According to the law firm press release, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ("AMD") is a multinational semiconductor company that develops computer processors and related technologies for commercial and consumer markets.

The Complaint alleges that during the Class Period, Defendants made false and misleading statements about the Company’s business and prospects. Specifically, the Complaint alleges Defendants made false statements and/or concealed adverse facts regarding AMD’s 32 nanometer Llano Accelerated Processing Unit (“Llano APU”), which is a type of microprocessor that combines AMD’s central processing unit and its graphics processing unit onto a single piece of silicon, including repeatedly highlighting the “strong” and “significant” interest in, demand for, and unit shipments of, the Llano APUs, and falsely and misleadingly representing that AMD’s desktop business was in a “strong position” and that it would “continue to rebound” in 2012. As a result of Defendants’ false statements, AMD stock traded at artificially inflated prices throughout the Class Period.

In July 2012, AMD announced that weak demand for Llano APUs in desktop devices, particularly in its Chinese and European markets, had resulted in AMD’s reporting of lower than expected revenue for the June 30, 2012 quarter. The revelation of this information caused the price of AMD stock to decline by nearly 25% on extremely heavy trading volume. Then on October 18, 2012, the Company announced that its gross margins for the fiscal 2012 third quarter had declined more than 31% from its previous quarter, in large part due to AMD’s recording of an approximate $100 million inventory write-down, mainly attributable to the overstated value of the Llano APU. On this news, the price of AMD stock declined nearly another 17% on extremely heavy trading volume.

On April 4, 2014, a stipulation and order appointed the Lead Plaintiffs and approved their selection of Lead Counsel.

On May 23, 2014, the Plaintiffs filed an amended Complaint against the Defendants. Then on June 11, 2014, the Plaintiffs filed a corrected amended class action Complaint against the Defendants.

On March 31, 2015, the Court issued an Order denying Defendants' Motion to Dismiss.

On October 9, 2017, the parties filed a Stipulation of Settlement. Preliminary approval was granted on October 25. On March 2, 2018, the Court granted final approval of the Settlement. On March 6, the Court entered Final Judgment. The Court issued an Order approving distribution of the Settlement on January 3, 2019.