Translation guide
AMD is an abbreviation for Advanced Micro Devices, a major semiconductor company. In Japanese, it is almost always referred to by its English initialism, pronounced in a Japanized way.
Referring to Advanced Micro Devices, the semiconductor company, or its products like CPUs and GPUs.
The standard way to refer to the company or its products in Japanese. It is treated as a proper noun and written in Latin script or occasionally in katakana as エーエムディー.
AMDの新しいCPUはとても高性能だ。
AMD's new CPU is very high-performance.
彼はAMDの株を買った。
He bought AMD stock.
The full company name in katakana. Rarely used in everyday conversation; mostly found in official documents or formal contexts.
アドバンスト・マイクロ・デバイセズ社は新製品を発表した。
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. announced a new product.
AMD is pronounced as エーエムディー (ē emu dī), with each letter sounded out. Avoid pronouncing it as a single word like 'amdu'.