DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,135

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
ASSEMBLY PROCESS DIVISION
SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 19, 2009, on behalf of workers of Advanced Micro
Devices, Inc., Assembly Process Division, Sunnyvale,
California. The workers packaged microchips.
The investigation revealed that workers of Advanced Micro
Devices, Inc., Assembly Process Division, Sunnyvale,
California, who are engaged in employment related to the
packaging of microchips meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because more than five percent
of the subject facility's work force has been laid off.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the subject firm
has shifted to Germany and Malaysia the packaging of
microchips formerly carried out by the laid off workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of the
packaging of microchips to Malaysia and by Advanced Micro
Devices, Inc., Assembly Process Division, Sunnyvale,
California, contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Assembly Process
Division, Sunnyvale, California.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Advanced Micro
Devices, Inc., Assembly Process Division, Sunnyvale,
California, who are engaged in employment related to the
packaging of microchips meet the worker group certification
criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a).
In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Assembly
Process Division, Sunnyvale, California, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
May 18, 2008, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 23rd day of June, 2009.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance