6. Advanced Micro Devices
Fortune 500 rank: 390
2009 revenue: $5.4 billion
2009 total shareholder return: 348.1%
Increased consumer spending on computers has been a boon for AMD's bottom line.
But rival chipmaker Intel is likely to be a bigger beneficiary than AMD in the event of a rebound in business spending, which many predict for the second half of 2010.
AMD's competition with its larger rival continues to look like an uphill battle.
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