Guru3D.com
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • Channels
    • Archive
  • DOWNLOADS
    • New Downloads
    • Categories
    • Archive
  • GAME REVIEWS
  • ARTICLES
    • Rig of the Month
    • Join ROTM
    • PC Buyers Guide
    • Guru3D VGA Charts
    • Editorials
    • Dated content
  • HARDWARE REVIEWS
    • Videocards
    • Processors
    • Audio
    • Motherboards
    • Memory and Flash
    • SSD Storage
    • Chassis
    • Media Players
    • Power Supply
    • Laptop and Mobile
    • Smartphone
    • Networking
    • Keyboard Mouse
    • Cooling
    • Search articles
    • Knowledgebase
    • More Categories
  • FORUMS
  • NEWSLETTER
  • CONTACT

New Reviews
Hitman III: PC graphics perf benchmark review
TeamGroup CX2 1TB SATA3 SSD review
EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 FTW3 Ultra review
Corsair 5000D PC Chassis Review
NZXT Kraken X63 RGB Review
ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT STRIX OC LC Review
TerraMaster F5-221 NAS Review
MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming X TRIO Review
Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 NITRO+ review
Corsair HS70 Bluetooth Headset Review

New Downloads
CrystalDiskInfo 8.10.0 Download
SiSoft Sandra 20/20 download v30.92
AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 21.1.1 driver download
CPU-Z download v1.95
Intel HD graphics Driver Download Version: DCH 27.20.100.9168
HWiNFO Download v6.41 (4355 Beta)
GeForce 461.33 hotfix driver download
Prime95 download version 30.4 build 7
AIDA64 Download Version 6.32.5620 beta
3DMark Download v2.16.7117 + Time Spy


New Forum Topics
Trying to flash another bios for my MSI 6800XT card 3090 Owner's thread After new gpu [rtx 3080] my 10700k cpu vcore changed and lowered clocks Intel is satisfied about 7nm progress 2TB version Samsung 980 Pro with 136 Layer (V-NAND v6) surfaces in webshops GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 461.33 3080 Owner's thread! Display Port to HDMI cable or adapter? Reported dpc routine with latest nvidia driver 460.89 on 3080 high?Random stutter in apex Gabe Newell talks about Cyberpunk 2077 and sympathizes with CD Projekt




Guru3D.com » News » AMD Reports Q2 Results

AMD Reports Q2 Results

by Panagiotis Georgiadis on: 07/18/2008 10:57 PM | source: | 0 comment(s)
 While Intel merrily report rising Q2 profits and revenue, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) sang a far different tune.  The smaller major player in the microprocessor industry reported earnings which disappointed even investors expecting less than a stellar performance. 

Preceding the earnings report was news from AMD that it would be taking a charge of more than $900M USD for losses based on the bill for its acquisition of ATI, its flash endeavors, and its struggling ATI TV and consumer electronics subunits.  This news set predictions of losses rather high. 

Whereas Intel reported profits beating expectations, AMD reported losses beating expectations.  AMD bled $1.19B USD in Q2 2008, up from $600M USD a year ago and $358M USD last quarter.  The adjusted losses, which take one time events into account, totaled 60 cents a share, worse than analyst predictions of 52 cents a share.

Depending on the metric you view, AMD revenue was either up or down.  AMD announced Q2 2008 revenue of $1.349B USD, up 3 percent from Q2 2007, but down 7 percent from Q1 2008 (curiously AMD's press release chooses to assert this negative comparison before the positive one).  Analysts on Wall Street had been hoping that it would show revenues of $1.45B USD, but yet again AMD left them with disappointment.

Gross margin, an important indicator of profitability, again, was up compared to last year, but down compared to Q1 2008.  The margin was 37 percent, excluding the impact from the sales of portions of its 200mm infrastructure, compared to 41 percent in Q1 2008 and 34 percent in Q2 2007.

As far as good news from AMD, about the only clearly good news it could offer were in terms of technology, which was also a slightly mixed bag.  AMD strongly pushed out Opteron server technology, which was viewed as a success.

In terms of technology, AMD's greatest Q2 2008 victory came from acquisition in terms of the 4000 series of graphics cards -- the 4850 and 4870 blew away similarly priced offerings from NVIDIA.  The impending release of the 4870 X2 in August/September, which early reports show to compare favorably with NVIDIA's similarly priced high-end GTX 280, could erode into one of NVIDIA





« EU Batters Intel With More Charges · AMD Reports Q2 Results · Intel drops price Nehalem Extreme by $500 »


Guru3D.com © 2021