AMD partners with our suppliers’ manufacturing and procurement teams to drive manufacturing processes that meet or exceed AMD quality expectations. We drive suppliers to make systematic and continuous improvements to their processes by monitoring manufacturing stability and robustness, material conformance to specifications, process and quality system audits, quality metric reviews and driving continuous improvement. Our shared goal is achieving zero quality excursions.

Supplier Selection and Auditing

AMD has suppliers located worldwide that provide wafer fabrication, bump, assembly and test services for high-volume production. Our suppliers are carefully selected to meet world-class quality and high process standards. AMD manages manufacturing partners’ quality through detailed monitoring and analysis of quality data, driving quality issues using the 8D approach, performing audits for compliance and continuously driving improvements to meet or exceed AMD’s quality standards.

At a minimum, suppliers are expected to meet the following criteria:

  • Certify to ISO9001 Quality Management standards
  • Comply to AMD Process and Product Specifications
  • Comply to AMD Process Change Notification requirements
  • Apply 8D methodology for problem resolution and comply with the AMD Corrective Action process
  • Use a DMAIC approach for continuous improvement quality projects and reporting
  • Achieve Zero Quality Excursions

Quality and Reliability Monitoring

AMD performs rigorous testing on every unit shipped. In addition, AMD partners with key suppliers to implement ongoing reliability monitoring (ORM) checks to validate supplier continuous improvement activities and to provide reliability performance during high volume production.

Operational Excellence with Absolute Quality

AMD uses cutting-edge supply chain models across every device in the product portfolio aimed at delivering the highest levels of quality, reliability, security and safety.

  • Strong supplier management and partnership
  • Manufacturing Excellence
  • Control and Detection Engine
  • Stable yield and on-time delivery
  • Increased testing at wafer sort and assembled final product

AMD’s smart and robust supply chain methodology help to enable stability & long-term product availability.

Our proven supply-chain and business continuity plans enable long reliable mapping and planning process with customers which include scenario planning with demand analysis and data triangulation for volatile markets.

Continuous Improvement

AMD continually improves on a daily-basis and is driven by stringent market and life-time reliability requirements.

AMD’s 8D problem solving process eliminates causes of non-conformities to prevent recurrence. Automatic escalation process throughout the management chain ensures all problems are addressed and closed. 

Material Review Board (MRB) systems detect and eliminate the cause of potential non-conformities to prevent occurrence or impact customers.