Fill out the survey below for a chance to win an Enveriteddy Jr!
No purchase, conference registration, conference badge, hotel stay, demo request, survey response, or marketing opt-in is required to enter or win, and none improves the chance of winning. Potential prize claimants must be physically present at the Graf Research booth at the AMD-Xilinx Office Longmont during the claim window to receive a prize. If a potential prize claimant does not know where the booth is or is having trouble reaching it, they should immediately email marketing@grafresearch.com.
Official Rules apply.
Graf Research AMD SWG 2026 Promotion
Official Rules
1. Sponsor
The Graf Research AMD SWG 2026 Giveaway Promotion (“Promotion”) is sponsored by Graf Research Corporation, 712 N Main St, STE 301, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060, United States (“Sponsor”). Questions regarding the Promotion may be directed to marketing@grafresearch.com.
2. Promotion Description
The Promotion allows eligible entrants to submit answers to a questionnaire about Forge-DV Design & Verification Manager for a chance to win the prizes described below.
3. No Purchase Necessary
NO PURCHASE, PAYMENT, PRODUCT PURCHASE, HOTEL BOOKING, CONFERENCE REGISTRATION, CONFERENCE BADGE, DEMO REQUEST, SURVEY RESPONSE, OR MARKETING CONSENT IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A purchase or any of the foregoing will not improve an entrant’s chances of winning.
4. Entry Period
The Promotion begins on Tuesday, October 6th, 2026, at 08:00 MDT and ends on Tuesday, October 6th, 2026, at 20:00 MDT.
If the AMD SWG Partner Event is postponed, rescheduled, suspended, abandoned, or canceled, Sponsor may extend the Entry Period, amend the claim schedule, or cancel the Promotion.
5. Eligibility
The Promotion is open only to natural persons who, at the time of entry:
are at least eighteen (18) years of age;
can lawfully participate in the Promotion under the laws of their jurisdiction;
can lawfully be physically present at the AMD-Xilinx Office Longmont, Longmont, Colorado, USA during the announced claim window;
are entering solely in a personal capacity and not in connection with official duties or on behalf of any employer, customer, government entity, or other organization; and
can lawfully accept a prize under any applicable employer policy, ethics rule, gift rule, contract requirement, customer restriction, procurement-integrity rule, organizational conflict-of-interest restriction, or similar obligation applicable to them.
The Promotion is void where prohibited or restricted by law.
The Promotion is not open to:
Sponsor’s officers, directors, employees, contractors, temporary staff, agents, or representatives;
any person involved in the design, administration, judging, audit, or operation of the Promotion;
any person who materially assists Sponsor with the design, administration, judging, audit, notification, or operation of this Promotion; or
the immediate family members or household members of any of the foregoing.
For the avoidance of doubt, employees of Graf Research Corporation are not eligible to enter or win.
6. Public Availability; No Conference Gate
The Promotion entry link shall be made publicly available by Sponsor. Entry may not be conditioned on conference registration, conference badge status, hotel reservation, or payment of any fee.
Sponsor intends the claim location to be in a publicly accessible area of the AMD-Xilinx Office Longmont. If venue access later becomes badge-restricted, fee-gated, or otherwise materially limited, Sponsor reserves the right to modify, suspend, or cancel the Promotion. The conference venue is listed by AMD as the AMD-Xilinx Office Longmont.
7. How to Enter
During the Entry Period, an eligible entrant must complete and submit the online entry form at https://www.grafresearch.com/forge-dv-survey-swg-2026
Each entrant may submit one (1) entry only. Multiple entries by the same person, use of multiple identities, automated entries, bot entries, script-assisted entries, bulk entries, or entries that obscure identity may be voided by Sponsor.
Entries submitted using a .gov, .mil, or other government-issued email address are void and will be disqualified.
The entry form may also include optional product-interest and marketing fields. Completion of optional fields is not required for entry and will not improve an entrant’s chances of winning.
Sponsor may request additional information reasonably necessary to verify eligibility, personal-capacity entry, and compliance with these Official Rules.
8. Entry Certifications
By submitting an entry, each entrant certifies that all statements made in the entry form and any follow-up verification are true, complete, and accurate, including the entrant’s certifications regarding personal capacity, employer-ethics eligibility, and use of a non-government-issued email address.
False, misleading, incomplete, or unverifiable information may result in disqualification.
10. Winner Determination
After the Entry Period closes, Sponsor will review all timely submitted entries and determine the prize recipients from among all eligible, compliant entries using the following ranking order:
smallest absolute difference between the number of correctly answered Forge-DV survey questions;
if tied, Sponsor will conduct a random draw from among those tied eligible entries.
The highest-ranked eligible entry will receive First Prize. After removal of the First Prize recipient, the same method will be applied to determine the next highest-ranked eligible entry for Second Prize. After removal of the First and Second Prize recipient, the same method will be applied to determine the next highest-ranked eligible entry for Third Prize.
Sponsor shall maintain an audit record of the ranking and of any random draw used to break a tie.
11. Prizes
Three (3) prizes will be awarded:
First Prize: one (1) Enveriteddy Jr teddy bear, with an approximate retail value of US$15.25.
Second Prize: one (1) Enveriteddy Jr teddy bear, with an approximate retail value of US$15.25.
Third Prize: one (1) Enveriteddy Jr teddy bear, with an approximate retail value between of US$15.25.
The exact model, color, edition, packaging, and similar details of any prize item shall be determined by Sponsor in its discretion. Sponsor may substitute a prize or prize component with an item of equal or greater approximate value if a stated item is unavailable.
No cash alternative will be provided except at Sponsor’s sole option if a stated prize is unavailable. Prizes are non-transferable except by Sponsor.
12. Potential Prize Recipient Notification and Claim Procedure
The highest-ranked eligible entrant for each prize level will become the potential prize recipient for that prize.
To become a confirmed prize recipient, a potential prize recipient must be physically present at the Graf Research booth at the AMD-Xilinx Office Longmont during the claim window beginning at 08:00 MDT on Wednesday October 7th, 2026 (the “Claim Window”).
Sponsor may notify a potential prize recipient by one or more of the following methods:
email to the address on file;
phone or text if the entrant voluntarily provided a mobile number; and/or
public announcement at or near the Graf Research booth using the entrant’s Entry ID and/or full name.
If a potential prize recipient does not know the location of the Graf Research booth or is having trouble reaching it, the potential prize recipient should immediately contact Sponsor at marketing@grafresearch.com during the Claim Window.
To become a confirmed prize recipient, the potential prize recipient must, within [5] minutes after the first public announcement or direct notification attempt made at the start of the Claim Window:
appear in person at the Graf Research booth;
present acceptable photo identification reasonably matching the entry;
confirm continued eligibility; and
execute any additional documentation reasonably requested by Sponsor, including eligibility, ethics, and tax documentation where required.
If a potential prize recipient does not timely appear, is not physically present, cannot be verified, is ineligible, refuses required documentation, or otherwise fails to comply with these Official Rules, that potential prize recipient forfeits the applicable prize and Sponsor shall proceed to the next-highest-ranked eligible entry for that prize, repeating the same process until that prize is validly claimed or Sponsor determines that no eligible claimant remains.
13. Verification; No Rights Until Confirmation
An entrant is not a prize recipient unless and until Sponsor completes verification and affirmatively confirms that entrant as the recipient of the applicable prize.
Any public announcement, email, or oral statement identifying a person as a winner, recipient, or prize claimant before verification is provisional only and does not create vested rights in any prize.
14. Administrative Error; Correction
Sponsor’s official entry database, ranking worksheet, audit record, and verification records shall control absent manifest error.
If Sponsor discovers any clerical, scoring, notification, announcement, or administrative error, Sponsor reserves the right to correct the error and apply these Official Rules as properly written and intended.
If Sponsor mistakenly announces the wrong person as winner or recipient before verification, Sponsor may revoke that provisional designation and confirm the correctly ranked eligible entrant.
If Sponsor mistakenly transfers a prize to the wrong person due solely to administrative error, Sponsor may, in addition to any other lawful remedy, award an identical or substantially equivalent substitute prize to the correctly ranked eligible entrant. No mistaken recipient shall acquire any greater rights than those permitted by applicable law.
15. Odds of Winning
The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible, compliant entries received and the accuracy of those entries relative to the official survey data.
16. Taxes and Expenses
Each prize recipient is solely responsible for any taxes, duties, reporting obligations, and any other costs or expenses associated with acceptance or use of the applicable prize that are not expressly stated as being provided by Sponsor.
Sponsor may require any tax or similar forms that Sponsor reasonably determines are required by applicable law before transferring a prize.
17. Data Handling; Privacy; Marketing Consent
Sponsor will process personal information submitted in connection with the Promotion, including name, email address, country, company/institution, survey responses, certifications, device/log data, and any voluntarily submitted phone number, for the purposes of:
administering the Promotion;
preventing fraud and abuse;
verifying eligibility and compliance;
contacting potential prize recipients;
maintaining an audit trail; and
complying with legal, accounting, and recordkeeping obligations.
Any marketing email consent is optional, is not required to enter or win, and may be withdrawn at any time without affecting entry validity.
Sponsor may share Promotion data with service providers and advisors acting on Sponsor’s behalf, and where required by law.
You have the right to information, to correction, to deletion, to restriction of processing, a right to object, a right to data portability, as well as a right to revoke your consent. In the event of a revocation, you will no longer be able to participate in the competition. In these cases, it is best to contact us via e-mail at marketing@grafresearch.com.
If you have any further questions about data protection, please contact jessika@grafresearch.com.
18. Publicity
Sponsor may request a confirmed prize recipient’s separate written permission to use that prize recipient’s name, likeness, city, state/province, country, and/or photograph for promotional purposes. Refusal to grant such permission will not, by itself, invalidate the prize claim unless such consent is required by applicable law for the specific use at issue.
19. General Conditions
Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any person who:
tampers with the entry process;
uses automated or deceptive means;
submits false or misleading information;
cannot verify eligibility;
is subject to sanctions, trade restrictions, or other legal barriers that would make a prize unlawful to award;
violates these Official Rules; or
whose participation or acceptance of a prize would create legal, ethics, or compliance concerns under applicable law, employer policy, or contract requirement.
Sponsor also reserves the right to cancel, suspend, or modify the Promotion if fraud, technical failure, venue-access restrictions, match disruption, force majeure, or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper operation of the Promotion.
If the Promotion is canceled before a prize recipient is confirmed, Sponsor may elect not to award a prize.
20. Limitation of Liability
Except where prohibited by law, Sponsor and its officers, directors, employees, agents, and representatives shall not be liable for lost, late, incomplete, corrupted, misdirected, or technically defective entries; failed notifications; venue-access issues; third-party data outages; or other errors or events affecting the administration of the Promotion, provided that nothing in these Official Rules excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.
21. Governing Law and Venue
Except where prohibited or overridden by non-waivable law, these Official Rules and any dispute arising from the Promotion shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.
Except where prohibited or overridden by non-waivable law, the exclusive forum for any dispute shall be the state or federal courts located in Virginia, and each entrant consents to such jurisdiction and venue.
22. Severability
If any provision of these Official Rules is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.
23. Third-Party Non-Affiliation
This Promotion is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with AMD.
24. Prize Recipient List / Contact
To request the first name, last initial, and country/state of the confirmed First Prize and Second Prize recipients, send a request to marketing@grafresearch.com with the subject line “AMD SWG 2026 Promotion Prize Recipient Request” within [30] days after the Claim Window closes, where lawful.
