Civil Action No. 05-441, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

 

On June 27, 2005, we filed an antitrust complaint against Intel Corporation and Intel Kabushiki Kaisha, collectively “Intel,” in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware under Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, Sections 4 and 16 of the Clayton Act, and the California Business and Professions Code. The complaint alleges that Intel has unlawfully maintained a monopoly in the x86 microprocessor market by engaging in anti-competitive financial and exclusionary business practices that in effect limit Intel’s customers’ ability and/or incentive to deal with AMD. The complaint alleges anti-competitive business practices, including:

 

    Forcing major customers into Intel-exclusive deals in return for outright cash payments, discriminatory pricing or marketing subsidies conditioned on the exclusion of AMD;

 

    Forcing other major customers into partial exclusivity agreements by conditioning rebates, allowances and market development funds on customers’ agreement to severely limit or forego entirely purchases from AMD;

 

    Establishing a system of discriminatory and retroactive incentives triggered by purchases at such high levels as to have the intended effect of denying customers the freedom to purchase any significant volume of processors from AMD;

 

    Establishing and enforcing quotas among key retailers, effectively requiring them to stock overwhelmingly or exclusively computers with Intel microprocessors, and thereby artificially limiting consumer choice;

 

    Forcing PC makers and technology partners to boycott AMD product launches or promotions;

 

We have requested the following findings and remedies:

 

    A finding that Intel is abusing its market power by forcing on the industry technical standards and products that have as their main purpose the handicapping of AMD in the marketplace.

 

    A finding that Intel is wrongfully maintaining its monopoly in the x86 microprocessor market in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act and treble damages to AMD in an amount to be proven at trial, pursuant to Section 4 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 15(a);

 

    A finding that Intel has made secret payments and allowance of rebates and discounts, and that Intel secretly and discriminatorily extended to certain purchasers special services or privileges, all in violation of California Business & Professions Code § 17045, and treble damages for AMD’s resulting lost profits in an amount to be proven at trial;

 

    A finding that Intel has intentionally interfered with valuable business relationships of AMD to AMD’s economic detriment and damages to AMD in an amount to be proven at trial for its resulting losses, as well as punitive damages, as permitted by law;

 

    Injunctive relief prohibiting Intel from engaging in any further conduct unlawful under Section 2 of the Sherman Act or Section 17045 of the California Business and Professions Code;

 

    An award to AMD of such other, further and different relief as may be necessary or appropriate to restore and maintain competitive conditions in the x86 microprocessor market; and

 

    An award of attorneys’ fees and costs.

 

Intel filed its answer on September 1, 2005.

 

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Other Related Proceedings

 

On June 30, 2005, our Japanese subsidiary, AMD Japan K.K., or AMD Japan, filed an action in Japan against Intel Corporation’s Japanese subsidiary, Intel Kabushiki Kaisha, or Intel K.K., in the Tokyo High Court and the Tokyo District Court for damages arising from violations of Japan’s Antimonopoly Act.

 

Through its suit in the Tokyo High Court, AMD Japan seeks US$50 million in damages, following on the Japan Fair Trade Commission’s (JFTC) findings in its March 8, 2005 Recommendation, or the JFTC Recommendation, that Intel K.K. committed violations of Japan’s Antimonopoly Act. The JFTC Recommendation concluded that Intel K.K. interfered with AMD Japan’s business activities by providing large amounts of funds to five Japanese PC manufacturers (NEC, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Sony, and Hitachi) on the condition that they refuse to purchase AMD’s microprocessors. The suit alleges that as a result of these illegal acts, AMD Japan suffered serious damages, losing all of its sales of microprocessors to Toshiba, Sony, and Hitachi, while sales of microprocessors to NEC and Fujitsu also fell precipitously.

 

Through its suit in the Tokyo District Court, AMD Japan seeks US$55 million in damages for various anticompetitive acts in addition to those covered in the scope of the JFTC Recommendation. The suit alleges that these anticompetitive acts also had the effect of interfering with AMD Japan’s right to engage in normal business and marketing activities.

 

Environmental Matters

 

We are named as a responsible party on Superfund clean-up orders for three sites in Sunnyvale, California that are on the National Priorities List. Since 1981, we have discovered hazardous material releases to the groundwater from former underground tanks and proceeded to investigate and conduct remediation at these three sites. The chemicals released into the groundwater were commonly used in the semiconductor industry in the United States in the wafer fabrication process prior to 1979.

 

In 1991, we received Final Site Clean-up Requirements Orders from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board relating to the three sites. We have entered into settlement agreements with other responsible parties on two of the orders during the term of such agreements. Under these agreements other parties have assumed most of the foreseeable costs as well as the primary role in conducting remediation activities under the orders. We remain responsible for additional costs beyond the scope of the agreements as well as all remaining costs in the event that the other parties do not fulfill their obligations under the settlement agreements.

 

To address anticipated future remediation costs under the orders, we have computed and recorded an estimated environmental liability of approximately $4.2 million in accordance with applicable accounting rules and have not recorded any potential insurance recoveries in determining the estimated costs of the cleanup. The progress of future remediation efforts cannot be predicted with certainty, and these costs may change. We believe that the potential liability, if any, in excess of amounts already accrued, will not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.

 

Other Matters

 

We are a defendant or plaintiff in various other actions that arose in the normal course of business. In the opinion of management, the ultimate disposition of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.

 

ITEM 4.    SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year covered by this report.

 

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PART II

 

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

Our common stock (symbol “AMD”) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. On February 17, 2006, there were 7,330 registered holders of our common stock. The following tables sets forth on a per share basis the high and low intra-day sales prices on the New York Stock Exchange for our common stock for the periods indicated:

 

     High

   Low

Fiscal year ended December 26, 2004

           

First quarter

   $     17.50            13.60

Second quarter

     17.60    13.65

Third quarter

     16.00    10.76

Fourth quarter

     24.95    12.22
     High

   Low

Fiscal year ended December 25, 2005

           

First quarter

   $     22.37    14.63

Second quarter

     18.34    14.08

Third quarter

     24.03    16.63

Fourth quarter

     30.65    20.22

 

We have never paid any cash dividends on our common stock and have no present plans to do so. In addition, AMD Fab 36 KG, is restricted by its borrowing arrangement from paying cash dividends to AMD, or providing loans or advances to AMD, in certain circumstances, without the prior written consent of the lenders.

 

The information under the caption, “Equity Compensation Plan Information,” in our Proxy Statement for our Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 5, 2006 (2006 Proxy Statement) is incorporated herein by reference.

 

During the period covered by this report, we did not sell any of our equity securities that were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

We have an ongoing authorization from the Board of Directors to repurchase up to $300 million worth of our common stock over a period of time to be determined by management. These repurchases may be made in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions from time to time in compliance with applicable rules and regulations, subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements and other factors. We are not required to repurchase any particular amount of our common stock and the program may be suspended at any time at our discretion. During the fourth quarter of 2005, we did not repurchase any of our equity securities.

 

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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

 

Five Years Ended December 25, 2005

(In thousands except per share amounts)

 

    2005(1)     2004(2)     2003(2)     2002     2001  

Net sales

  $ 5,847,577     $ 5,001,435     $ 3,519,168     $ 2,697,029     $ 3,891,754  

Expenses:

                                       

Cost of sales

    3,455,812       3,032,585       2,327,063       2,105,661       2,589,747  

Research and development

    1,144,025       934,574       852,075       816,114       650,930  

Marketing, general and administrative

    1,016,085       807,011       587,307       670,065       620,030  

Restructuring and other special charges (recoveries), net

    —         5,456       (13,893 )     330,575       89,305  
      5,615,922       4,779,626       3,752,552       3,922,415       3,950,012  

Operating income (loss)

    231,655       221,809       (233,384 )     (1,225,386 )     (58,258 )

Interest income and other income (expense), net

    13,571       (31,150 )(3)     21,116       32,132       25,695  

Interest expense

    (104,960 )     (112,328 )     (109,960 )     (71,349 )     (61,360 )

Income (loss) before minority interest, loss on dilution of equity interest in Spansion Inc., equity in net income of unconsolidated investee and income taxes

    140,266       78,331       (322,228 )     (1,264,603 )     (93,923 )

Minority interest in net loss of consolidated subsidiaries

    125,151       18,663 (2)     44,761 (2)     —         —    

Loss on dilution of equity interest in Spansion Inc.

    (109,681 )(5)     —         —         —         —    

Equity in net income of unconsolidated investee

    3,105       —         5,913       6,177       18,879  

(Benefit) provision for income taxes

    (6,642 )     5,838       2,936       44,586 (4)     (14,463 )

Net income (loss)

  $ 165,483     $ 91,156     $ (274,490 )   $ (1,303,012 )   $ (60,581 )

Net income (loss) per common share

                                       

Basic

  $ 0.41     $ 0.25     $ (0.79 )   $ (3.81 )   $ (0.18 )

Diluted

  $ 0.40     $ 0.25     $ (0.79 )   $ (3.81 )   $ (0.18 )

Shares used in per share calculation

                                       

Basic

    400,004       358,886       346,934       342,334       332,407  

Diluted

    440,776       371,066       346,934       342,334       332,407  

Long-term debt, capital lease obligations and other, less current portion

  $ 1,786,387     $ 2,042,894     $ 2,328,435     $ 1,892,404     $ 672,945  

Total assets

  $ 7,287,779     $ 7,844,210     $ 7,049,772     $ 5,694,453     $ 5,636,445  

 

(1)   Consolidated statement of operations data for 2005 includes Memory Products net sales only through December 20, 2005. From December 21, 2005, the date which Spansion Inc. closed its IPO, through December 25, 2005, we used the equity method of accounting to reflect our share of Spansion’s net income (loss) and included this information under the line item “Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated investee.”
(2)  

Consolidated statement of operations data for 2004 includes the results of operations of the Memory Products segment for the entire year and therefore is not fully comparable to the data for 2005 where Spansion’s results of operations were not consolidated with our results of operations for the last five days of the fiscal year. In addition, consolidated statement of operations data for 2003 includes the results of operations of Spansion from

 

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June 30, 2003, the date of formation of the Spansion LLC (formerly known as FASL LLC). Prior to June 30, 2003 we accounted for our interest in the predecessor manufacturing joint venture under the equity method. Therefore, consolidated statement of operations data for 2004 is not comparable to 2003, nor is 2003 data completely comparable to prior years’ data. Minority interest consists primarily of the elimination of Fujitsu Limited’s share of the income (loss) of Spansion. Fujitsu held a 40 percent minority ownership interest in Spansion, prior to the IPO of Spansion Inc.

(3)   Interest income and other income (expense), net, includes a charge of approximately $32 million associated with our exchange of $201 million of our 4.50% Notes for common stock and a charge of approximately $14 million in connection with the prepayment of the Fab 30 Term Loan.
(4)   The 2002 income tax provision was recorded primarily for taxes due on income generated in certain state and foreign tax jurisdictions. No tax benefit was recorded in 2002 on pre-tax losses due to the establishment of a valuation allowance against the remainder of our U.S. deferred tax assets, net of U.S. deferred liabilities, in the fourth quarter, due to the incurrence of continuing substantial operating losses in the U.S.
(5)   Due to the dilution in our ownership interest in Spansion from 60 percent to 37.9 percent in connection with Spansion’s IPO, we recorded a loss of $110 million which represents the difference between Spansion’s book value per share before and after the IPO multiplied by the number of shares owned by us.

 

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes as of December 25, 2005 and December 26, 2004, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 25, 2005, which are included in this annual report. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

 

Overview

 

We design, manufacture and market microprocessors for the computing, communications and consumer electronics markets. We also sell embedded microprocessors for personal connectivity devices and other consumer markets. Prior to the closing of the initial public offering, or IPO, of Spansion Inc., our formerly consolidated majority owned subsidiary, on December 21, 2005, which is described in more detail below, we also manufactured and sold Flash memory devices through, Spansion (formerly Spansion LLC).

 

Total net sales for 2005 of $5.8 billion increased 17 percent compared with net sales for 2004 of $5.0 billion. This growth was driven by the performance of our Computation Products segment where net sales of $3.8 billion increased by 50 percent compared to 2004, due to increased unit sales and average selling prices. We believe that our strategy of developing new generations of products based on our customers’ needs contributed to accelerating customer and end-user adoption of our microprocessors across all geographies.

 

In particular, our introduction of AMD Turion 64 processors for notebook PCs in March 2005, AMD Opteron dual-core processors for servers and workstations in April 2005, and AMD Athlon 64 dual-core processors for desktop PCs in May 2005 helped drive increasing customer adoption of our products. Moreover, we believe that our sales growth in each of our product lines outpaced the industry, resulting in increased market share for us. Sales of products for the server market was the fastest growing part of our business in 2005, followed by sales of products for notebook PCs and sales of products for desktop PCs. Increasing demand from enterprises for our products allowed us to add a number of new customers. As a result, 90 percent of the top 100, and more than 45 percent of the top 500 of the Forbes Global 2000 companies or their subsidiaries use AMD64 technology.

 

On December 21, 2005, Spansion Inc. completed its IPO of 47,264,000 shares of its Class A common stock. Prior to the IPO, Spansion was our majority owned subsidiary and its financial position, results of operations and cash flows were consolidated with ours. However, due to Spansion’s IPO, our ownership interest in Spansion was diluted from 60 percent to 37.9 percent. As a result, we no longer exercise control over Spansion and we no longer consolidate Spansion’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows with ours. We began applying the equity method of accounting to reflect our investment in Spansion and our share of Spansion’s net income from December 21, 2005 based on our remaining equity interest, which is currently 37.9 percent.

 

The overall growth of our annual net sales was partially offset by the results of our Memory Products segment. In 2005, net sales of our Memory Products segment of approximately $1.9 billion decreased 18 percent compared to net sales of approximately $2.3 billion in 2004. In 2005, we consolidated Spansion’s results of operations in our Memory Products segment only through December 20, 2005 because of Spansion’s IPO. Therefore, approximately $104 million of Spansion’s net sales from December 21, 2005 through December 25, 2005 were excluded from our Memory Products net sales in 2005. Other factors that contributed to the decline in Memory Products net sales included aggressive pricing by competitors due in most cases to oversupply of products in the NOR Flash memory market and a delay in Spansion’s qualification of a Flash memory product for the wireless category, which contributed to lower Memory Products net sales during the first half of 2005.

 

During 2005, we reduced our debt and capital lease obligations by $489 million, which includes the deconsolidation of $370 million of Spansion’s indebtedness to third parties as a result of Spansion’s IPO.

 

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Moreover, as of December 25, 2005, our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments totaled $1.8 billion, which includes cash proceeds of approximately $260 million from Spansion’s repayment of amounts outstanding under loans due to us, compared to $1.2 billion as of December 26, 2004.

 

We also substantially completed the construction and initial facilitization of Fab 36, our 300-millimeter wafer fabrication facility in Dresden, Germany. We intend to make production shipments of wafers manufactured using 90-nanometer technology in Fab 36 in the first quarter of 2006 and to begin manufacturing using 65-nanometer technology by the end of 2006. Our goal is to be substantially converted to 65-nanometer technology in Fab 36 by mid-2007. The additional capacity gained through the use of larger 300-millimeter wafers plays an important role in our growth plans for the next several years. We plan to add production output on a steady year-to-year basis, while also keeping fab utilization at consistently high levels.

 

For 2006, we anticipate further growth in both annual net sales and market share. We believe critical success factors include our ability to: continue to increase market acceptance of our AMD64 technology, particularly by business enterprises, including small and medium businesses, as well as large enterprises, academic institutions and government institutions; strengthen our relationships with key customers and suppliers and establish relationships with new customers and suppliers that are industry leaders in their markets; successfully develop and transition to the latest manufacturing process technologies; ramp the production at Fab 36 and at a third-party foundry on a timely basis in response to market requirements; develop and introduce new products on a timely basis and achieve efficient and timely volume production of these products; extend our portfolio of x86 technology from the traditional PC and server markets into embedded applications in such markets as storage subsystems, networking and telephony equipment, handheld computing devices, computation and office equipment products, and consumer electronics; design and deliver products that meet the demands of consumers as digital content becomes increasingly used with a variety of connected digital devices; and continue to expand our participation in high-growth global markets.

 

We intend the discussion of our financial condition and results of operations that follows to provide information that will assist you in understanding our financial statements, the changes in certain key items in those financial statements from year to year, the primary factors that resulted in those changes, and how certain accounting principles, policies and estimates affect our financial statements.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts in our consolidated financial statements. We evaluate our estimates on an on-going basis, including those related to our revenues, inventories, asset impairments, and income taxes. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities. Although actual results have historically been reasonably consistent with management’s expectations, the actual results may differ from these estimates or our estimates may be affected by different assumptions or conditions.

 

We believe the following critical accounting policies are the most significant to the presentation of our financial statements and require the most difficult, subjective and complex judgments.

 

Revenue Reserves.    We record a provision for estimated sales returns and allowances on product sales and a provision for estimated future price reductions in the same period that the related revenues are recorded. We base these estimates on actual historical sales returns, allowances, historical price reductions, market activity, and other known or anticipated trends and factors. These estimates are subject to management’s judgment, and actual provisions could be different from our estimates and current provisions, resulting in future adjustments to our revenues and operating results.

 

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Inventory Valuation.    At each balance sheet date, we evaluate our ending inventories for excess quantities and obsolescence. This evaluation includes analysis of sales levels by product and projections of future demand. These projections assist us in determining the carrying value of our inventory and are also used for near-term factory production planning. Generally, inventories on hand in excess of forecasted demand for the next six months are not valued. In addition, we write off inventories that are considered obsolete. We adjust remaining specific inventory balances to approximate the lower of our standard manufacturing cost or market value. Among other factors, management considers forecasted demand in relation to the inventory on hand, competitiveness of product offerings, market conditions and product life cycles when determining obsolescence and net realizable value. If we anticipate future demand or market conditions to be less favorable than our projections as forecasted, additional inventory write-downs may be required and would be reflected in cost of sales in the period the revision is made. This would have a negative impact on our gross margins in that period. If in any period we are able to sell inventories that were not valued or that had been written off in a previous period, related revenues would be recorded without any offsetting charge to cost of sales, resulting in a net benefit to our gross margin in that period. To the extent these factors materially affect our gross margins, we would disclose them in our filings with the SEC.

 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets.    We consider no less frequently than quarterly whether indicators of impairment of long-lived assets are present. These indicators may include, but are not limited to, significant decreases in the market value of an asset and significant changes in the extent or manner in which an asset is used. If these or other indicators are present, we determine whether the estimated undiscounted cash flows attributable to the assets in question are less than their carrying value. If less, we recognize an impairment loss based on the excess of the carrying amount of the assets over their respective fair values. Fair value is determined by discounted future cash flows, appraisals or other methods. If the asset determined to be impaired is to be held and used, we recognize an impairment loss through a charge to our operating results which also reduces the carrying basis of the related asset(s). The new carrying value of the related asset(s) is depreciated over the remaining estimated useful life of the asset(s). We may incur additional impairment losses in future periods if factors influencing our estimates of the undiscounted cash flows change.

 

Income Taxes.    In determining taxable income for financial statement reporting purposes, we must make certain estimates and judgments. These estimates and judgments are applied in the calculation of certain tax liabilities and in the determination of the recoverability of deferred tax assets, which arise from temporary differences between the recognition of assets and liabilities for tax and financial statement reporting purposes.

 

We must assess the likelihood that we will be able to recover our deferred tax assets. If recovery is not likely, we must increase our provision for taxes by recording a charge to income tax expense, in the form of a valuation allowance, for the deferred tax assets that we estimate will not ultimately be recoverable. We consider past performance, future expected taxable income and prudent and feasible tax planning strategies in determining the need for a valuation allowance. As of December 25, 2005, all of our U.S. deferred tax assets, net of deferred tax liabilities are subject to a full valuation allowance, which was initially established in the fourth quarter of 2002. The realization of these assets is dependent on substantial future taxable income which, at December 25, 2005, in management’s estimate, is not more likely than not to be achieved. In 2005, the valuation allowance increased primarily due to the continuation of start-up losses at Fab 36 in Germany net of utilization of valuation allowance as a result of operating profits in the U.S. If we in the future determine that it is more likely than not that the net deferred tax assets will be realized, an appropriate amount of the previously provided valuation allowance will be reversed, resulting in a benefit to our operating results. Such benefits would be recorded on the income tax (benefit) provision line of our statement of operations.

 

In addition, the calculation of our tax liabilities involves dealing with uncertainties in the application of complex tax rules and the potential for future adjustment of our uncertain tax positions by the Internal Revenue Service or other taxing jurisdiction. If our estimates of these taxes are greater or less than actual results, an additional tax benefit or charge will result.

 

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Results of Operations

 

We review and assess operating performance using segment revenues and operating income (loss) before interest, taxes and minority interest. These performance measures include the allocation of expenses to the operating segments based on management’s judgment.

 

Prior to the third quarter of 2003, we had two reportable segments: the Core Products segment, which consisted of the microprocessor, memory products and other IC products operating segments, and the Foundry Services segment, which consisted of fees for products sold to Vantis Corporation, our former programmable logic devices subsidiary, and Legerity Inc., our former voice communication products subsidiary.

 

Effective June 30, 2003, we and Fujitsu executed agreements to integrate our Flash memory operations including our existing joint manufacturing venture, Fujitsu AMD Semiconductor Limited, or FASL. FASL was contributed to a new entity, Spansion LLC (formerly known as FASL LLC), which was owned 60 percent by us and 40 percent by Fujitsu. As a result of this transaction, we began consolidating Spansion’s results of operations on June 30, 2003. Prior to June 30, 2003, we accounted for our share of FASL’s operating results under the equity method.

 

As a result of the formation of Spansion LLC effective June 30, 2003, we reorganized our operating segments and created the following two reportable segments:

 

    the Computation Products segment, which includes microprocessor products for desktop and mobile PCs, servers and workstations and chipset products; and

 

    the Memory Products segment, which includes Spansion Flash memory products.

 

In addition to our reportable segments, we also have the All Other category that is not a reportable segment. It includes several operating segments as well as certain operating expenses and credits that are not allocated to any of our operating segments because our Chief Executive Officer, who is our Chief Operating Decision Maker, or CODM, does not consider these operating expenses and credits in evaluating the operating performance of our operating segments.

 

In the fourth quarter of 2004, we began presenting our Personal Connectivity Solutions operating segment as a separate reportable segment because this operating segment’s operating losses exceeded 10 percent of the combined operating income (loss) of all our operating segments. Therefore this operating segment became a reportable segment under the requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 131 “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information” (SFAS 131). Previously, we included our Personal Connectivity Solutions operating segment in our All Other category. The Personal Connectivity Solutions segment includes primarily low-power, high-performance x86 and MIPS architecture-based embedded microprocessors and products for global commercial and consumer markets.

 

Our All Other category also includes our PIC products, which were reviewed separately by our CODM beginning in the third quarter of 2005. PIC is not a reportable segment because the net operating results for the PIC operating segment constitute less than 10 percent of the combined operating income of all our operating segments. Prior to 2005, revenue from sales of PIC products was not material.

 

As a result of Spansion’s IPO in December 2005 and, our deconsolidation of Spansion’s operating results effective December 21, 2005 discussed above, we allocated profit sharing and bonus expenses to the specific operating segments that earned them. Therefore, these expenses are no longer included in the All Other category.

 

The results of operations for our operating segments presented and discussed in this section follow our segment structure discussed above, and all prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year segment presentation.

 

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As a result of Spansion’s IPO, our financial results of operations include Spansion’s financial results of operations as a consolidated subsidiary only through December 20, 2005. From December 21, 2005, Spansion’s operating results and financial position are not consolidated as part of our financial results. Instead, we applied the equity method of accounting to reflect our share of Spansion’s net income from December 21, 2005 through December 25, 2005. Accordingly, our operating results, including the segment operating results for the Memory Products segment, for the year ended December 25, 2005 are not fully comparable with our results for 2004.

 

In addition, because prior to Spansion’s IPO we held a 60 percent controlling interest in Spansion, Fujitsu’s 40 percent share in the net income (loss) of Spansion was reflected as a minority interest adjustment to our consolidated financial statements through December 20, 2005. This minority interest adjustment does not correspond to operating income (loss) of our Memory Products segment because operating income (loss) for our Memory Products segment includes operations incremental to those of Spansion. Furthermore, the minority interest calculation is based on Spansion’s net income (loss) rather than operating income (loss).

 

Prior to the formation of Spansion LLC on June 30, 2003, the results of operations for periods prior to June 30, 2003 did not include the consolidation of Spansion’s results of operations. Accordingly, the segment operating information for the Memory Products segment for the year ended December 26, 2004, is not fully comparable to the reclassified segment information for the prior period presented.

 

We use a 52- to 53-week fiscal year ending on the last Sunday in December. The years ended December 25, 2005, December 26, 2004 and December 28, 2003, each included 52 weeks. References in this report to 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003 shall refer to the fiscal year unless explicitly stated otherwise.

 

The following is a summary of our net sales and operating income (loss) by segment and category for 2005, 2004 and 2003.

 

     2005     2004     2003  
     (In millions)  

Net sales

                        

Computation Products Group

   $ 3,793     $ 2,528     $ 1,960  

Memory Products Group

     1,913       2,342       1,419  

Personal Connectivity Solutions Group

     136       131       140  

All Other

     6       —         —    

Total Net Sales

   $ 5,848       5,001       3,519  

Operating income (loss)

                        

Computation Products Group

   $ 617     $ 266     $ (32 )

Memory Products Group

     (311 )     35       (190 )

Personal Connectivity Solutions Group

     (55 )     (54 )     (12 )

All Other

     (19 )     (25 )     1  

Total Operating Income (Loss)

   $ 232     $ 222     $ (233 )

 

Computation Products Group

 

Net sales of our Computation Products of $3.8 billion for 2005 increased 50 percent compared to net sales of $2.5 billion for 2004 primarily due to an increase of 37 percent in unit shipments and an increase of nine percent in average selling prices. Unit shipments increased due to greater demand for desktop, mobile and server products across all geographic regions, particularly in North America and Greater China. In addition, our introduction of AMD Turion 64 processors for notebook PCs in March 2005, AMD Opteron dual-core processors for servers and workstations in April 2005 and AMD Athlon 64 dual-core processors for desktop PCs in May 2005 helped drive increasing customer adoption of our products. The increase in average selling prices was

 

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primarily due to increased sales of our higher priced, high-performance AMD64-based processors which contributed to a richer product mix.

 

Computation Products net sales of $2.5 billion in 2004 increased 29 percent compared to net sales of $2.0 billion in 2003. The increase was primarily due to a 19 percent increase in average selling prices and a nine percent increase in microprocessor unit shipments. The increase in average selling prices was primarily due to increased sales of our higher-priced AMD64-based processors, particularly our AMD Athlon 64 processors, which contributed to a richer product mix. Similarly, the increase in unit shipments reflected the increased demand for these processors. Sales increased across all geographic regions, and growth was particularly strong in North America and Asia.

 

Computation Products operating income of $617 million in 2005 increased by 132 percent compared to operating income of $266 million in 2004. The increase was primarily due to a 50 percent increase in net sales, partially offset by a 36 percent increase in operating expenses. Operating expenses increased $914 million primarily due to a 37 percent increase in unit shipments, an increase of $205 million in research and development costs, and an increase of $110 million in marketing and cooperative advertising costs. The increase in research and development costs was due primarily to an increase of $103 million in product design and process improvement costs for new generations of our microprocessors and a $96 million increase in Fab 36 start-up costs.

 

Computation Products operating income of $266 million in 2004 increased by $298 million compared to an operating loss of $32 million in 2003. The increase was primarily due to a 29 percent increase in net sales, partially offset by a 14 percent increase in operating expenses. Operating expenses increased due primarily to an increase in marketing and cooperative advertising costs of $79 million in connection with our AMD64-based processors, a nine percent increase in unit shipments, and a $28 million increase in research and development costs. The increase in research and development costs was due primarily to a $29 million increase in Fab 36 start-up costs and a $24 million increase in product design and engineering costs related to future generations of our microprocessors offset by a $23 million decrease in Fab 30 research and development activities.

 

Memory Products Group

 

Memory Products net sales of $1.9 billion in 2005 decreased 18 percent compared to net sales of $2.3 billion in 2004. In 2005, we consolidated Spansion’s net sales into Memory Product net sales only through December 20, 2005. Therefore, approximately $104 million of Spansion’s net sales from December 21, 2005 through December 25, 2005 were excluded from Memory Products net sales in 2005. In addition, Memory Products net sales were adversely impacted due to a decrease of 28 percent in average selling prices in 2005 compared to 2004, partially offset by an increase of 14 percent in unit shipments in 2005 compared to 2004. Net sales for the Memory Products segment for 2005 are not fully comparable with net sales for 2004 because Spansion’s net sales are not consolidated with our net sales from December 21, 2005 through December 25, 2005.

 

Memory Products net sales of $2.3 billion in 2004 increased 65 percent compared to net sales of $1.4 billion in 2003. The increase in total net sales was primarily due to the effect of consolidating Spansion’s results of operations, which included Spansion’s sales to Fujitsu of $1.1 billion for 12 months in 2004 compared to $449 million for the last six months of 2003, and also due to stronger market demand in 2004 than in 2003, particularly in the wireless category of the Flash memory market, which resulted in a nine percent increase in average selling prices. In the second half of 2003, demand for Flash memory products began to increase significantly, and this trend continued through the first half of 2004. In the second half of 2004, however, our Memory Products net sales declined due to aggressive pricing by competitors particularly in the embedded category of the Flash memory market, where competitors began to aggressively pursue increased market share, and aggregate Flash memory product supply exceeded demand. In particular, decreased demand from the wireless handset market in Asia, in part due to excess inventory accumulation by wireless handset OEMs in China during the first half of 2004, contributed to a decline in Memory Product net sales during the third quarter of 2004. In addition, a

 

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downturn in the overall Flash memory market, lower than expected sales in the wireless handset market and delays in qualifying a product based on Spansion’s second-generation MirrorBit technology also contributed to a decline in net sales in the fourth quarter of 2004. Also, Memory Product net sales declined in the second half of 2004 compared with the first half of 2004 because Spansion was not able to meet demand for certain of lower density products for the embedded category of the Flash memory market in the first half of 2004, which we believe adversely impacted relationships with customers who did not receive allocations of these embedded products. Competitors were able to take advantage of this situation to increase their market share in the second half of 2004. Spansion was unable to meet demand for these products in the first half of 2004 because in 2003 it underestimated demand with respect to these products for the first half of 2004 and was unable to install additional wafer fabrication capacity on a timely basis. As a result, a significant number of end customers for lower density products were under-served, and these customers chose to rely on competitors both for product supply and for their design-in activities in the first half of 2004, resulting in an increased market share for those competitors in the second half of 2004 when those designs went into production. Further quantification of the breakdown in the increase in net sales is not practical due to the reorganization of geographical sales territories between us and Fujitsu in connection with the initial formation of Spansion LLC as of June 30, 2003.

 

Memory Products had an operating loss of $311 million in 2005 compared to operating income of $35 million in 2004. The decline in operating results was primarily due to a decrease in net sales of $430 million while the cost of sales only decreased $109 million. Net sales decreased as a result of a decrease of 28 percent in average selling prices in 2005 compared to 2004. Net sales for the Memory Products segment for 2005 are not fully comparable with net sales for 2004 because Spansion’s net sales are not consolidated with our net sales from December 21, 2005 through December 25, 2005. In addition, we recorded a goodwill impairment charge of approximately $16 million during the fourth quarter of 2005. Goodwill in the amount of $16 million was generated on June 30, 2003 as a result of the formation of Spansion LLC, which we accounted for as a partial step acquisition and purchase business combination. In the fourth quarter of 2005, after considering the fact that the estimated fair value of Spansion was less than our carrying net book value and after comparing the estimated fair value of Spansion’s assets (other than goodwill) to our carrying net book value for such assets, we concluded that the implied fair value of goodwill is zero. Therefore, we wrote off the entire $16 million of recorded goodwill.

 

Memory Products operating income of $35 million in 2004 increased $225 million from an operating loss of $190 million in 2003. The increase was primarily due to the effect of consolidating Spansion’s results of operations, which include Spansion’s sales to Fujitsu, for 12 months in 2004 compared to six months in 2003. In addition, our manufacturing costs decreased due to our transition to 110-nanometer process technology for certain of our Flash memory products in 2004 and as a result of increased shipments of Flash memory products based on MirrorBit technology, which are less expensive to manufacture than Flash memory products based on floating gate technology. Further quantification of the changes is not practical due to the consolidation of Spansion’s results of operations with our financial results as of June 30, 2003.

 

Personal Connectivity Solutions Group

 

Personal Connectivity Solutions (PCS) net sales of $136 million in 2005 increased four percent compared to net sales of $131 million in 2004. The increase was primarily due to $13 million increase in sales of AMD Geode products and $8 million increase in sales of embedded processors, partially offset by a $15 million decrease in sales of networking products and MIPS-architecture based products.

 

PCS net sales of $131 million in 2004 decreased seven percent compared to net sales of $140 million in 2003. The decrease was primarily due to a $43 million decrease in sales of certain end-of-life embedded microprocessors, partially offset by a $33 million increase in sales of AMD Geode products. We acquired the Geode product line from National Semiconductor in August 2003. Accordingly, the increase in sales of AMD Geode products in 2004 was due to the fact that in 2004 we had 12 months of sales whereas in 2003 we had approximately four months of sales.

 

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PCS operating loss of $55 million in 2005 was flat compared to an operating loss of $54 million in 2004. The increase in net sales of $5 million from 2004 to 2005 was offset by an increase in operating expenses of $6 million.

 

PCS operating loss of $54 million in 2004 increased compared to an operating loss of $12 million in 2003. The increase in the operating loss was primarily due to a $31 million increase in operating expenses. Operating expenses increased due to an increase of approximately $23 million in manufacturing costs as a result of a change in product mix and an aggregate increase of $9 million in marketing, general and administrative expenses as a result of activities related to our AMD Geode products and other product development. Manufacturing costs increased primarily because we manufactured more AMD Geode products, which generally are more expensive to manufacture than our other embedded processors.

 

All Other Category

 

All Other net sales in 2005 were $6 million because of sales of PIC products. We did not generate any material sales from PIC products in 2004 or 2003.

 

All Other operating loss of $19 million in 2005 decreased from $25 million in 2004, primarily due to restructuring and other special charges of $5 million incurred during 2004 due to a change in our estimate of potential sublease revenue.

 

All Other operating loss in 2004 was $25 million compared to operating income of $1 million in 2003. We incurred an operating loss in 2004, primarily due to operating expenses associated with developing and marketing PIC products. In addition, All Other operating loss in 2004 included approximately $5 million of restructuring and other special charges due to a change in our estimate of potential sublease revenue, while in 2003 we had a $14 million credit adjustment to the restructuring charge primarily because we reduced the estimate of the numbers of positions to be eliminated in response to the additional resources required due to the Spansion LLC transaction and reversed the associated severance and fringe benefit accrual.

 

Comparison of Gross Margin, Expenses, Interest Income and Other Income (Expense), Net, Interest Expense, Income Taxes and Other Expenses

 

The following is a summary of certain consolidated statement of operations data for years ended December 25, 2005, December 26, 2004 and December 28, 2003:

 

     2005     2004     2003  
     (In millions except for
percentages)
 

Cost of sales

   $ 3,456     $ 3,033     $ 2,327  

Gross margin percentage

     41 %     39 %     34 %

Research and development

   $ 1,144     $ 935     $ 852  

Marketing, general and administrative

     1,016       807       587  

Restructuring and other special charges (recoveries), net

     —         5       (14 )

Interest income and other income (expense), net

     14       (31 )     21  

Interest expense

     105       112       110  

Loss on dilution of equity interest in Spansion Inc.

     110       —         —    

Income tax (benefit) provision

     (7 )     6       3  

 

Gross Margin

 

Gross margin percentage increased to 41 percent in 2005 compared to 39 percent in 2004. The improvement in gross margin percentage was primarily due to microprocessor net sales, which comprised a greater percentage of total net sales in 2005 as compared to 2004. Microprocessor net sales carried a higher gross margin than Flash

 

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memory net sales. In addition, the improvement in gross margin was due to a 1.5 percent increase in gross margin for Computation Products. Computation Products margin improved as a result of a nine percent increase in average selling prices discussed above, partially offset by increased manufacturing costs caused by the shift in our product mix to higher-end microprocessor products. Gross margin also improved because we were better able to absorb our fixed manufacturing costs due in part to improving yields at Fab 30. The improvement in gross margin was partially offset by a 12 percent decrease in gross margin for Memory Products due primarily to a decrease of 28 percent in average selling prices in 2005 compared to 2004, partially offset by an increase of 14 percent in unit shipments in 2005 compared to 2004.

 

Gross margin percentage increased to 39 percent in 2004 compared to 34 percent in 2003. The increase in gross margin was primarily due to an increase in net sales of 42 percent and lower unit manufacturing costs resulting from our transition to smaller, more cost efficient manufacturing process technologies for both microprocessors and Flash memory products. Further quantification of the improvement in gross margin percentage is not practical due to the consolidation of Spansion’s operating results as of June 30, 2003.

 

We record grants and allowances that we receive from the State of Saxony and the Federal Republic of Germany for Fab 30 or Fab 36, and we recorded the interest subsidies we received for Fab 30, as long-term liabilities on our financial statements. We amortize these amounts as they are earned as a reduction to operating expenses. We record the amortization of the production related grants and allowances as a credit to cost of sales. The credit to cost of sales totaled $72 million in 2005, $67 million in 2004 and $46 million in 2003. The fluctuations in the recognition of these credits have not significantly impacted our gross margins.

 

In 2005 and 2004 we capitalized construction and facilitization costs related to Fab 36. Once Fab 36 begins producing revenue-generating products, which we anticipate will be in the first quarter of 2006, we will begin depreciating these costs to cost of sales.

 

Expenses

 

Research and Development Expenses

 

Research and development expenses of $1,144 million in 2005 increased 22 percent from $935 million in 2004 due primarily to an increase of $103 million in product design and process improvement costs for new generations of our microprocessors and increased start-up costs associated with the Fab 36 project of $96 million.

 

Research and development expenses of $935 million in 2004 increased ten percent from $852 million in 2003 due in part to higher research and development expenses as a result of the consolidation of Spansion LLC’s results of operations with our results of operations effective June 30, 2003, increased start-up costs associated with the Fab 36 project of approximately $29 million and a $24 million increase in product design and engineering costs for new generations of our microprocessors. These factors were partially offset by a $23 million decrease in Fab 30 research and development activities.

 

From time to time, we also apply for and obtain subsidies from the State of Saxony, the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Union for certain research and development projects. We record the amortization of the research and development related grants and allowances as well as the research and development subsidies as a reduction of research and development expenses when all conditions and requirements set forth in the subsidy grant are met. The credit to research and development expenses totaled $44 million in 2005, $21 million in 2004 and $29 million in 2003.

 

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Marketing, General and Administrative Expenses

 

Marketing, general and administrative expenses of $1,016 million in 2005 increased 26 percent compared to $807 million in 2004, primarily due to an increase of $110 million in marketing and cooperative advertising costs and other expenses related to the 17 percent increase in revenue in 2005 compared to 2004. In addition, in 2005 we wrote off goodwill of $16 million, which was originally recorded in 2003, as a result of the formation of Spansion LLC.

 

Marketing, general and administrative expenses of $807 million in 2004 increased 37 percent compared to $587 million in 2003, primarily due to increased sales and cooperative advertising and marketing expenses of $112 million primarily associated with our AMD 64-based processors, expenses from Spansion of $153 million for 12 months of 2004 compared to $78 million for six months in 2003 and new regulatory compliance costs of $15 million.

 

Effects of 2002 Restructuring Plan

 

In December 2002, we began implementing a restructuring plan (the 2002 Restructuring Plan) to further align our cost structure to industry conditions resulting from weak customer demand and industry-wide excess inventory.

 

The 2002 Restructuring Plan resulted in the consolidation of facilities, primarily at our Sunnyvale, California site and at sales offices worldwide. We vacated and are attempting to sublease certain facilities currently occupied under long-term operating leases through 2011. We also terminated the implementation of certain partially completed enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and other information technology implementation activities, resulting in the abandonment of certain software, hardware and capitalized development costs.

 

With the exception of exit costs consisting primarily of remaining lease payments on abandoned facilities net of estimated sublease income that are payable through 2011, we have completed the activities associated with the 2002 Restructuring Plan.

 

The following table summarizes activities under the 2002 Restructuring Plan through December 25, 2005:

 

     Severance
and
Employee
Benefits
    Asset
Impairment
    Facility
Exit and
Equipment
Decommission
Costs
    Other
Restructuring
Charges
    Total  
     (In thousands)  

Accruals at December 29, 2002

   $ 54,420     $ —       $ 138,105     $ 4,315     $ 196,840  

2003 Provision

     —         7,791       3,314       —         11,105  

Cash payments

     (38,816 )     —         (20,796 )     (4,300 )     (63,912 )

Non-cash charges

     —         (7,791 )     —         —         (7,791 )

Non-cash adjustments

     (8,864 )     —         —         (15 )     (8,879 )

Accruals at December 28, 2003

   $ 6,740     $ —       $ 120,623     $ —       $ 127,363  

Cash payments

     (6,789 )     —         (20,150 )     —         (26,939 )

Non-cash adjustments

     49       —         5,203       —         5,252  

Accruals at December 26, 2004

   $ —       $ —       $ 105,676     $ —       $ 105,676  

Cash payments

     —         —         (20,773 )     —         (20,773 )

Accruals at December 25, 2005

   $ —       $ —       $ 84,903     $ —       $ 84,903  

 

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Interest Income and Other Income (Expense), Net

 

     2005     2004     2003
     (In thousands)

Interest income

   $ 37,210     $ 18,013     $ 19,702

Other income (expense), net

     (23,639 )     (49,163 )     1,414
     $ 13,571     $ (31,150 )   $ 21,116

 

We recorded a net income of interest income and other income (expense), net of $14 million in 2005 compared to a net expense of approximately $31 million in 2004, an increase of $45 million. This increase was due primarily to a decrease in other expense, net from $49 million in 2004, the components of which are discussed below, to $24 million in 2005. The $24 million of other expense, net in 2005 consisted primarily of a loss of approximately $10 million during the fourth quarter of 2005 resulting from the mark-to-market to earnings of certain foreign currency forward contracts which became ineffective in hedging against certain forecasted foreign currency transactions that are now not expected to occur due to the change of functional currency for AMD Fab 36 KG from the euro to the U.S. dollar and approximately $14 million of commitment and guarantee fees incurred in connection with the Fab 36 Loan Agreements. In addition, interest income increased approximately $19 million in 2005 compared to 2004 due to a 135 percent increase in average interest rates and an increase in our average cash balances.

 

We recorded a net expense of interest income and other income (expense), net, of $31 million in 2004 compared to a net income of approximately $21 million in 2003. This expense in 2004 was due primarily to a charge of approximately $32 million related to a series of transactions pursuant to which we exchanged $201 million of our 4.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2007 (the 4.50% Notes) for our common stock. The charge represented the difference between the fair value of the common stock issued in the transactions and the fair value of common stock issuable pursuant to the original conversion terms of the 4.50% Notes. In addition, interest income and other income (expense), net, in 2004 included a charge of approximately $14 million in connection with our prepayment of the term loan agreement between our German subsidiary, AMD Saxony Limited Liability Company & Co. KG and a consortium of banks in order to finance Fab 30, or the Fab 30 Term Loan, and a loss of approximately $6 million during the second quarter of 2004 resulting from the mark-to-market to earnings of certain foreign currency forward contracts that we used as economic hedges of forecasted capital contributions to AMD Fab 36 KG, which do not qualify as accounting hedges. Interest income was flat in 2004 compared to 2003.

 

Interest Expense

 

Interest expense of $105 million in 2005 decreased six percent compared to $112 million in 2004. In 2004, interest expense included approximately $26 million of interest under the Fab 30 Term Loan. Because we prepaid this loan on November 2, 2004, we did not incur any interest in connection with this loan in 2005. In addition, interest expense incurred on our 4.50% Notes was $9 million in 2005 compared with $19 million in 2004 because the holders of an aggregate principal amount of $201.5 million of these notes converted their notes into our common stock during the fourth quarter of 2005, and we exchanged an aggregate principal amount of $200 million of these notes in a series of transactions during the fourth quarter of 2004 for shares of our common stock. Also, during 2005, we capitalized interest of $35 million in connection with Fab 36 construction activities in Dresden, Germany, compared with $9 million in 2004. Partially offsetting these decreases in interest expense was the higher interest expense of $48 million incurred in connection with our 7.75% Senior Notes due 2012 (the 7.75% Notes), which we sold on October 29, 2004, compared with $8 million in 2004 and interest expense incurred pursuant to capital leases which increased by approximately $10 million in 2005 compared with 2004.

 

Interest expense of $112 million in 2004 was approximately flat compared to $110 million in 2003. Interest accrued on the 7.75% Notes during 2004 was partially offset by the absence of interest expense, as of November 2, 2004, for amounts outstanding under the Fab 30 Term Loan, and the absence of interest expense

 

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with respect to $201 million of our 4.50% Notes, which we exchanged for our common stock in a series of transactions during the fourth quarter of 2004. In addition, we capitalized interest during 2004 of $9 million in connection with our Fab 36 construction activities.

 

Loss on Dilution of Equity Interest in Spansion Inc.

 

Prior to the Spansion IPO, we held a 60 percent controlling ownership interest in Spansion, and Spansion’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows were consolidated with ours. Consequently, Spansion’s results of operations through December 20, 2005 have been included in our consolidated statements of operations and cash flows. Following Spansion’s IPO, our ownership interest was diluted from 60 percent to 37.9 percent and we no longer exercise control over Spansion. As a result, from December 21, 2005, the closing date of the IPO, through December 25, 2005 we used the equity method of accounting to reflect our investment in Spansion, and we no longer consolidated Spansion’s financial position, operating results or cash flows with ours. This will continue in 2006. In connection with the reduction of our ownership interest in Spansion, we recorded a loss of $110 million. This loss represents the difference between Spansion’s book value per share before and after the IPO multiplied by the number of shares of Spansion’s common stock owned by us. As of December 25, 2005, we evaluated the carrying value of our investment in Spansion and concluded that, based on the relevant factors, there was no “other than temporary” impairment of the investment. In accordance with APB Opinion No. 18 (as amended), “The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock,” if future factors indicate that a decline in the fair value of the investment is other than temporary, we would recognize a loss on our investment at that time.

 

To the extent that our ownership in Spansion decreases in the future whether it is caused by disposal of our ownership interest or by Spansion’s issuance of additional common stock, we would record either a gain or a loss on such further dilution depending on Spansion’s book value and fair value at that time, which could have a material effect on our results of operations in the period in which this ownership dilution occurs.

 

Income Taxes

 

We recorded an income tax benefit of $7 million in 2005 and income tax provisions of $6 million in 2004 and $3 million in 2003. The income tax benefit in 2005 primarily reflects U.S. tax benefits realized from the utilization of net operating losses and tax credits and foreign tax benefits generated by Spansion in certain foreign jurisdictions. Spansion’s IPO did not have a material impact on our tax provision. The income tax provision in 2004 primarily reflects U.S. income taxes, including taxes on the dividends repatriated from controlled foreign corporations, partially offset by foreign tax benefits because of losses in various foreign jurisdictions. The income tax provision in 2003 primarily reflected income tax expense generated in various foreign jurisdictions, offset by a benefit of a U.S. federal tax refund from a carryback claim we filed in 2003.

 

As of December 25, 2005, we had federal and state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $67 million and $90 million. We also had foreign loss carryforwards of approximately $428 million. In addition, we had federal and state tax credit carryforwards of approximately $274 million and $95 million. The net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards subject to expiration will expire at various dates beginning in 2006 through 2025, if not utilized. We maintain a full valuation allowance against all our net U.S. federal and state deferred tax assets and certain of our foreign deferred tax assets ($741 million at December 25, 2005) because of our prior history of losses.

 

International Sales

 

International sales as a percent of net sales were 79 percent in 2005, 79 percent in 2004 and 80 percent in 2003. During 2005 and 2004, approximately 14 and 22 percent of our net sales were denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, primarily the Japanese yen. However, as a result of the closing of Spansion’s IPO on December 21, 2005, we do not expect to have significant sales denominated in the Japanese yen in the future.

 

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FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

Our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments at December 25, 2005 totaled $1.8 billion.

 

Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities

 

Net cash provided by operating activities was approximately $1.5 billion in 2005. Net income of $165 million, adjusted for non-cash charges consisting primarily of $1.2 billion of depreciation and amortization expense, a non-cash charge of approximately $110 million that we incurred as a result of the dilution of our ownership in Spansion from 60 percent to 37.9 percent as a result of Spansion’s IPO, and a non-cash charge of $16 million in connection with our write-off of goodwill that was generated as of June 30, 2003 as a result of the formation of Spansion LLC, contributed to the positive cash flows from operations. The net changes in operating assets in 2005 compared to 2004 included an increase in accounts receivable due to higher net sales and decreased inventories due primarily to the deconsolidation of Spansion’s results of operations from ours as a result of Spansion’s IPO.

 

Net cash provided by operating activities was approximately $1.1 billion in 2004. Net income of $91 million, adjusted for non-cash charges consisting primarily of $1.2 billion of depreciation and amortization expense and $32 million associated with our exchange of $201 million of our 4.50% Notes for common stock in the fourth quarter of 2004, contributed to the positive cash flows from operations. The net changes in operating assets in 2004 as compared to 2003 included an increase in accounts receivable due to higher net sales, and increased inventories due primarily to an increase in microprocessor inventories resulting from a higher percentage of AMD64-based processors and improved market conditions. For 2004, Fujitsu accounted for approximately 23 percent of our consolidated accounts receivable and approximately 22 percent of our consolidated gross sales.

 

Net cash provided by operating activities was approximately $296 million in 2003. Although we had a net loss of $274 million for the year, adjustments for non-cash charges, which were primarily depreciation and amortization, resulted in a positive cash flow from operations. The net changes in operating assets in 2003 as compared to 2002 included an increase in accounts receivable due to higher net sales and the consolidation of Spansion’s results of operations, which include Spansion’s sales to Fujitsu, and an increase in net inventory due to the consolidation of Spansion’s results of operations. For 2003, Fujitsu accounted for approximately 31 percent of our consolidated accounts receivable and approximately 13 percent of our consolidated gross sales. In 2003, the net changes in payables and accrued liabilities primarily included payments of $90 million for a technology license from IBM and approximately $64 million of payments under the 2002 Restructuring Plan.

 

Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities

 

Net cash used in investing activities was $2.3 billion in 2005, primarily as a result of $1.5 billion used to purchase property, plant and equipment, including approximately $726 million used to construct Fab 36, and a net cash outflow of $726 million from maturities and purchases of available-for-sale securities, including a purchase of $175 million aggregate principal amount of Spansion’s 12.75% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2016 (Spansion Senior Notes) for approximately $158.9 million, partially offset by $261 million in proceeds from Spansion’s repayment of amounts outstanding under promissory notes to us and $133 million cash decrease due to the deconsolidation of Spansion’s results of operations from ours.

 

Net cash used in investing activities was $1.6 billion in 2004, primarily as a result of $1.4 billion used to purchase property, plant and equipment, including approximately $569 million used to construct Fab 36, and a net cash outflow of $150 million from maturities and purchases of available-for-sale securities, offset by $34 million in proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment.

 

Net cash provided by investing activities was $83 million in 2003, primarily as a result of net cash proceeds of $482 million from maturities and purchases of available-for-sale securities, $148 million of cash acquired in conjunction with the Spansion transaction and $30 million in proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment, offset by $570 million used to purchase property, plant and equipment.

 

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Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities

 

Net cash provided by financing activities was $494 million in 2005. This amount included $186 million in proceeds from borrowings by Spansion and $60 million of silent partnership contributions from the unaffiliated partners of AMD Fab 36 KG which we classify as debt, $189 million in proceeds from the issuance of stock under our Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the exercise of stock options, $163 million of capital investment grants and allowances from the Federal Republic of Germany and the Free State of Saxony for the Fab 36 project, $129 million of proceeds from equipment sale and leaseback transactions completed by Spansion, and approximately $90 million in investments from the unaffiliated limited partners of AMD Fab 36 KG. These amounts were offset by $316 million in payments on debt and capital lease obligations.

 

Net cash provided by financing activities was $413 million in 2004. This amount included $745 million of proceeds from financing activities, including $588 million in proceeds, net of $13 million in debt issuance costs, from the issuance of our 7.75% Notes, approximately $250 million in investments from the non-affiliated limited partners of AMD Fab 36 KG, $60 million of proceeds from equipment sale and leaseback transactions, $30 million of capital investment grants and allowances from the Federal Republic of Germany and the Free State of Saxony for the Fab 36 project, $124 million in proceeds from the issuance of stock under our Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the exercise of stock options and the elimination of our $224 million compensating cash balance due to the prepayment of our Fab 30 Term Loan. These amounts were offset by $898 million in payments on debt and capital lease obligations, including approximately $647 million used to prepay amounts outstanding under the Fab 30 Term Loan, including accrued and unpaid interest.

 

Net cash provided by financing activities was $267 million in 2003, primarily due to $245 million received from equipment sale and leaseback transactions completed by Spansion, a $40 million cash note to Spansion from Fujitsu as part of the formation of Spansion LLC as of June 30, 2003, $155 million of capital investment allowances received from the Federal Republic of Germany for the Fab 30 project and $35 million of proceeds from issuance of stock under our Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the exercise of stock options, offset by $141 million in payments on debt and capital lease obligations, and a $74 million increase in our compensating cash balance, which represented the minimum cash balance that AMD Saxony was required to maintain in order to comply with the minimum liquidity covenant set forth in the Fab 30 Term Loan.

 

Purchase of Spansion LLC 12.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2016

 

On December 21, 2005, Spansion LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Spansion Inc., issued to us $175 million aggregate principal amount of the Spansion Senior Notes. We purchased the Spansion Senior Notes for approximately $158.9 million in cash, or 90.828% of face value. The Spansion Senior Notes are general unsecured obligations of Spansion LLC and will rank junior to any existing and future senior debt of Spansion Inc. or Spansion LLC. Interest is payable on April 15 and October 15 of each year beginning April 15, 2006 until the maturity date of April 15, 2016. Spansion LLC’s obligations under the Spansion Senior Notes are guaranteed by Spansion Inc., Spansion Technology Inc., a subsidiary of Spansion Inc., and any restricted subsidiary of Spansion that guarantees any of Spansion’s public debt in the future. Because we can sell these notes to a third party in a private transaction, and we intend to sell them in 2006, we classified these notes as short-term investments.

 

Liquidity

 

We believe that cash flows from operations and current cash, cash equivalent and short-term investment balances, together with available external financing, will be sufficient to fund our operations and capital investments in the short term and long term, including the estimated additional $1.6 billion in capital expenditures that we plan to incur for the Fab 36 project from 2006 through 2008. See “Fab 36 Term Loan and Guarantee and Fab 36 Partnership Agreements,” below. Should additional funding be required, such as to meet payment obligations of our long-term debt when due, we may need to raise the required funds through borrowings or public or private sales of debt or equity securities, which may be issued from time to time under an

 

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effective registration statement; through the issuance of securities in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933; or a combination of one or more of the foregoing. We believe that, in the event of such requirements, we will be able to access the capital markets on terms and in amounts adequate to meet our objectives. However, given the possibility of changes in market conditions or other occurrences, there can be no certainty that such funding will be available on terms favorable to us or at all.

 

4.50% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2007

 

On November 25, 2002, we issued $402.5 million of 4.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2007 (the 4.50% Notes) in a registered offering. Interest on the 4.50% Notes was payable semiannually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning June 1, 2003. Beginning on December 4, 2005, the 4.50% Notes were redeemable by us at our option for cash at specified prices expressed as a percentage of the outstanding principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, provided that we were not able to redeem the 4.50% Notes unless the last reported sale price of our common stock was at least 150 percent of the then-effective conversion price for at least 20 trading days within a period of 30 trading days ending within five trading days of the date of the redemption notice.

 

During the fourth quarter of 2004, we exchanged $201 million of the 4.50% Notes into shares of our common stock in a series of transactions. As a result of these exchange transactions, we recognized a charge of approximately $32 million, which represented the difference between the fair value of the shares issued in the transactions and the fair value of shares issuable pursuant to the original conversion terms of the 4.50% Notes. During the fourth quarter of 2005, holders of the remaining 4.50% Notes elected to convert their 4.50% Notes into shares of our common stock. Accordingly, as of December 25, 2005 the 4.50% Notes were no longer outstanding.

 

Contractual Cash Obligations and Guarantees

 

The following table summarizes our principal contractual cash obligations at December 25, 2005, and is supplemented by the discussion following the table. Because of the closing of Spansion’s IPO on December 21, 2005, we no longer include Spansion’s contractual cash obligations in the table below.

 

Principal contractual cash obligations at December 25, 2005 were:

 

    Total  

Fiscal

2006

 

Fiscal

2007

 

Fiscal

2008

 

Fiscal

2009

 

Fiscal

2010

 

Fiscal 2011

and beyond

    (In thousands)

4.75% Convertible (1)
Debentures

  $ 500,000   $ —     $ —     $ —     $ —     $ —     $ 500,000

7.75% Notes (2)

    600,000     —       —       —       —       —       600,000

Repurchase Obligations to Fab 36 Partners (3)

    151,924     37,981     37,981     37,981     37,981     —       —  

AMD Penang Term Loan

    4,831     1,525     1,526     1,526     254     —       —  

Capital Lease Obligations

    113,534     3,718     4,193     4,686     5,082     5,784     90,071

Other Long-term Liabilities

    66,288     —       17,649     17,892     14,986     14,958     803

Operating Leases (4)

    325,530     50,826     47,738     43,942     36,124     32,953     113,947

Unconditional Purchase Commitments (4)(5)

    1,388,504     490,391     279,200     226,819     62,804     56,183     273,107

Total principal contractual cash obligations

  $ 3,150,611   $ 584,441   $ 388,287   $ 332,846   $ 157,231   $ 109,878   $ 1,577,928

 

(1)  

On January 12, 2006, we sent a notice of redemption to the holders of our 4.75% Debentures with a redemption date of February 6, 2006. Prior to the redemption date, holders of the 4.75% Debentures elected

 

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to convert their 4.75% Debentures into 21,378,605 shares of our common stock pursuant to the original terms of the 4.75% Debentures.

(2)   On January 27, 2006, we sent a notice of redemption to the holders of the 7.75% Notes with a redemption date of February 26, 2006, for the redemption of 35 percent (or $210 million) of the aggregate principal amount of the 7.75% Notes. On February 27, 2006, the holders of the redeemed 7.75% Notes received 107.75 percent of the principal amount of the redeemed 7.75% Notes, plus accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date.
(3)   This amount represents the amount of silent partnership contributions that we are required to repurchase from the unaffiliated limited partners of AMD Fab 36 KG. See “Fab 36 Term Loan and Guarantee and Fab 36 Partnership Agreements,” below.
(4)   Purchase orders for goods and services that are cancelable upon notice and without significant penalties are not included in the amounts above.
(5)   We have unconditional purchase commitments for goods and services where payments are based, in part, on volume or type of services we require. In those cases, we only included the minimum volume or purchase commitment in the table above.

 

4.75% Convertible Senior Debentures Due 2022

 

On January 29, 2002 we issued $500 million of our 4.75% Convertible Senior Debentures due 2022 (the 4.75% Debentures) in a private offering pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S of the Securities Act.

 

The 4.75% Debentures were convertible by the holders into our common stock at a conversion price of $23.38 per share at any time. At this conversion price, each $1,000 principal amount of the 4.75% Debentures is convertible into approximately 43 shares of our common stock. Issuance costs incurred in the amount of approximately $14 million are amortized ratably, which approximates the effective interest method, over the term of the 4.75% Debentures, as interest expense.

 

As of February 5, 2006, the 4.75% Debentures became redeemable by us for cash at our option at specified prices expressed as a percentage of the outstanding principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest.

 

The redemption prices for the specified periods are as follows:

 

Period   

Price as a

Percentage of

Principal Amount

 

Beginning on February 5, 2005 through February 4, 2006

   102.375 %

Beginning on February 5, 2006 through February 4, 2007

   101.583 %

Beginning on February 5, 2007 through February 4, 2008

   100.792 %

Beginning on February 5, 2008

   100.000 %

 

On January 12, 2006, we sent a notice of redemption to the holders of the 4.75% Debentures, with a redemption date of February 6, 2006. Prior to the redemption date, holders of the 4.75% Debentures elected to convert their debentures into 21,378,605 shares of our common stock pursuant to the original terms of the 4.75% Debentures. Accordingly, as of February 6, 2006, the 4.75% Debentures were no longer outstanding.

 

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7.75% Senior Notes Due 2012

 

On October 29, 2004, we issued $600 million of 7.75% Senior Notes due 2012 in a private offering pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. On April 22, 2005, we exchanged these notes for publicly registered notes which have substantially identical terms as the old notes except that the publicly registered notes (the 7.75% Notes) are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, and, therefore, do not contain legends restricting their transfer. The 7.75% Notes mature on November 1, 2012. Interest on the 7.75% Notes is payable semiannually in arrears on May 1 and November 1, beginning May 1, 2005. Prior to November 1, 2008, we may redeem some or all of the 7.75% Notes at a price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest plus a “make-whole” premium, as defined in the agreement. Thereafter, we may redeem the 7.75% Notes for cash at the following specified prices plus accrued and unpaid interest:

 

Period   

Price as

Percentage of

Principal Amount

 

Beginning on November 1, 2008 through October 31, 2009

   103.875 %

Beginning on November 1, 2009 through October 31, 2010

   101.938 %

Beginning on November 1, 2010 through October 31, 2011

   100.000 %

On November 1, 2011

   100.000 %

 

In addition, on or prior to November 1, 2007, we may redeem up to 35 percent of the 7.75% Notes with the proceeds of certain sales of our equity securities at 107.75 percent of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest.

 

Holders have the right to require us to repurchase all or a portion of our 7.75% Notes in the event that we undergo a change of control, as defined in the indenture governing the 7.75% Notes at a repurchase price of 101 percent of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest.

 

The indenture governing the 7.75% Notes contains certain covenants that limit, among other things, our ability and the ability of our restricted subsidiaries, which include all of our subsidiaries from:

 

    incurring additional indebtedness;

 

    paying dividends and making other restricted payments;

 

    making certain investments, including investments in our unrestricted subsidiaries;

 

    creating or permitting certain liens;

 

    creating or permitting restrictions on the ability of the restricted subsidiaries to pay dividends or make other distributions to us;

 

    using the proceeds from sales of assets;

 

    entering into certain types of transactions with affiliates; and

 

    consolidating, merging or selling our assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety.

 

Issuance costs incurred in connection with this transaction in the amount of approximately $13 million will be amortized ratably over the term of the 7.75% Notes as interest expense, approximating the effective interest method. We anticipate that approximately $4 million will be charged to interest income and other income (expense), net as a result of redemption described below.

 

On January 27, 2006, we sent a notice of redemption to the holders of the 7.75% Notes, with a redemption date of February 26, 2006, for the redemption of 35 percent (or $210 million) of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 7.75% Notes. On February 27, 2006, the holders of the redeemed 7.75% Notes received

 

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107.75 percent of the principal amount of the redeemed 7.75% Notes, plus accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date. In connection with this redemption, we expect to incur a loss of approximately $20 million, which will be recorded in the first quarter of 2006.

 

We may elect to purchase or otherwise retire our 7.75% Notes with cash, stock or other assets from time to time in open market or privately negotiated transactions, either directly or through intermediaries, or by tender offer, when we believe the market conditions are favorable to do so. Such purchases may have a material effect on our liquidity, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Fab 36 Term Loan and Guarantee and Fab 36 Partnership Agreements

 

Our new 300-millimeter wafer fabrication facility, Fab 36, is located in Dresden, Germany adjacent to our other wafer manufacturing facility, Fab 30. Fab 36 is owned by AMD Fab 36 KG, a German limited partnership. We control the management of AMD Fab 36 KG through a wholly owned Delaware subsidiary, AMD Fab 36 LLC, which is a general partner of AMD Fab 36 KG. AMD Fab 36 KG is our indirect consolidated subsidiary. Fab 36 will produce advanced microprocessor products, and we expect first production shipments of products manufactured using 300-millimeter wafers in the first quarter of 2006.

 

To date, we have provided the majority of financing for the Fab 36 project. In addition, Leipziger Messe GmbH, a nominee of the State of Saxony, Fab 36 Beteiligungs GmbH, an investment consortium arranged by M+W Zander Facility Engineering GmbH, the general contractor for the project, and a consortium of banks are providing financing for the project. Leipziger Messe and Fab 36 Beteiligungs are limited partners in AMD Fab 36 KG. We also anticipate receiving up to approximately $644 million in grants and allowances from federal and state German authorities for the Fab 36 project. We expect that capital expenditures for Fab 36 from 2006 through 2008 will be approximately $1.6 billion in the aggregate.

 

The funding to construct and facilitize Fab 36 consists of:

 

    equity contributions from us of $694 million under the partnership agreements, revolving loans from us of up to approximately $890 million, and guarantees from us for amounts owed by AMD Fab 36 KG and its affiliates to the lenders and unaffiliated limited partners;

 

    investments of up to approximately $380 million from Leipziger Messe and Fab 36 Beteiligungs;

 

    loans of up to approximately $831 million from a consortium of banks;

 

    up to approximately $644 million of subsidies consisting of grants and allowances, from the Federal Republic of Germany and the State of Saxony; depending on the level of capital investments by AMD Fab 36 KG, of which $198 million of cash has been received as of December 25, 2005; and

 

    a loan guarantee from the Federal Republic of Germany and the State of Saxony of 80 percent of the losses sustained by the lenders referenced above after foreclosure on all other security.

 

As of December 25, 2005, we had contributed to AMD Fab 36 KG the full amount of equity required under the partnership agreements and no loans were outstanding. These amounts have been eliminated in our consolidated financial statements.

 

On April 21, 2004, AMD, AMD Fab 36 KG, AMD Fab 36 LLC, AMD Fab 36 Holding GmbH, a German company and wholly owned subsidiary of AMD that owns substantially all of our limited partnership interest in AMD Fab 36 KG, and AMD Fab 36 Admin GmbH, a German company and wholly owned subsidiary of AMD Fab 36 Holding that owns the remainder of our limited partnership interest in AMD Fab 36 KG, (collectively referred to as the AMD companies) entered into a series of agreements (the partnership agreements) with the unaffiliated limited partners of AMD Fab 36 KG, Leipziger Messe and Fab 36 Beteiligungs, relating to the rights and obligations with respect to their limited partner and silent partner contributions in AMD Fab 36 KG. The

 

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partnership has been established for an indefinite period of time. A partner may terminate its participation in the partnership by giving twelve months advance notice to the other partners. The termination becomes effective at the end of the year following the year during which the notice is given. However, other than for good cause, a partner’s termination will not be effective before December 31, 2015.

 

Also on April 21, 2004, AMD Fab 36 KG entered into a term loan agreement and other related agreements (the Fab 36 Loan Agreements) with a consortium of banks led by Dresdner Bank AG, a German financial institution, to finance the purchase of equipment and tools required to operate Fab 36. The consortium of banks agreed to make available up to $831 million in loans to AMD Fab 36 KG upon its achievement of specified milestones, including attainment of “technical completion” at Fab 36, which requires certification by the banks’ technical advisor that AMD Fab 36 KG has a wafer fabrication process suitable for high-volume production of advanced microprocessors and has achieved specified levels of average wafer starts per week and average wafer yields, as well as cumulative capital expenditures of approximately $1.2 billion. Although AMD Fab 36 KG attained these milestones in January 2006, several conditions must still be fulfilled before AMD Fab 36 KG can draw on the loans. We anticipate that these conditions will be fulfilled in 2006. The amounts borrowed under the Fab 36 Loan Agreements are repayable in quarterly installments commencing in September 2007 and terminating in March 2011.

 

AMD Fab 36 KG pledged substantially all of its current and future assets as security under the Fab 36 Loan Agreements, we pledged our equity interest in AMD Fab 36 Holding and AMD Fab 36 LLC, AMD Fab 36 Holding pledged its equity interest in AMD Fab 36 Admin and its partnership interest in AMD Fab 36 KG and AMD Fab 36 Admin and AMD Fab 36 LLC pledged all of their partnership interests in AMD Fab 36 KG. We guaranteed the obligations of AMD Fab 36 KG to the lenders under the Fab 36 Loan Agreements. We also guaranteed repayment of grants and allowances by AMD Fab 36 KG, should such repayment be required pursuant to the terms of the subsidies provided by the federal and state German authorities. Pursuant to the terms of the guarantee, we have to comply with specified adjusted tangible net worth and EBITDA financial covenants if the sum of our and our subsidiaries’ cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, less the amount outstanding under any third-party revolving credit facility or term loan agreement with an original maturity date for amounts borrowed of up to one year (group consolidated cash), declines below the following amounts:

 

Amount

(in thousands)

  

if Moody’s

Rating is at least

       

if Standard & Poor’s Rating

is at least

$500,000    B1 or lower    and    B+ or lower
425,000    Ba3    and    BB-
400,000    Ba2    and    BB
350,000    Ba1    and    BB+
300,000    Baa3 or better    and    BBB-or better

 

As of December 25, 2005, group consolidated cash was greater than $500 million, and therefore, the preceding financial covenants were not applicable.

 

The partnership agreements set forth each limited partner’s aggregate capital contribution to AMD Fab 36 KG and the milestones for such contributions. Pursuant to the terms of the partnership agreements, AMD, through AMD Fab 36 Holding and AMD Fab 36 Admin, agreed to provide an aggregate of $694 million, Leipziger Messe agreed to provide an aggregate of $237 million and Fab 36 Beteiligungs agreed to provide an aggregate of $143 million. The capital contributions of Leipziger Messe and Fab 36 Beteiligungs are comprised of limited partnership contributions and silent partnership contributions. These contributions are due at various dates upon the achievement of milestones relating to the construction and operation of Fab 36. As of December 25, 2005, all capital contributions were made in full.

 

The partnership agreements also specify that the unaffiliated limited partners will receive a guaranteed rate of return of between 11 percent and 13 percent per annum on their total investment depending upon the monthly wafer output of Fab 36. We guaranteed these payments by AMD Fab 36 KG.

 

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In April 2005, we amended the partnership agreements in order to restructure the proportion of Leipziger Messe’s silent partnership and limited partnership contributions. Although the total aggregate amount that Leipziger Messe has agreed to provide remained unchanged, the portion of its contribution that constitutes limited partnership interests was reduced by $59 million while the portion of its contribution that constitutes silent partnership interests was increased by a corresponding amount. In this report, we refer to this additional silent partnership contribution as the New Silent Partnership Amount.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the partnership agreements and subject to the prior consent of the Federal Republic of Germany and the State of Saxony, AMD Fab 36 Holding and AMD Fab 36 Admin have a call option over the limited partnership interests held by Leipziger Messe and Fab 36 Beteiligungs, first exercisable three and one-half years after the relevant partner has completed the applicable capital contribution and every three years thereafter. Also, commencing five years after completion of the relevant partner’s capital contribution, Leipziger Messe and Fab 36 Beteiligungs each have the right to sell their limited partnership interest to third parties (other than competitors), subject to a right of first refusal held by AMD Fab 36 Holding and AMD Fab 36 Admin, or to put their limited partnership interest to AMD Fab 36 Holding and AMD Fab 36 Admin. The put option is thereafter exercisable every three years. Leipziger Messe and Fab 36 Beteiligungs also have a put option in the event they are outvoted at AMD Fab 36 KG partners’ meetings with respect to certain specified matters such as increases in the partners’ capital contributions beyond those required by the partnership agreements, investments significantly in excess of the business plan, or certain dispositions of the limited partnership interests of AMD Fab 36 Holding and AMD Fab 36 Admin. The purchase price under the put option is the partner’s capital account balance plus accumulated or accrued profits due to such limited partner. The purchase price under the call option is the same amount, plus a premium of $4.2 million to Leipziger Messe and a premium of $2.5 million to Fab 36 Beteiligungs. The right of first refusal price is the lower of the put option price or the price offered by the third party that triggered the right. We guaranteed the payments under the put options.

 

In addition, AMD Fab 36 Holding and AMD Fab 36 Admin are obligated to repurchase the silent partnership interest of Leipziger Messe’s and Fab 36 Beteiligungs’ contributions over time. This mandatory repurchase obligation does not apply to the New Silent Partnership Amount. Specifically, AMD Fab 36 Holding and AMD Fab 36 Admin are required to repurchase Leipziger Messe’s silent partnership interest of $95 million in annual 25 percent installments commencing in December 2006, and Fab 36 Beteiligungs’ silent partnership interest of $71 million in annual 20 percent installments commencing in October 2005. On September 30, 2005, AMD Fab 36 Holding and AMD Fab 36 Admin repurchased $14 million of Fab 36 Beteiligungs’ silent partnership contributions.

 

For accounting and financial reporting purposes under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, we initially classified the portion of the silent partnership contribution that is mandatorily redeemable as debt at its fair value at the time of issuance because of the mandatory redemption features described in the prior paragraph. Each accounting period, we increase the carrying value of this debt towards our ultimate redemption value of the silent partnership contributions by the guaranteed annual rate of return of between 11 percent to 13 percent. We record this periodic accretion to redemption value as interest expense.

 

The limited partnership contributions that AMD Fab 36 KG received from Leipziger Messe and Fab 36 Beteiligungs and the New Silent Partnership Portion described above are not mandatorily redeemable, but rather are subject to redemption outside of the control of AMD Fab 36 Holding and AMD Fab 36 Admin. Upon consolidation, we initially record these contributions as minority interest, based on their fair value. Each accounting period, we increase the carrying value of this minority interest toward our ultimate redemption value of these contributions by the guaranteed rate of return of between 11 percent and 13 percent. We classify this periodic accretion of redemption value as an additional minority interest allocation. No separate accounting is required for the put and call options because they are not freestanding instruments and not considered derivatives under SFAS 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.”

 

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As of December 25, 2005, AMD Fab 36 KG had received $166 million of silent partnership contributions and $214 million of limited partnership contributions, which includes a New Silent Partnership Amount of $59 million, from the unaffiliated limited partners. These contributions were recorded as debt and minority interest, respectively, in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

 

In addition to support from us and the consortium of banks referred to above, the Federal Republic of Germany and the State of Saxony have agreed to support the Fab 36 project in the form of:

 

    a loan guarantee equal to 80 percent of the losses sustained by the lenders after foreclosure on all other security; and

 

    subsidies consisting of grants and allowances totaling up to approximately $644 million, depending on the level of capital investments by AMD Fab 36 KG.

 

In connection with the receipt of subsidies for the Fab 36 project, AMD Fab 36 KG is required to attain a certain employee headcount by December 2007 and maintain this headcount through December 2012. We record the subsidies as long-term liabilities on our financial statements and amortize them to operations ratably starting from December 2004 through December 2012. Currently, we amortize the grant amounts as a reduction to research and development expenses. At such time as Fab 36 begins producing revenue-generating products, which is expected to be in the first quarter of 2006, we will amortize these amounts as a reduction to cost of sales. For allowances, we will amortize the amounts as a reduction of depreciation expense ratably over the life of the equipment, starting from the first quarter of 2006 because these allowances are intended to subsidize the capital investments in equipment. Noncompliance with the covenants contained in the subsidy grant documents could result in forfeiture of all or a portion of the future amounts to be received, as well as the repayment of all or a portion of amounts received to date.

 

As of December 25, 2005, AMD Fab 36 KG had received cash allowances of $68 million for capital investments made in 2003 and 2004 as well as cash grants of $130 million for capital investments made in 2003 and 2004 and a prepayment for capital investments planned in 2005 and the first half of 2006.

 

The Fab 36 Loan Agreements also require that we:

 

    provide funding to AMD Fab 36 KG if cash shortfalls occur, including funding shortfalls in government subsidies resulting from any defaults caused by AMD Fab 36 KG or its affiliates; and

 

    guarantee 100 percent of AMD Fab 36 KG’s obligations under the Fab 36 Loan Agreements until the loans are repaid in full.

 

Under the Fab 36 Loan Agreements, AMD Fab 36 KG, AMD Fab 36 Holding and AMD Fab 36 Admin are generally prevented from paying dividends or making other payments to us. In addition, AMD Fab 36 KG would be in default under the Fab 36 Loan Agreements if we or any of the AMD companies fail to comply with certain obligations thereunder or upon the occurrence of certain events and if, after the occurrence of the event, the lenders determine that their legal or risk position is adversely affected. Circumstances that could result in a default include:

 

    our failure to provide loans to AMD Fab 36 KG as required under the Fab 36 Loan Agreements;

 

    failure to pay any amount due under the Fab 36 Loan Agreements within five days of the due date;

 

    occurrence of any event which the lenders reasonably believe has had or is likely to have a material adverse effect on the business, assets or condition of AMD Fab 36 KG or AMD or their ability to perform under the Fab 36 Loan Agreements;

 

    filings or proceedings in bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to us, AMD Fab 36 KG or any limited partner;

 

    occurrence of a change in control (as defined in the Fab 36 Loan Agreements) of AMD;

 

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    AMD Fab 36 KG’s noncompliance with certain affirmative and negative covenants, including restrictions on payment of profits, dividends or other distributions except in limited circumstances and restrictions on incurring additional indebtedness, disposing of assets and repaying subordinated debt; and

 

    AMD Fab 36 KG’s noncompliance with certain financial covenants, including minimum tangible net worth, minimum interest cover ratio, loan to fixed asset value ratio and a minimum cash covenant.

 

In general, any default with respect to other indebtedness of AMD or AMD Fab 36 KG that is not cured, would result in a cross-default under the Fab 36 Loan Agreements.

 

The occurrence of a default under the Fab 36 Loan Agreements would permit the lenders to accelerate the repayment of all amounts outstanding under the Fab 36 Loan Agreements. In addition, the occurrence of a default under these agreements could result in a cross-default under the indenture governing our 7.75% Notes. We cannot provide assurance that we would be able to obtain the funds necessary to fulfill these obligations. Any such failure would have a material adverse effect on us.

 

Generally, the amounts under the Fab 36 Loan Agreements and the partnership agreements are denominated in euros. However, we report these amounts in U.S. dollars, which are subject to change based on applicable exchange rates. We used the exchange rate at December 25, 2005, of 0.843 euro to one U.S. dollar, to translate the amounts denominated in euros into U.S. dollars. However, with respect to amounts of equity contributions or partnership contributions, investment grants, allowances and subsidies received by AMD Fab 36 KG through December 25, 2005, we used the historical exchange rates that were in effect at the time AMD Fab 36 KG received these amounts to convert amounts denominated in euros into U.S. dollars.

 

AMD Penang Term Loan

 

On January 29, 2004, our subsidiary in Malaysia, AMD Export Sdn. Bhd., or AMD Penang, entered into a term loan agreement with a local financial institution. Under the terms of the loan agreement, AMD Penang can borrow up to 30 million Malaysian Ringgit (approximately $8 million as of December 25, 2005) in order to fund the purchase of equipment. The loan bears a fixed annual interest rate of 5.9 percent and is payable in equal, consecutive, monthly principal and interest installments through February 2009. The total amount outstanding as of December 25, 2005 was approximately $5 million. This loan was transferred to Spansion Penang in January 2006 by novation of the outstanding amounts, and therefore, this loan is no longer outstanding.

 

Capital Lease Obligations

 

As of December 25, 2005, we had aggregate outstanding capital lease obligations of $114 million. These capital lease obligations primarily represent obligations under certain energy supply contracts which AMD Fab 36 KG entered into with local energy suppliers to provide Fab 36 with utilities (gas, electricity, heating and cooling) to meet the energy demand for our manufacturing needs. We accounted for certain fixed payments due under these energy supply arrangements as capital leases pursuant to EITF 01-8, “Determining Whether an Arrangement Contains a Lease” and SFAS 13, “Accounting for Leases.” These capital lease obligations are payable in monthly installments through 2020.

 

Operating Leases

 

We lease certain of our facilities, including our executive offices in Sunnyvale, California, and in some jurisdictions we lease the land on which these facilities are built, under non-cancelable lease agreements that expire at various dates through 2021. We lease certain of our manufacturing and office equipment for terms ranging from one to five years. Our total future non-cancelable lease obligations as of December 25, 2005, were $326 million, of which $91 million was recorded as a liability for certain facilities that were included in our 2002 Restructuring Plan.

 

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Unconditional Purchase Commitments

 

Total non-cancelable purchase commitments as of December 25, 2005, were $1.4 billion for periods through 2020. These purchase commitments include $559 million related to contractual obligations of Fab 30 and Fab 36 to purchase silicon-on-insulator wafers and purchases of energy and gas and up to $226 million representing future payments to IBM pursuant to our joint development agreement. As IBM’s services are being performed ratably over the life of the agreement, we expense the payments as incurred. In August 2005, we amended this agreement, and among other things, extended its termination date through December 2011. However, capital purchases by IBM necessary for the continued development of process development projects past December 31, 2008 are conditioned upon the approval of IBM’s board of directors. If such approval is not received by September 30, 2007, either party has the right to terminate the agreement effective December 31, 2008 without liability. Accordingly, the table above only reflects our obligations through December 31, 2008. If such approval is received from IBM, the additional obligations from January 2009 through 2011 would be between $276 million and $306 million. In addition, unconditional purchase commitments also include $107 million for software maintenance agreements that require periodic payments through 2009. The remaining commitments primarily consist of non-cancelable contractual obligations to purchase raw materials, natural resources and office supplies. Purchase orders for goods and services that are cancelable without significant penalties are not included in the amount set forth in the table above.

 

Other Long-Term Liabilities

 

One component of Other Long-Term Liabilities that requires us to make cash payments is a net restructuring accrual of $66 million relating to the net future operating lease payments on certain facilities that were included in our 2002 Restructuring Plan. We will make these payments through 2011. We included these amounts in the operating lease total in the table above. The other components of Other Long-Term Liabilities do not require us to make cash payments and primarily consist of $342 million of deferred grants and subsidies related to the Fab 30 and Fab 36 projects and a $20 million deferred gain as a result of the sale and leaseback of our corporate marketing, general and administrative facility in Sunnyvale, California in 1998.

 

Guarantees

 

Guarantees of Indebtedness Recorded on Our Consolidated Balance Sheet

 

The following table summarizes the principal guarantees issued as of December 25, 2005 related to underlying liabilities that are already recorded on our consolidated balance sheet as of December 25, 2005 and their expected expiration dates by year. No incremental liabilities are recorded on our consolidated balance sheet for these guarantees. For more information on these guarantees, see “Contractual Cash Obligations and Guarantees,” above.

 

    

Amounts

Guaranteed

  

Fiscal

2006

  

Fiscal

2007

  

Fiscal

2008

  

Fiscal

2009

  

Fiscal

2010

  

Fiscal

2011 and

Beyond

     (In thousands)

Repurchase Obligations to Fab 36 partners (1),(2)

   $ 151,924    $ 37,981    $ 37,981    $ 37,981    $ 37,981    $ —      $ —  

 

(1)   Amounts represent the principal amount of the underlying obligations guaranteed and are exclusive of obligations for interest, fees and expenses.
(2)   This amount represents the silent partnership contributions that we are required to repurchase from the unaffiliated limited partners of AMD Fab 36 KG. See “Fab 36 Term Loan and Guarantee and Fab 36 Partnership Agreements,” above.

 

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Guarantees of Indebtedness not Recorded on Our Consolidated Balance Sheet

 

The following table summarizes the principal guarantees issued as of December 25, 2005 for which the related underlying liabilities are not recorded on our consolidated balance sheet as of December 25, 2005 and their expected expiration dates:

 

    

Amounts

Guaranteed (1)

  

Fiscal

2006

  

Fiscal

2007

  

Fiscal

2008

  

Fiscal

2009

  

Fiscal

2010

  

Fiscal

2011 and

Beyond

     (In thousands)

AMTC revolving loan guarantee

   $ 37,981    $ —      $ 37,981    $ —      $ —      $ —      $ —  

AMTC rental guarantee (2)

     118,837      —        —        —        —        —        118,837

Spansion Japan term loan guarantee (3)

     43,363      24,779      18,584      —        —        —        —  

Spansion capital lease guarantees (3)

     35,851      32,598      3,253      —        —        —        —  

Spansion operating lease guarantees (3)

     7,072      3,997      2,050      1,025      —        —        —  

Other

     3,448      3,448      —        —        —        —        —  

Total guarantees

   $ 246,552    $ 64,822    $ 61,868    $ 1,025    $ —      $ —      $ 118,837

 

(1)   Amounts represent the principal amount of the underlying obligations guaranteed and are exclusive of obligations for interest, fees and expenses.
(2)   Amount of the guarantee diminishes as the rent is paid.
(3)   Notwithstanding the Spansion IPO, we agreed to maintain our guarantees of these Spansion obligations.

 

AMTC and BAC Guarantees

 

The Advanced Mask Technology Center GmbH & Co. KG (AMTC) and Maskhouse Building Administration GmbH & Co., KG (BAC) are joint ventures formed by us, Infineon Technologies AG and DuPont Photomasks, Inc. for the purpose of constructing and operating an advanced photomask facility in Dresden, Germany. In April 2005 DuPont Photomasks, Inc. was acquired by Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. and became a wholly owned subsidiary of Toppan, named Toppan Photomasks, Inc. We procure advanced photomasks from AMTC and use them in manufacturing our microprocessors. To finance the project, BAC and AMTC entered into a $142 million revolving credit facility and a $89 million term loan in December 2002. Also in December 2002, in order to occupy the photomask facility, AMTC entered into a rental agreement with BAC. With regard to these commitments by BAC and AMTC, as of December 25, 2005, we guaranteed up to $38 million plus interest and expenses under the revolving loan, and up to $19 million, initially, under the rental agreement. The obligations under the rental agreement guarantee diminish over time through 2011 as the term loan is repaid. However, under certain circumstances of default by the other tenant of the photomask facility under its rental agreement with BAC and certain circumstances of default by more than one joint venture partner under its rental agreement guarantee obligations, the maximum potential amount of our obligations under the rental agreement guarantee is $119 million. As of December 25, 2005, $83 million was drawn under the revolving credit facility, and $57 million was drawn under the term loan. We have not recorded any liability in our consolidated financial statements associated with the guarantees because they were issued prior to December 31, 2002, the effective date of FIN 45.

 

Spansion Japan Term Loan Guarantee

 

As a result of the formation of Spansion LLC on June 30, 2003, the third-party loans of FASL were refinanced from the proceeds of a term loan entered into between Spansion Japan, which owns the assets of FASL, and a Japanese financial institution. Under the agreement, the amounts borrowed bear an interest rate of TIBOR plus a spread that is determined by Fujitsu’s current debt rating and Spansion Japan’s non-consolidated net asset value as of the last day of its fiscal year. Repayment occurs in equal, consecutive, quarterly principal installments ending in June 2007. As a result of Spansion’s IPO, the amount outstanding under this loan facility is no longer consolidated on our consolidated balance sheet.

 

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Fujitsu has guaranteed 100 percent of the amounts outstanding under this facility. We agreed to reimburse Fujitsu 60 percent of any amount paid by Fujitsu under its guarantee of this loan. As of December 25, 2005, $72 million was outstanding under this term loan agreement. Spansion Japan’s assets are pledged as security for its borrowings under this agreement.

 

Spansion Capital Lease Guarantee

 

We guaranteed certain capital leases entered into by Spansion and its subsidiaries totaling $35 million as of December 25, 2005. The amounts guaranteed are reduced by the actual amount of lease payments paid by Spansion over the lease terms.

 

Spansion Operating Lease Guarantees

 

We guaranteed certain operating leases entered into by Spansion and its subsidiaries totaling $7 million as of December 25, 2005. The amounts guaranteed are reduced by the actual amount of lease payments paid by Spansion over the lease terms.

 

No liability has been recognized for these guarantees related to Spansion under the provisions of FIN 45 because we concluded the fair value of the guarantees is not significant after considering various factors including the recent IPO of Spansion, its credit rating, the ability of Spansion to make the payments on these obligations and the short maturity of the indebtedness.

 

Other Financial Matters

 

Termination of Revolving Credit Facility.    On December 23, 2005, we terminated the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of July 7, 2003 among us, AMD International Sales & Services Ltd., Bank of America, N.A., as agent and the other lenders party thereto and repaid all of our existing obligations in full. Because no amounts were drawn under this credit facility at the time of our termination, the amount we paid to the lenders, which consisted of outstanding fees and expenses, was not material. As part of the termination, the lenders terminated and released all security interests and liens held by them as security for our obligations.

 

Secondary Equity Offering.    On January 27, 2006, we closed the offering of 14,096,000 shares of our common stock. The net proceeds to us from this equity offering, after deducting underwriting commissions and discounts, but prior to deducting offering expenses, were approximately $495 million. We will use approximately $226 million of the net proceeds from this offering to fund the redemption of 35 percent of the aggregate principal amount of our 7.75% Senior Notes due 2012. We intend to use the balance of the net proceeds for capital expenditures, working capital and other general corporate purposes, including the possible repayment of indebtedness.

 

Depending on our cash position, we may from time to time elect to retire certain of our outstanding debt through open market or privately negotiated transactions or by tender offer or otherwise. Such repurchases, if any, will depend on prevailing market conditions, our liquidity requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors.

 

Spansion Agency Agreement.    We have entered into an agency agreement with Spansion pursuant to which we have agreed to continue to ship products to and invoice Spansion’s customers in our name on behalf of Spansion until Spansion has the capability to do so on its own. Prior to shipping the product to Spansion’s customers, we purchase the applicable product from Spansion and pay Spansion the same amount that we invoice Spansion’s customers. In performing these services, we act as Spansion’s agent for the sale of Spansion’s Flash memory products, and we do not receive a commission or fees for these services. Under the agreement, Spansion assumes full responsibility for its products and these transactions, including establishing the pricing and determining product specifications. Spansion also assumes credit and inventory risk related to these product sales.

 

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In accordance with EITF Issue No. 99-19, “Reporting Revenue Gross as a Principal versus Net as an Agent,” we record sales of Spansion’s Flash memory products and the related cost of sales on a net basis on our consolidated statements of operations. As a result, the net impact to our net sales and cost of sales is zero. With respect to our consolidated balance sheet, sales to Spansion’s customers are included in our “Accounts Receivable” line item whereas the payables to Spansion that relate to the products we purchased from Spansion are reflected in our “Accounts Payable to Spansion” line item. These amounts are recorded separately on the balance sheet because there is no legal right of offset in accordance with FIN 39, “Offsetting of Amounts Related to Certain Contracts.”

 

AMD/Spansion Service Agreements.    We are party to various service agreements with Spansion. Under our IT Services Agreement and General Services Agreement, we provide, among other things, information technology, facilities, logistics, legal, tax, finance, human resources, and environmental health and safety services to Spansion. For services rendered, we are paid fees in an amount equal to cost plus five percent except for services procured by us from third parties, which are provided to Spansion at cost.

 

Unless otherwise earlier terminated, each of these service agreements expires on June 30, 2007, but each of us may extend the term by mutual agreement. Spansion has the ability to terminate individual services under the general services agreements at any time and for any reason upon at least six months’ advance notice. With respect to the IT service agreements and general service agreements, if we failed to comply with applicable service levels for a particular service and have not rectified such performance failure, Spansion may terminate such service after 60 days have elapsed since Spansion first notified us of the failure to perform the service. Moreover, Spansion may terminate an entire IT service agreement or general services agreement if we breach our material obligations under the respective agreement and do not cure the default within 90 days after receipt of a notice of default from Spansion. Similarly, we can terminate the respective agreement for Spansion’s failure to make payments when due if Spansion fails to cure such default within 90 days after receipt of notice of default.

 

Outlook

 

We are focused on increasing sales and growing market share in a profitable manner. However we are in an extremely competitive business. Microprocessor products compete on performance, quality, reliability, cost, selling price, adherence to industry standards, software and hardware compatibility, marketing and distribution capability, brand recognition and availability. After a product is introduced, costs and average selling prices normally decrease over time as production efficiency improves and successive generations of products are developed and introduced for sale.

 

We expect sales during the first quarter of 2006 to be flat to slightly down from the fourth quarter of 2005.

 

Also, during the first quarter of 2006, we expect operating expenses, which include research and development expenses and marketing, sales and administrative expenses, to increase by approximately 6 percent from comparable operating expenses in the fourth quarter of 2005, which excludes those operating expenses related to the Memory Products segment.

 

In 2006, we expect capital expenditures to be approximately $1.4 billion and depreciation and amortization expense to be approximately $825 million. We expect our tax rate to be between 10 percent to 15 percent.

 

In addition, in 2006 Spansion’s results of operations will continue to impact our results of operations. These results will be reflected in the “Equity in Income (Loss) of Unconsolidated Investee” line item on our statement of operations and for 2006 will be based on our ownership of Spansion, which was 37.9 percent as of December 25, 2005.

 

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Supplementary Stock-Based Incentive Compensation Disclosures

 

Section I.    Stock-Based Incentive Program Description

 

Our stock stock-based incentive programs are intended to attract, retain and motivate highly qualified employees. On April 29, 2004, our stockholders approved the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the 2004 Plan), which had previously been approved by our Board of Directors. Stock options available for grant under our equity compensation plans that were in effect before April 29, 2004, (the Prior Plans), including those that were not approved by our stockholders, were consolidated into the 2004 Plan. As of April 29, 2004, equity awards are made only from the 2004 Plan. Under our Prior Plans key employees generally were, and under the 2004 Plan key employees generally have been, granted nonqualified stock options (NSOs) to purchase our common stock. Generally, options vest and become exercisable over a four-year period from the date of grant and expire five to ten years after the date of grant. Any incentive stock options (ISOs) granted under the Prior Plans or the 2004 Plan have exercise prices of not less than 100 percent of the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant. Exercise prices of NSOs ranged from $0.01 to the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant.