Now it is up to customer demand to deliver those top-line numbers--in particular, demand for flash memory chips in advanced cell phones as well as strong sales of AMD's 64-bit Opteron processor for computer servers, due to launch on April 22.

FORBES: AMD Learns To Share

In the past year, Ruiz said, AMD's share of flash memory chips in high-performance cell phones has doubled to 20%, a trend he expected would continue.

FORBES: AMD Learns To Share

AMD, an American semiconductor firm, in an effort to streamline its flash-memory business.

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