{"id":28815,"date":"2026-05-06T00:55:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/28815\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T00:55:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:55:39","slug":"amd-forecasts-revenue-above-expectations-on-strong-ai-demand-shares-jump-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/28815\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD forecasts revenue above expectations on strong AI demand, shares jump 12%"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">By Zaheer Kachwala and Max A. Cherney<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">May 5 (Reuters) &#8211; Advanced Micro Devices forecast second-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations on Tuesday, helped by keen demand for its data-center chips as cloud-computing companies accelerate spending on <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/ai\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:artificial-intelligence;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;artificial-intelligence&quot;}\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">artificial-intelligence<\/a> infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Shares of the company jumped 12% in extended trading after \u200csurging about 65% so far this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">AMD is seen by analysts and investors as a leading challenger to <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/NVDA\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nvidia;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Nvidia&quot;}\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nvidia<\/a>&#8216;s dominance in AI chips, commonly \u200creferred to as graphics processing units or GPUs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">But the company has tapped a new AI hardware opportunity in the form of central processing units as companies move from training models to running applications based \u200bon the technology, a process known as inference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">AMD now expects the server CPU addressable market to grow at greater than 35% annually, reaching over $120 billion by 2030, CEO Lisa Su said on a post-earnings conference call. This is higher than the 18% yearly growth rate it forecast in November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Sales for both types of server chips are recorded in AMD&#8217;s data center segment, which jumped 57% to $5.8 billion in the first quarter, whereas analysts expected revenue of $5.64 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">&#8220;AMD is levered to insatiable \u200cAI compute demand, and this quarter showed that demand is \u2060real, but the focus now shifts to how efficiently they can convert that into high-margin revenue,&#8221; said Jake Behan, head of capital markets at Direxion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">GROWING COMPETITION IN CPU MARKET<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">While analysts perceive AMD as best-positioned to benefit from the surging CPU demand due to \u2060market share gains and product roadmap, competition from Intel, which gave a strong revenue forecast last month, has increased.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">After struggling with its chip production for several quarters, Intel is now ramping up its in-house manufacturing efforts to cater to growing CPU demand, posing a threat to AMD, which is beholden to tight manufacturing capacity at Taiwan&#8217;s TSMC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Unlike Intel, which designs and \u200bmanufactures \u200bchips in-house, AMD outsources its manufacturing to contract chipmakers like TSMC. Intel shares were up \u200b4.5% in extended trading.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">&#8220;It (AMD) may need to look to qualify Intel \u200csooner than later for future products as that precious additional capacity will be needed based on the expedited success of NVIDIA&#8217;s AI roadmap,&#8221; said Daniel Newman, CEO of tech research firm Futurum Group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Earlier this year, AMD said it had agreed to sell up to $60 billion worth of artificial-intelligence chips to Meta Platforms over five years in a deal that allows the Facebook owner to purchase as much as 10% of the chip firm. AMD also struck a deal with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/organizations\/openai\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:OpenAI;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;OpenAI&quot;}\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OpenAI<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The company expects quarterly revenue of $11.2 billion, plus or minus $300 million, compared with estimates of $10.52 billion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">It also forecast server CPU revenue to grow by more than 70% year-on-year in the \u200csecond quarter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The company expects adjusted gross margins of about 56% for the second quarter, compared with \u200banalyst expectations of 55.4%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">For the first quarter, adjusted for stock compensation and other items, AMD reported \u200bper-share earnings of $1.37 on revenue of $10.25 billion. Analysts expected revenue of $9.89 billion \u200band earnings of $1.29 per share.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">MEMORY CRUNCH WEIGHS ON DEMAND<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The semiconductor industry is also grappling with a global shortage of memory chips, stemming \u200cfrom a rush to secure supply of high-bandwidth memory used in \u200bdata centers alongside GPUs and CPUs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The sharp \u200bincrease in memory prices is also expected to hit demand for consumer electronics &#8211; a key market for AMD &#8211; as pricier computers are expected to turn consumers away. The company&#8217;s Client and Gaming segment, which includes its consumer hardware, rose 23% to $3.6 billion compared with a year ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Executives said AMD is \u200bplanning for second-half PC shipments to be lower owing to \u200chigher memory and component costs, and expects second-half gaming revenue to decline more than 20% compared with the first half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">AMD stock has far \u200boutperformed Nvidia&#8217;s year-to-date gain of 5% and the broader Philadelphia Semiconductor Index&#8217;s 55% rise, as of Tuesday&#8217;s close.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">(Reporting by Zaheer Kachwala in Bengaluru \u200band Max A. Cherney in San Francisco; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila and Matthew Lewis)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Zaheer Kachwala and Max A. 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