EXHIBIT 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints W. J. Sanders III and Robert J. Rivet, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2001, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Signature Title Date - --------- ----- ---- /s/ W. J. Sanders III Chairman of the Board and Chief February 28, 2002 - -------------------------------------- Executive Officer W. J. Sanders III /s/ Hector de J. Ruiz Director, March 6, 2002 - -------------------------------------- President and Chief Operating Officer Hector de J. Ruiz /s/ Robert J. Rivet Senior Vice President, Chief Financial March 6, 2002 - ----------------------------- Officer (Principal Financial Officer) Robert J. Rivet /s/ Friedrich Baur Director March 3, 2002 - -------------------------------------- Friedrich Baur /s/ Charles M. Blalack Director February 28, 2002 - -------------------------------------- Charles M. Blalack /s/ R. Gene Brown Director March 4, 2002 - ----------------------------- R. Gene Brown /s/ Robert Palmer Director March 1, 2002 - -------------------------------------- Robert Palmer /s/ Joe L. Roby Director March 5, 2002 - -------------------------------------- Joe L. Roby /s/ Leonard Silverman Director February 28, 2002 - -------------------------------------- Leonard Silverman