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Advanced Micro Devices report Second quarter financial report The company’s revenue topped Wall Street expectations on Tuesday and showed continued growth in sales of its artificial intelligence chips.
AMD shares rose 8% in after-hours trading.
Here’s how AMD’s results for the quarter ended June 29 compare to LSEG’s consensus estimates:
- Earnings per share: Adjusted to 69 cents vs 68 cents
- income: US$5.83 billion, expected US$5.72 billion
AMD said it had sales of about $6.7 billion in the quarter, compared with Wall Street expectations of earnings of 93 cents per share on sales of $6.61 billion.
The chipmaker reported net income of $265 million, or 16 cents a share, compared with net income of $27 million, or 2 cents a share, in 2019. period one year ago.
AMD shares will fall about 6% in 2024, despite the company being the second-largest supplier of data center GPUs after AMD Nvidia. Because AI GPUs are needed to train and deploy advanced artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT, Nvidia’s stock price has more than doubled this year, and Nvidia has become the chip of choice.
Investors want to see AMD take market share from its long-time rival Nvidia. MI300X artificial intelligence chip And marks the growth of its data center artificial intelligence business. Earlier this year, AMD said Estimated US$4 billion AI chip sales this year account for about 15% of the company’s expected sales.
AMD Chief Executive Lisa Su said on a conference call with analysts that the company’s AI chip sales were “above expectations,” with revenue from its MI300 chips exceeding $1 billion in the quarter.
“As a result, we now expect data center GPU revenue to exceed $4.5 billion in 2024, up from our April guidance of $4 billion,” Su said in a conference call with analysts.
AMD said that driven by the growth in AI GPU shipments, AMD AI chip sales in the company’s data center division increased by 115% year-on-year to $2.8 billion. Analysts polled by StreetAccount expected data center revenue of $2.75 billion.
AMD’s core business is manufacturing central processing units (CPUs) for notebook computers and servers. The company’s customers segment reported PC sales, up 49% year over year to $1.5 billion, compared with StreetAccount’s forecast of $1.43 billion. The growth suggests the PC market is recovering from a slump in the post-pandemic years.
AMD also makes gaming console chips and 3D graphics GPUs, which fall under the company’s gaming category. AMD reported gaming revenue of US$648 million, a year-on-year decrease of 59%. Analysts expected sales of $676 million, according to StreetAccount.
The company’s embedded division, which consists of products acquired through the acquisition of Xilinx for industrial customers in 2022, posted sales of $861 million, down 41% year-over-year, beating Wall Street expectations of $856 million.
