Highlights and outlook
Within AMD's business segments, the main growth came unsurprisingly from graphics - this being the quarter of the ATI Radeon HD 4000 series launch. Graphics revenue was up 40 percent year-on-year to $385 million, whereas revenue from computing solutions (including process technology license revenue of $191 million which, for some reason isn't included in the overall revenue figure) was $1,391 million - eight percent up year-on-year.
AMD expects revenue for Q4 to be around the same as this quarter, i.e. $1.585 billion. AMD shares were up 13 percent in after hours trading yesterday.
Among the highlights listed by AMD were:
- Dell and HP introduced new quad-core server platforms designed specifically to take advantage of the virtualization performance advantages of the quad core AMD Opteron processor.
- Acer, Dell, NEC, Samsung, Toshiba, and others introduced new notebook systems powered by the recently introduced AMD Turion X2 Ultra notebook platform.
- 10 of the largest motherboard partners introduced new products based on the AMD 790GX desktop chipset, delivering best-in-class 3D graphics performance, enhanced scalability and stability for high-performance gaming and multimedia.
- AMD launched a new corporate brand campaign under a new tagline, "The Future is Fusion." The campaign focuses on how the unique AMD combination of technologies, coupled with close relationships with computer manufacturers and a deep understanding of customer needs, results in exciting next-generation capabilities and experiences at work, at home, and at play.
