Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
One AMD Place
Sunnyvale, California 94088
May 2, 2013
VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E., Mail Stop 4631
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Russell Mancuso, Branch Chief
Jay Mumford
Re: | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. |
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File Number 333-187768)
Dear Sirs:
In accordance with Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. hereby requests that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) take the appropriate action to make the above-captioned Registration Statement on Form S-4 effective at 2:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time on Friday, May 3, 2013 or as soon thereafter as possible. We also respectfully request that a copy of the written order from the Commission verifying the effective time and date of such Registration Statement be sent to our counsel, Latham & Watkins LLP, Attention: Robert W. Phillips, by facsimile to (650) 463-2600.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. acknowledges that with respect to the Registration Statement:
| should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; |
| the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and |
| the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. |
If you have any questions or comments regarding the foregoing, please call Robert W. Phillips of Latham & Watkins LLP at (650) 463-3051 or the undersigned at (408) 749-4420. Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Very truly yours, ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Faina Roeder | |
Name: Faina Roeder Title: Assistant Secretary |
cc: | Robert W. Phillips, Esq. |