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Does Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. support Israel?
Yes — Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has documented support for Israel on record. Every claim below links to its source.
Filed under: Tech companies · Companies that support Israel
Background
AMD's documented Israel footprint is small compared with peers such as Intel and Nvidia, and several claims that circulate about the company do not check out. Mipsology, the AI-inference software company AMD bought in August 2023, is based in Palaiseau, France — not Israel. No mainstream record was found of AMD opening a 'Zen' CPU development center in Israel. And no AMD corporate donations, statements, or employee-match programs relating to Israel — including after October 7, 2023 — were found in news coverage or in published aggregations of corporate support for Israel (Calcalist's and JLens's lists of companies that stepped up after October 7 do not mention AMD). AMD's political action committee shows no disbursements to pro-Israel committees in FEC records.
AMD (official blog) — Mipsology acquisition Calcalist / CTech — tech companies supporting Israel after Oct 7 JLens — corporate support for Israel after October 7 SEC — AMD 10-K FY2025 Exhibit 21 (subsidiaries)
Timeline of documented support
Documented support
| Type | Date | Amount | Recipient | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acquisition | 2010 | — | Graphic Remedy (Ramat Gan, Israel) AMD acquired Graphic Remedy, a small Israeli startup that made development tools for heterogeneous computing and 3D graphics; Israeli press reported a purchase price of only a few million dollars. The acquired team became the seed of AMD's first Israeli R&D operation. | |
| Operations in Israel | 2011-06 | — | AMD Israel R&D center (Ramat Gan / Tel Aviv area) AMD opened an Israeli research and development center in the Ramat Gan area in June 2011 — one of 15 AMD development centers worldwide at the time — staffed by the former Graphic Remedy team to work on next-generation parallel-computing platforms. The scale stayed modest: AMD's FY2020 10-K subsidiary list shows the local entity, AMD Advanced Micro Devices Israel Ltd., 'in the process of being dissolved'; since the February 2022 acquisition of Xilinx, AMD's remaining Israeli presence is the small inherited subsidiary Xilinx Israel Limited (Holon), still listed in its FY2025 10-K. |
Frequently asked questions
Did Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
We have no records of cash donations, but Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has documented support of other kinds (Acquisition, Operations in Israel). See the records on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 8 distinct sources are cited for Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-07-21
- Khronos Group (news) khronos.org
- Globes en.globes.co.il
- Haaretz haaretz.com
- SEC — AMD 10-K FY2020 Exhibit 21 (subsidiaries) sec.gov
- SEC — AMD 10-K FY2025 Exhibit 21 (subsidiaries) sec.gov
- AMD (official blog) — Mipsology acquisition amd.com
- Calcalist / CTech — tech companies supporting Israel after Oct 7 calcalistech.com
- JLens — corporate support for Israel after October 7 jlensnetwork.org