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AMD stock surged 6% on Tuesday after Advanced Micro Devices said its total addressable market could reach $3 trillion by 2030, up from its previous estimate of roughly $2 trillion.

Shares rose 6.45% to $508.38, bringing their gains for the year to more than 120%.

The revised market opportunity reflects rising demand for graphics processing units (GPUs), central processing units (CPUs) and AI-enabled PCs, according to Chief Financial Officer Jean Hu.

AMD had estimated in July that its total addressable market could reach approximately $2 trillion by 2030.

Speaking at a conference on Tuesday, Hu said the figure could potentially reach as high as $3 trillion.

“This AI super investment cycle is at the very beginning, and over time, we're going to continue to see strong demand for AMD's product,” Hu said.

A key part of AMD’s outlook is the shift in AI workloads from model training toward inference, where AI models execute tasks after training.

According to a Citi summary of the event, AMD management said, “In the past twelve months, Inference has become the majority driver of AI computing,” with workloads also moving beyond basic chatbots toward more autonomous AI systems.

AMD expects its data center business to more than double next year.

The company plans to launch its next-generation MI450 GPU this quarter, with production expected to ramp up during the fourth quarter and into 2027.

The company is also benefiting from stronger demand for server CPUs.

Hu said AMD has increased supply in the constrained CPU market, supporting expected growth of more than 80% in the business during the second half of this year compared with the same period in 2025.

Server CPU growth is expected to exceed 70% next year.

AMD is also seeing strong demand for its rack-scale Helios systems.

Meta Platforms and two unnamed AI labs are anchor customers, and all three have provided demand forecasts above their initial purchase agreements.

Helios volume expectations for 2027 have already exceeded initial projections, while AMD is seeing additional demand from newer “neo-cloud” providers.

Data center GPUs currently generate profit margins below AMD’s corporate average.

However, growth in higher-margin server and embedded businesses has helped offset that pressure, with strong double-digit growth expected in the second and third quarters.

AMD is also developing its future AI accelerator pipeline.

Management said it is engaged with its three leading customers on next-generation MI500 and MI600 chips. The company has also disclosed a partnership with Cerebras and indicated plans to target the low-latency inference market.

AMD’s shares have gained more than 230% over the past year, although the stock has fallen nearly 5% over the past week and about 6% over the past month.

The decline has followed strong gains and comes as investors weigh valuation alongside risks including AI accelerator export controls, memory supply constraints and tariffs.

The company’s Gaming segment also remains a drag, with revenue down 31% year over year to $779 million.

Despite those risks, AMD has become a credible second source for AI computing, supported by 107% year-over-year growth in Data Center revenue and a 6GW GPU agreement with OpenAI.

The stock has five strong-buy ratings, 36 buys and 10 holds, with no sell ratings and an average price target of $613.84.

It has been about a month since the last earnings report for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD - Free Report) . Shares have lost about 5.2% in that time frame, underperforming the S&P 500.

Will the recent negative trend continue leading up to its next earnings release, or is Advanced Micro due for a breakout? Before we dive into how investors and analysts have reacted as of late, let's take a quick look at its latest earnings report in order to get a better handle on the important drivers.

AMD Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates, Strong Data Center Aids Revenue GrowthAdvanced Micro Devices reported second-quarter 2026 non-GAAP earnings of $1.66 per share, up 246% year over year. The figure beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3.1%.

Revenues increased 50.1% year over year to $11.54 billion and surpassed the consensus mark by 1.9%. The top-line benefited from accelerating EPYC processor demand and the continued ramp of Instinct GPUs.

AMD Data Center Sales More Than DoubleData Center contributed 58% of total revenues. The segment revenues surged 107.3% year over year to $6.72 billion.

EPYC sales increased more than 70% year over year, supported by record enterprise sell-through and robust cloud demand. Instinct sales more than doubled as adoption of the MI350 Series expanded across AI labs, cloud providers, startups, national laboratories and sovereign AI deployments.

Client and Gaming segment revenues increased 6.1% year over year to $3.84 billion. Client revenues advanced 23% to $3.06 billion, driven by record mobile processor sales and continued market-share gains. Ryzen Pro sales grew more than 50% as commercial adoption expanded. Gaming revenues fell 31% to $779 million due to lower semi-custom sales at this stage of the console cycle.

Embedded segment revenues rose 19% year over year to $977 million. Demand strengthened across networking, aerospace and defense, communications, and test and measurement markets.

AMD Expands Q2 MarginsNon-GAAP gross profit jumped 95.1% year over year to $6.49 billion. Gross margin expanded to 56.2% from 54%, reflecting a favorable mix shift toward higher-value Data Center products.

Non-GAAP operating expenses rose 40% year over year to $3.39 billion as AMD increased research and development spending on AI silicon, systems and software.

Operating income jumped 245% to $3.09 billion, while operating margin widened 15 percentage points to 27%.

Data Center operating income was $2.10 billion compared with a loss of $155 million in the year-ago quarter, translating into a 31% operating margin. Client and Gaming segment operating income declined 24% year over year to $582 million as higher expenses more than offset the revenue increase.

Embedded operating income increased 40% year over year to $386 million. Operating margin improved to 40% from 33%, aided by higher sales and a favorable product mix. Management said embedded x86 products are becoming a meaningful growth driver as hyperscalers and networking customers adopt AMD CPUs for data center control functions.

AMD AI Roadmap Supports Growth MomentumAMD launched Helios, its rack-scale AI platform combining EPYC Venice CPUs, MI450-Series GPUs, Pensando networking and ROCm software. Initial shipments are expected to begin in the third quarter and ramp through the fourth quarter and into 2027.

Management said Helios demand is tracking ahead of its initial volume forecast. AMD also announced that Anthropic plans to deploy up to 2 gigawatts of MI450-Series GPUs, with the first gigawatt beginning in the first half of 2027. Microsoft plans to deploy Helios at scale on Azure for frontier-model inference.

AMD Strengthens Cash and LiquidityCash, cash equivalents and short-term investments totaled $13.11 billion, up 6% sequentially. Total debt remained nearly flat at $3.23 billion, providing the company with financial flexibility as it expands supply and funds its AI product roadmap.

AMD generated $2.36 billion in cash from continuing operations and $1.56 billion in free cash flow during the quarter.

AMD Issues Strong Q3 ViewFor the third quarter of 2026, AMD expects revenues of approximately $13 billion, plus or minus $300 million. The midpoint implies growth of roughly 41% year over year and 13% sequentially.

AMD expects strong double-digit sequential growth in Data Center and Embedded, while Client and Gaming is projected to decline modestly as gaming weakness offsets slight Client growth.

Non-GAAP gross margin is projected at approximately 56%, with operating expenses of nearly $3.65 billion.

How Have Estimates Been Moving Since Then?Since the earnings release, investors have witnessed a upward trend in fresh estimates.

VGM ScoresAt this time, Advanced Micro has a great Growth Score of A, though it is lagging a lot on the Momentum Score front with a C. However, the stock was allocated a score of F on the value side, putting it in the fifth quintile for this investment strategy.

Overall, the stock has an aggregate VGM Score of C. If you aren't focused on one strategy, this score is the one you should be interested in.

OutlookEstimates have been broadly trending upward for the stock, and the magnitude of these revisions looks promising. Interestingly, Advanced Micro has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). We expect an in-line return from the stock in the next few months.

Key Takeaways AMD and HUMAIN have launched MI355X-based AI systems in Saudi Arabia for training and inference workloads.AMD, Cisco and HUMAIN plan up to 250 MW of new AI infrastructure from 2027, targeting 1 GW by 2030.AMD expects server revenues to grow more than 70% in 2027 as Helios and MI450 deployments accelerate. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD - Free Report) , Cisco Systems (CSCO - Free Report) and HUMAIN have expanded their artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure collaboration in Saudi Arabia, with AMD Instinct MI355X GPU-based systems now live and serving customers in the Kingdom and overseas. The production infrastructure combines AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs and EPYC CPUs with Cisco Silicon One-based networking and 800G optics, enabling HUMAIN to offer GPU-as-a-service for AI training and inference workloads.

The companies are now preparing a significantly larger deployment. AMD, Cisco and HUMAIN plan to deploy up to 250 megawatts (MW) of additional AI infrastructure beginning in 2027. The next phase will use AMD Instinct MI400 Series GPUs, EPYC CPUs and ROCm software alongside Cisco networking and critical infrastructure. Capacity is expected to start coming online in the second half of 2027. The joint venture remains on track to deploy up to 1 gigawatt (GW) of AI infrastructure by 2030, supported by growing demand for sovereign AI capacity. This is expected to boost AMD’s competitive position against NVIDIA (NVDA - Free Report) and Broadcom (AVGO - Free Report) .

The platform is aimed at governments, enterprises, research institutions, AI developers and model providers that require locally operated infrastructure. AMD is designed to support open models and software while giving customers greater control over data residency, model customization, deployment and governance. This strengthens AMD's presence in the growing sovereign AI market while broadening the geographic reach of its data-center AI portfolio.

The HUMAIN expansion should strengthen AMD’s Data Center business by adding another large-scale deployment for its Instinct GPUs, EPYC CPUs and ROCm software. AMD’s Data Center revenues surged 107% year over year to $6.7 billion in second-quarter 2026, driven by strong demand for EPYC processors and the ongoing ramp of Instinct GPUs. AMD expects growing Helios and MI450-series deployments to drive significant Data Center AI growth, with acceleration in 2027. The company currently expects server revenues to grow more than 70% in 2027 and total Data Center segment revenues to more than double year over year.

The deal also expands AMD’s exposure to sovereign AI, an area where Instinct adoption was already increasing. AMD noted that Instinct sales more than doubled year over year as adoption broadened across AI labs, cloud providers, AI startups, national laboratories and sovereign AI deployments. The HUMAIN project could strengthen AMD's position as countries invest in domestic AI infrastructure to retain greater control over data, models and computing capacity.

Tough Competition Hurts AMD’s ProspectsNVIDIA remains AMD’s biggest challenge in data center AI, owing to its scale, full-stack platform and entrenched CUDA ecosystem. NVIDIA’s second-quarter fiscal 2027 Data Center revenues reached $89 billion, with hyperscale revenues of $49 billion, and its ACIE business, which includes NeoCloud, enterprise and sovereign customers, reaching $40 billion. NVIDIA also expects roughly 70% revenue growth in fiscal 2028 despite remaining supply constrained. This scale gives it substantially greater resources and customer reach as AMD attempts to expand Instinct and Helios deployments.

Broadcom creates a different but increasingly important threat through custom AI accelerators, or XPUs, and networking. Broadcom’s AI semiconductor revenues surged 143% year over year to $10.8 billion in second-quarter fiscal 2026, with bookings exceeding $30 billion. The company expects AI semiconductor revenues of $56 billion in fiscal 2026 and more than $100 billion in fiscal 2027. Broadcom has multi-generation programs with Google, plans additional TPU-based capacity for Anthropic, has a 1.3-GW OpenAI commitment for 2027 and expects to deploy 3 GW of Meta MTIA XPUs through 2028. AVGO’s leadership in Ethernet switching, SerDes, co-packaged optics and interconnect also strengthens its position because these technologies are critical to scaling both XPU and GPU clusters.

AMD’s Share Price Performance, Valuation & EstimatesAMD shares have jumped 114.6% year to date, outperforming the broader Zacks Computer and Technology sector’s return of 15.5%.

AMD Stock’s Price Performance
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AMD stock is overvalued, with a forward 12-month price/sales of 10.41X compared with the broader sector’s 6.03X. AMD has a Value Score of F.

AMD ValuationThe Zacks Consensus Estimate for third-quarter 2026 earnings is pegged at $1.90 per share, up a couple of cents over the past 30 days, suggesting 58.33% year-over-year growth.

AMD currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

Cathie Wood Pulls $74 Million From AMD as Data Center Sales Soar Summary

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest sold about $74 million of AMD shares even as the chipmaker delivered 50% revenue growth and a sharp rise in data-center sales

Advanced Micro Devices AMD is facing renewed investor scrutiny after Cathie Wood's ARK Invest reduced its position despite a sharp improvement in the chipmaker's latest results.

ARK sold 156,286 AMD shares valued at about $74.5 million across several ETFs. The transactions followed another disposal of 37,977 shares worth roughly $18.3 million a day earlier.

The sales come after AMD posted second-quarter revenue of $11.5 billion, up 50% year over year. Data Center revenue more than doubled to $6.7 billion, while non-GAAP earnings per share reached $1.66.

AMD also enters the second half with its data-center business as a major growth driver. The company said revenue from that segment is expected to accelerate, supported by EPYC processors and Instinct accelerators.

ARK's decision therefore contrasts with AMD's improving operating performance. It does not establish why the fund sold the shares, but it shifts attention toward whether AMD's strong AI-related growth can continue to justify its valuation.

The selling could weigh on sentiment, while accelerating data-center revenue remains an important support for the shares.

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Arini Capital Management Ltd acquired a new stake in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD – Free Report) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 15,000 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $8,714,000. Advanced Micro Devices makes up 0.9% of Arini Capital Management Ltd’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 13th largest holding.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Sarver Vrooman Wealth Advisors purchased a new position in Advanced Micro Devices in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Cornerstone Financial Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter worth $27,000. Basepoint Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter worth $30,000. Graney & King LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the first quarter valued at $31,000. Finally, Main Street Group LTD acquired a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the first quarter valued at $33,000. 71.34% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades Several research analysts recently commented on AMD shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on Advanced Micro Devices from $385.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Bank of America increased their price target on Advanced Micro Devices from $550.00 to $620.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 14th. Mizuho boosted their price objective on Advanced Micro Devices from $615.00 to $625.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, July 27th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. Finally, TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have issued a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $553.72.

Check Out Our Latest Report on Advanced Micro Devices Insider Transactions at Advanced Micro Devices In related news, EVP Jean X. Hu sold 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $474.08, for a total value of $7,111,200.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 160,979 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $76,316,924.32. This trade represents a 8.52% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Mark D. Papermaster sold 28,811 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $471.87, for a total transaction of $13,595,046.57. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 1,261,461 shares in the company, valued at $595,245,602.07. This represents a 2.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last three months, insiders sold 241,203 shares of company stock worth $114,011,942. Insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Advanced Micro Devices Here are the key news stories impacting Advanced Micro Devices this week:

Positive Sentiment: AI demand and product roadmap remain strong: AMD’s previously announced rack-scale platforms and server products are moving closer to deployment, supporting expectations for continued data-center growth. Recent results showed revenue up 50% year over year to $11.54 billion, while management guided to roughly $13 billion in third-quarter revenue. AMD stock ran its published roadmap Positive Sentiment: Strategic Nutanix partnership broadens AMD’s AI offering: AMD’s equity investment and joint development agreement with Nutanix could help deliver integrated, open AI inference systems that compete with Nvidia’s software-centric platform. AMD and Nutanix strategic partnership Neutral Sentiment: Analyst comparisons favor rivals on risk-reward: Commentary argues Broadcom offers better diversification and a lower valuation, while Nvidia’s stronger profitability, CUDA ecosystem and recent outperformance give it an advantage over AMD. These comparisons may limit enthusiasm despite AMD’s growth prospects. Broadcom versus AMD risk-reward comparison Negative Sentiment: Potential tariffs increase cost and supply-chain risk: Reports that the administration may extend semiconductor tariffs to products containing chips, including data-center servers, have raised concerns about higher costs and disrupted hardware supply chains. Why AMD stock is sliding Negative Sentiment: Profit-taking and selling activity weigh on sentiment: ARK Invest sold approximately $18 million of AMD shares while reallocating capital to Broadcom and Cerebras. AMD EVP Jean Hu also sold $7.1 million of stock under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, although she retained a substantial position. Cathie Wood sold AMD stock Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance Shares of AMD opened at $465.58 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $505.66 and a 200 day moving average price of $384.43. The company has a quick ratio of 1.91, a current ratio of 2.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. The company has a market capitalization of $760.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 119.69 and a beta of 2.48. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 52-week low of $149.22 and a 52-week high of $584.73.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.66 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.62 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $11.54 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.31 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a net margin of 15.58% and a return on equity of 12.30%. The firm’s revenue was up 50.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.48 earnings per share. Research analysts predict that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (NASDAQ: AMD) is a global semiconductor company that designs and sells microprocessors, graphics processors, chipsets and adaptive computing solutions for a broad set of markets. The company’s product portfolio includes consumer and commercial CPUs under the Ryzen and Threadripper brands, data center processors under the EPYC brand, and Radeon graphics processing units for gaming and professional visualization. AMD also offers semi-custom system-on-chip (SoC) products for gaming consoles and other specialized applications, and provides supporting software and platform technologies for OEMs, cloud service providers and end users.

Founded in 1969, AMD has evolved from a supplier of logic chips into a diversified, fabless semiconductor designer.

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News Highlights

HUMAIN is now delivering production AI compute in Saudi Arabia powered by AMD Instinct™ MI355X GPUs, AMD EPYC™ CPUs and Cisco Silicon One-based AI networking to deliver the performance, scale and resilience necessary for next-generation workloads. AMD, Cisco and HUMAIN plan to deploy up to 250 MW of AI infrastructure as part of the next phase of the buildout beginning in 2027.Driven by strong customer demand, the AMD, Cisco and HUMAIN joint venture remains on track to deploy up to 1 GW of AI infrastructure by 2030.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 31, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ: AMD), Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and HUMAIN, a PIF company delivering full-stack AI solutions, today announced that AMD Instinct MI355X GPU-based AI infrastructure built on Cisco Silicon One-based AI networking is now live in Saudi Arabia and serving HUMAIN customers in the Kingdom and beyond.

The production deployment, powered by AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs, AMD EPYC CPUs and Cisco’s critical networking infrastructure, marks an important milestone in AMD, Cisco and HUMAIN’s work to build an open, large-scale AI platform in Saudi Arabia. Built on Cisco Silicon One and Cisco 800G optics, the Cisco N9000 Series platform interconnects the MI355X GPUs in an AI-optimized fabric designed for scale, low latency and operational resilience, enabling HUMAIN to offer GPU-as-a-service across a wide range of use cases, from model training to inferencing.

Expanding on this foundation, AMD, Cisco and HUMAIN plan to deploy up to 250 MW of AI infrastructure powered by AMD Instinct MI400 Series GPUs, AMD EPYC CPUs and AMD ROCm™ open software, together with Cisco networking and critical infrastructure, through the companies’ previously announced joint venture. Deployment is planned to begin in 2027, with capacity expected to start coming online in the second half of the year.

This next phase of the companies’ previously announced joint venture will significantly expand Saudi Arabia’s AI capacity. Driven by strong customer demand, the joint venture remains on track to deploy up to 1 GW of AI infrastructure by 2030.

“Bringing AMD Instinct systems online in Saudi Arabia is an important milestone in our work with HUMAIN,” said Dr. Lisa Su, chair and CEO, AMD. “Together, we are building an open, high-performance AI platform that is serving customers today and will scale significantly in the coming years. With AMD Instinct GPUs, EPYC CPUs and ROCm open software at the foundation, we are expanding the compute capacity needed to advance AI innovation across the Kingdom and globally.”

“Putting this infrastructure into production demonstrates HUMAIN’s ability to build, operate and deliver advanced AI infrastructure at scale,” said Tareq Amin, CEO, HUMAIN. “Demand for sovereign, high-performance AI infrastructure continues to grow, and together with AMD and Cisco, we are expanding Saudi Arabia’s role as a platform serving customers across the Kingdom, the region and globally.”

“The true power of AI lies in its potential to solve some of the world’s most complex challenges,” said Chuck Robbins, chair and CEO, Cisco. “The region is moving quickly from AI investment to delivery, and through our work with HUMAIN and AMD, Cisco is building the critical infrastructure to make AI vision a reality – in the Kingdom and beyond.”

Building an Open Platform for Sovereign AI
The collaboration is designed to give governments, enterprises, research institutions and developers access to advanced AI capabilities through a platform that brings together open models, open software and locally operated infrastructure.

The platform will give customers greater control over where their data resides, how their models are customized, and how their AI systems are deployed and governed. The AMD high-performance AI compute platforms and open software ecosystem deliver the flexible foundation, while the Cisco network architecture is designed to be open and interoperable, giving customers visibility and centralized control over the environment as capacity scales. This approach will enable organizations to build AI capabilities aligned with their languages, cultures, regulatory requirements and national priorities.

Together, AMD, Cisco and HUMAIN plan to deliver the performance, scale and openness required by AI labs, model providers, enterprises and developers, bringing a new generation of sovereign AI capabilities to Saudi Arabia and the broader global market.

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AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) drives innovation in high-performance and AI computing to solve the world’s most important challenges. Today, AMD technology powers billions of experiences across cloud and AI infrastructure, embedded systems, AI PCs and gaming. With a broad portfolio of AI-optimized CPUs, GPUs, networking and software, AMD delivers full-stack AI solutions that provide the performance and scalability needed for a new era of intelligent computing. Learn more at www.amd.com. 

About HUMAIN  
HUMAIN, a PIF company, is a global artificial intelligence company delivering full-stack AI capabilities across four core areas: next-generation data centers; hyper-performance infrastructure and cloud platforms; advanced AI models, including some of the world's most advanced Arabic large language models developed in the Arab world; and transformative AI solutions that combine deep sector insight with real-world execution. 

HUMAIN's end-to-end model serves both public and private sector organizations, unlocking value across industries, driving digital transformation, and strengthening capabilities through human–AI collaboration. With a growing portfolio of sector-specific AI products and a core mission focused on intellectual property development and global talent leadership, HUMAIN is engineered for international competitiveness and technological excellence. 

About Cisco  
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide technology leader that is revolutionizing the way organizations connect and protect in the AI era. For more than 40 years, Cisco has securely connected the world. With its industry leading AI-powered solutions and services, Cisco enables its customers, partners and communities to unlock innovation, enhance productivity and strengthen digital resilience. With purpose at its core, Cisco remains committed to creating a more connected and inclusive future for all. Discover more on The Newsroom and follow us on X at @Cisco. 

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AMD Cautionary Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) such as the expected benefits of AMD’s joint venture with Cisco and HUMAIN; the expected plans to deploy 1GW of AMD AI infrastructure by 2030; and the ability of AMD to provide its AMD AI infrastructure, which are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are commonly identified by words such as "would," "may," "expects," "believes," "plans," "intends," "projects" and other terms with similar meaning. Investors are cautioned that the forward-looking statements in this press release are based on current beliefs, assumptions and expectations, speak only as of the date of this press release and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations. Such statements are subject to certain known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and are generally beyond AMD's control, that could cause actual results and other future events to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied or projected by, the forward-looking information and statements. Material factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, without limitation, the following: impact of government actions and regulations such as export regulations, national-security-based regulations, import tariffs, trade protection measures, and licensing requirements; competitive markets in which AMD’s products are sold; the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry; market conditions of the industries in which AMD products are sold; AMD’s ability to introduce products on a timely basis with expected features and performance levels; loss of a significant customer; economic and market uncertainty; quarterly and seasonal sales patterns; AMD's ability to adequately protect its technology or other intellectual property; unfavorable currency exchange rate fluctuations; ability of third party manufacturers to manufacture AMD's products on a timely basis in sufficient quantities and using competitive technologies; availability of essential equipment, materials, components (such as memory supply), substrates or manufacturing processes; ability to achieve expected manufacturing yields for AMD’s products; AMD's ability to generate revenue from its semi-custom SoC products; potential security vulnerabilities; potential security incidents including IT outages, data loss, data breaches and cyberattacks; uncertainties involving the ordering and shipment of AMD’s products; AMD’s reliance on third-party intellectual property to design and introduce new products; AMD's reliance on third-party companies for design, manufacture and supply of motherboards, software, memory and other computer platform components; AMD's reliance on Microsoft and other software vendors' support to design and develop software to run on AMD’s products; AMD’s reliance on third-party distributors and add-in-board partners; impact of modification or interruption of AMD’s internal business processes and information systems; compatibility of AMD’s products with some or all industry-standard software and hardware; costs related to defective products; failure to maintain an efficient supply chain as customer demand changes; AMD's ability to rely on third party supply-chain logistics functions; AMD’s ability to effectively control sales of its products on the gray market; impact of climate change on AMD’s business; AMD’s ability to realize its deferred tax assets; potential tax liabilities; current and future claims and litigation; impact of environmental laws, conflict minerals related provisions and other laws or regulations; evolving expectations from governments, investors, customers and other stakeholders regarding corporate responsibility matters; issues related to the responsible use of AI; restrictions imposed by agreements governing AMD’s notes, the guarantees of Xilinx’s notes and the revolving credit agreement; AMD’s ability to satisfy financial obligations under guarantees, leases and other commercial commitments; impact of acquisitions, joint ventures and/or investments on AMD’s business and AMD’s ability to integrate acquired businesses; impact of any impairment of the combined company’s assets; political, legal and economic risks and natural disasters; future impairments of technology license purchases; AMD’s ability to attract and retain key employees; and AMD’s stock price volatility. Investors are urged to review in detail the risks and uncertainties in AMD’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to AMD’s most recent reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q.

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This press release may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements, which are subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, among others, statements regarding Cisco's or the joint venture’s future business performance, strategies, or expectations, including the anticipated timing, consummation and expected benefits of the joint venture. Readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results due to a variety of factors, including, among other things, the ability of Cisco or the joint venture to achieve expected benefits of their investments, business and economic conditions and growth trends, increased competition, global economic conditions and uncertainties in the geopolitical environment and other risk factors set forth in Cisco's most recent reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q, respectively. Any forward-looking statements in this release are based on limited information currently available to Cisco, which is subject to change, and Cisco will not necessarily update the information.

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Key Takeaways AMD will add UCIe 1.1 to select Versal SoCs, enabling high-bandwidth, low-power chiplet links.Versal RF Series will connect with AI accelerators, CPUs, GPUs, security engines and specialized ASICs.AMD Embedded revenues rose 19% in Q2 2026, while competition from Intel and Microchip remains intense. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD - Free Report) is expanding its adaptive computing portfolio by bringing native Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCIe) 1.1 connectivity to select Versal adaptive system-on-chips (SoCs). The Versal RF Series will be the first AMD adaptive SoCs to support UCIe, enabling high-bandwidth, low-power communication between AMD devices and specialized co-packaged chiplets. The technology allows customers to combine different silicon components within a single package instead of developing large monolithic SoCs for individual applications.

The Versal RF Series will support as many as four UCIe-SP interfaces and two UCIe-AP interfaces, delivering a multi-terabit-per-second aggregate in-package bandwidth. The devices already combine RF data converters, DSP intellectual property, AI Engines and programmable logic while delivering up to 80 TOPS of heterogeneous DSP compute. UCIe connectivity will allow the platform to connect directly with AI accelerators, CPUs, GPUs, communications processors, security engines and application-specific ASICs. AMD expects production chiplets supporting select Versal RF Series devices to become available in the fourth quarter of 2027.

The move should strengthen AMD’s prospects by broadening Versal’s addressable opportunities across AI, networking, communications, aerospace and defense and other embedded workloads. It is also expected to strengthen AMD’s competitive position against Intel (INTC - Free Report) and Microchip (MCHP - Free Report) . Moving specialized functions from board-level connections to standardized in-package links can reduce latency, power consumption, footprint and design complexity while allowing customers to reuse proven silicon IP and shorten product-development cycles. This aligns well with AMD’s broader strategy of extending compute leadership across CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, networking, SoCs, chiplets and advanced packaging.

The latest development bodes well for AMD’s Embedded business, which is regaining momentum. Embedded revenues increased 19% year over year to $977 million in the second quarter of 2026, with demand strengthening across networking, aerospace and defense, test and measurement and communications customers. AMD is also tracking toward another record year of more than $18 billion in new embedded design wins. The latest UCIe initiative therefore enhances its ability to offer customizable chiplet-based platforms as heterogeneous computing becomes increasingly important. Combined with the company’s expanding adaptive and embedded AI portfolio, the technology should support additional design wins and help AMD capture a greater share of next-generation AI and high-performance computing workloads.

Tough Competition Hurts AMD’s ProspectsAMD’s prospects suffer from stiff competition. Intel is challenging AMD in embedded and edge computing by expanding its focus beyond traditional PCs into physical AI and edge applications. Intel recently renamed its PC operation the Client Computing and Physical AI Group to reflect this opportunity and stated that edge and physical AI could eventually represent a market at least as large as its client TAM. The company already has 130 Core Series 3 design wins for edge AI applications, including robotics brain and control deployments. Intel’s broader capabilities in x86 computing, custom silicon, advanced packaging and foundry services add to the competitive pressure.

Microchip poses another significant challenge because of the breadth of its embedded portfolio across microcontrollers, FPGAs, analog, mixed-signal, security, timing, memory and power-management products. Microchip is also strengthening its position in AI-driven embedded applications. The company said AI adoption is expanding in industrial markets, while its planned Hailo acquisition could advance its edge-AI roadmap by roughly five years. Microchip also maintains a strong position in radiation-hardened FPGAs and microcontrollers for aerospace and defense. Its broad product coverage, large installed customer base and growing edge-AI capabilities increase competitive pressure on AMD for long-duration industrial, communications and aerospace design wins.

AMD’s Share Price Performance, Valuation & EstimatesAMD shares have jumped 124% year to date, outperforming the broader Zacks Computer and Technology sector’s return of 15.4%.

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AMD stock is overvalued, with a forward 12-month price/sales of 11.01X compared with the broader sector’s 5.24X. AMD has a Value Score of F.

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The Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2026 earnings is pegged at $7.49 per share, up 2.6% over the past 30 days, suggesting 79.62% year-over-year growth.
 

AMD currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

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received a new bullish view from BMO Capital, which began coverage with an Outperform rating and a $550 price target.

Analyst Harsh Kumar said AMD is moving beyond individual processors toward a broader AI infrastructure offering. The firm pointed to Helios, AMD's rack-scale AI platform, as an important part of that shift and a potential rival to Nvidia's comparable systems.

Helios is expected to begin shipments in September, while AMD has already secured customer commitments involving OpenAI, Meta and Anthropic. BMO sees those relationships as a potential source of additional AI infrastructure revenue as deployments expand.

The broader opportunity comes as AMD expands its portfolio across GPUs, CPUs, networking and rack-level systems. BMO expects the company could gain more share in AI infrastructure as customers seek alternatives to Nvidia.

For AMD stock, the new $550 target adds to Wall Street optimism, with Helios adoption and large AI customers emerging as key factors for future growth.

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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD +0.81%) plans to invest more than $10 billion in Taiwan. But this does not mean that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM +0.71%) will be the only beneficiary.

Instead, the money will go across Taiwan's broader semiconductor ecosystem, including advanced packaging, chip substrates (the base materials used in advanced chip packaging), and manufacturing capacity for complete artificial intelligence (AI) systems. These investments are expected to run through 2029 and help its partners scale production of next-generation products such as its Helios AI racks.

Hence, CEO Lisa Su is investing now to ensure AMD can manufacture enough hardware if its rapidly growing AI demand translates into large-scale deployments.

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AMD's next AI bottleneck may not be the GPU AMD's new Venice EPYC server CPU is already ramping production using TSMC's advanced 2-nanometer process technology. The company also uses TSMC's SoIC-X and CoWoS-L advanced packaging technologies for some of its AI and data center chips.

The chipmaker is also expanding its supplier ecosystem beyond TSMC. The company is developing next-generation Elevated Fanout Bridge (EFB) chip packaging with ASE Technology and Siliconware Precision Industries. The company has completed testing of a panel-based version of its EFB packaging technology with Powertech Technology. AMD is also working with Taiwanese substrate suppliers and manufacturers that will help produce Helios AI systems at high volume.

The extra capacity could be critical. In July 2026, TSMC CEO C.C. Wei claimed that tight advanced-packaging capacity was limiting customers' growth. AMD could therefore win AI customers but still miss sales if it cannot package and assemble enough chips.

Need to expand manufacturing capacity Data Center revenue reached increased 107% year-over-year to $6.7 billion in the second quarter. This business accounted for about 58% of AMD's total revenue. Management expects Data Center revenue to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of above 60% over the next three to five years, including CAGR of more than 80% for data center AI.

AMD will need a much larger supply chain if it comes close to those growth targets. A Helios AI rack contains 72 Instinct MI455X GPUs and 18 Venice CPUs. Meanwhile, OpenAI, Meta Platforms, and Anthropic have announced AMD deployments that could total as much as 14 gigawatts. However, those deployments will occur over several years.

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Being fabless no longer means being capital-light AMD purchased only $1.2 billion of property and equipment during the first half of 2026. Yet, the company exited the second quarter with $30.3 billion of broader unconditional commitments, primarily covering wafers, substrates, components, cloud capacity, software, and technology licenses. AMD also recorded a roughly $1 billion increase in prepaid expenses and other assets, mainly due to advance payments under supply agreements in the first half of 2026.

Hence, while AMD does not operate chip manufacturing factories, it still needs to commit significant capital to secure supply.

The added manufacturing capacity will matter only if it leads to profitable AI growth. AMD's non-GAAP operating margin was 27% in the second quarter, significantly lower than the management's target of more than 35% over the next three to five years. CEO Lisa Su is spending billions to make sure AMD can produce enough AI hardware if customer demand grows as expected.

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, the chipmaker fighting for a bigger slice of the AI boom, edged approximately 0.1% higher to $470.19 Friday afternoon. That tiny gain says plenty. Investors are holding their fire ahead of Nvidia's August 26 earnings, which could reset expectations for every AI-accelerator player—including AMD's Instinct business.

AMD is no longer knocking politely on the AI market's door. Its second-quarter revenue surged to $11.5 billion, with data-center sales delivering roughly $6.7 billion. Anthropic has committed to buying up to two gigawatts of MI450 capacity beginning in 2027, while AMD could invest as much as $5 billion in the AI developer as deployment milestones are cleared. That is a huge endorsement. More importantly, it gives AMD a genuine route into the heavyweight AI workloads Nvidia has dominated.

Now comes the hard part: execution. Big commitments mean little until chips ship, software performs and revenue lands. The valuation already assumes a knockout performance. At $470.19, AMD trades 72.58% above its $272.45 GF Value™ estimate, flashing a clear overvaluation warning. The market has priced in the AI victory lap before the race is finished—and AMD cannot afford to stumble.

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) stock traded higher Friday as semiconductor stocks benefited from a broader risk-on move.

The Nasdaq gained 0.16%, while the S&P 500 rose 0.33%. The Russell 2000 climbed 0.66%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.55%.

BMO Turns Bullish On AMDA bullish analyst call from BMO Capital Markets also added to positive sentiment around the chipmaker. BMO Capital Markets analyst Harsh Kumar initiated coverage of AMD on Friday with an Outperform rating and a $550 price forecast.

Kumar said AMD is nearing its transition into a complete AI infrastructure provider. Its portfolio spans GPUs, CPUs, DPUs and full-rack AI systems.

The analyst highlighted AMD’s Helios AI rack as the closest competitor to NVIDIA Corp.’s (NASDAQ:NVDA) NVL72. BMO expects Helios to begin shipping in September 2026.

AMD has already secured several Helios design wins, including OpenAI, Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) and Anthropic, according to Kumar. He expects AMD to capture additional AI infrastructure market share, providing another growth driver.

The stock trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 119.8, reflecting a premium valuation. AMD carries a Buy consensus rating and an average price forecast of $590.09. On Aug. 6, Argus Research maintained a Buy rating and raised its forecast to $625. Rosenblatt also maintained a Buy rating and lifted its forecast to $700.

Technical AnalysisAMD remains in a long-term uptrend, although its shorter-term technical picture is mixed.

The stock trades 1.4% below its 20-day simple moving average and 7% below its 50-day SMA. However, it remains 7.2% above its 100-day SMA and 43.8% above its 200-day SMA.

The 20-day SMA is below the 50-day SMA, signaling near-term weakness. Still, the 50-day SMA remains above the 200-day SMA, keeping the longer-term trend bullish.

AMD’s relative strength index stands at 46.05. That indicates neutral momentum, with the stock neither overbought nor oversold.

Key resistance sits near $530, while support is around $463.

AMD has gained 188.16% over the past 12 months. The stock reached a 52-week high of $584.73 in June before pulling back in July.

A sustained move above the 20-day and 50-day averages could strengthen the bullish setup. However, a break below $463 could shift attention toward the 100-day SMA.

Benzinga Edge RankingsAMD scores strongly on several Benzinga Edge measures. It has a Momentum score of 97.93, Quality score of 94.05 and Growth score of 94.96.

However, its Value score stands at just 4.73. That combination points to strong growth and momentum but also a rich valuation.

Top ETF ExposureAMD is a major holding in the iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX), with an 8.10% weighting. It also accounts for 7.74% of the CoreValues America First Technology ETF (NYSE:USMD) and 8.31% of the ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (NYSE:ARKW).

AMD’s sizable weight means significant fund flows into or out of these ETFs can contribute to buying or selling pressure in the stock.

AMD Price ActionAdvanced Micro Devices shares were up 1.60% at $476.96 at the time of publication Friday, according to Benzinga Pro.

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, the semiconductor giant chasing Nvidia in the AI accelerator race, slid approximately 5.5% to $478.26 Tuesday morning as surging Treasury yields hit the most aggressively valued AI stocks. The business story remains strong. The valuation story is where investors are starting to ask tougher questions.

The GF Value chart captures the tension perfectly. AMD trades around $479.56 per share versus a GF Value estimate of $272.45, putting the stock roughly 76% above that fair-value benchmark. Investors are betting on a massive AI opportunity — but they are also paying a premium price that requires near-perfect execution.

AMD's second-quarter results showed why Wall Street remains focused on the company. Revenue reached approximately $11.5 billion, driven by a breakout performance in data centers. That segment jumped 107% to $6.7 billion as demand for EPYC processors and Instinct AI accelerators accelerated. Client revenue also rose 23% to $3.1 billion, while gaming revenue declined 31% to $779 million.

The biggest shift is happening inside AMD's revenue mix. Data-center sales now represent roughly 58% of total revenue, turning AMD into a direct AI infrastructure play. The opportunity is enormous — but so is the expectation. At a premium valuation, AMD must continue taking share from Nvidia, expand margins and prove that AI demand can justify today's price. Tuesday's selloff was a reminder that even the strongest AI winners are not immune when valuations get stretched.

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Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD, Financials) may be taking a significantly bigger part in Google's specialized AI hardware approach. SemiAnalysis reports that Google is working with AMD on a future version of their tensor processing unit, or TPU.

The article says AMD might help create Google's 10th-gen TPU, leveraging its competence in CPUs, packaging and networking.

That would be a major turn if confirmed. In the past, Google has relied on other semiconductor partners for some of its custom chip work. AMD has been more renowned for selling CPUs and GPUs directly into data centers.

Such a relationship between Google and AMD would be significant, said Wedbush analyst Matt Bryson, and might indicate the growing relevance of skills in designing ASICs and reusable chip IP. The broader opportunity is evident for investors.

A more prominent role on Google's TPU roadmap could provide AMD another avenue to capitalize on hyperscaler AI spending, in addition to its current accelerator and processor offerings. The only real limitation is that neither Google nor AMD has confirmed the partnership.

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AMD (NASDAQ: AMD | AMD Price Prediction) trades at $514.39, with the setup looking balanced. The AI accelerator thesis is real, but the stock already reflects most of it. Chase Coleman’s Tiger Global cut NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) while adding AMD and SpaceX reframes AMD as the marginal AI trade instead of the incumbent bet.

AMD chases Nvidia in accelerators while gaining share in server CPUs. Shares are up 140.19% year to date and 184.27% over the past year, powered by a Data Center segment that now represents 58% of total revenue, up from 42% a year ago. Tiger Global’s swap into AMD out of mega-cap incumbents signals that AMD’s forward risk/reward beats stocks already priced for perfection.

Why the Bulls Are Piling In Q2 was a genuine inflection. Revenue hit $11.5 billion, up 50% year over year, with Data Center revenue of $6.7 billion, up 107%. Non-GAAP gross margin expanded to 56%, and Q3 guidance points to roughly $13 billion in revenue, up 41% at the midpoint.

The catalyst list is stacked. AMD announced a strategic partnership with Anthropic to deploy up to 2 gigawatts of MI450 series GPUs in Helios, plus expanded Microsoft deployment of Helios on Azure. Lisa Su told investors AMD now expects data center segment revenue to more than double year-over-year in 2027, and to significantly exceed our $20 annual EPS target within our strategic timeframe.

Sell-side agrees: 41 of 51 analysts rate the stock Buy or Strong Buy, with a $612.84 target price.

Why the Bears Say the Ramp Is in the Price Valuation is extreme. AMD trades at a trailing P/E near 132 and a forward P/E of 69, with a price-to-sales ratio of 20. Return on equity sits at just 10.2%, thin for a hypergrowth story.

Nvidia’s Data Center revenue dwarfs AMD’s entire company. China export controls, a Gaming segment down 31% year over year, and free cash flow pressure from surging capex compound the challenge. The bear case: the H2 execution bar is unforgiving.

Why Patience May Be the Smarter Trade AMD beat Q2 by 3.06% yet fell 7.04% on the day. Shares are off 2.79% over the past month even after a 6.42% weekly bounce. Options positioning is neutral, with a full-chain put/call ratio of 0.59.

The Helios ramp is the swing factor. Initial shipments begin Q3 2026, ramping through Q4 into 2027. Investors need one clean quarter of execution before rerating higher.

The Numbers Behind the Verdict AMD trades at $514.39 against an average analyst target of $612.84, implying meaningful upside if targets hold. Coverage is broad, with 51 analysts tracking the name and sentiment overwhelmingly positive.

AMD’s 140.19% year-to-date gain outpaces Nvidia’s advance year to date. AMD has already done the catch-up trade Tiger Global was buying.

The Verdict on AMD at $514 At $514.39, the risk/reward on AMD looks balanced.

The bull case requires flawless execution. Helios shipments must ramp on schedule in Q4, Data Center margins must hold at 56%, and Anthropic gigawatt deployments must convert on time in H1 2027. Any slip resets the stock quickly, as the Q2 earnings-day drawdown showed.

AMD’s customer list, which includes OpenAI, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META), Anthropic, and Microsoft, blunts the bear case for a short. Server CPU share gains continue, embedded is recovering with more than $18 billion of new design wins tracking this year, and MI450 pull runs ahead of internal forecasts.

Investors are watching the Q3 report against the $13 billion guide, confirmation on Helios shipments, and whether valuation resets closer to the forward multiple. A stock up 184% in a year leaves little room for execution slippage.

The story remains intact; the next quarter will help set the price.

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NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) and AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) both posted blowout quarters, but China hit each business in opposite ways. NVIDIA zeroed out China data center compute in guidance. AMD barely flinched. The gap between how these chipmakers absorb geopolitical shock has never looked wider.

One Zeroes Out China. The Other Barely Notices. NVIDIA delivered $81.6 billion in revenue, up 85.23% year over year, with Data Center at $75.25 billion. Networking nearly tripled, up 199%. CFO Colette Kress told investors “We are not including any China data center compute revenue in our outlook.” H20 shipments to China fell from $4.6 billion a year ago to zero.

AMD posted $11.54 billion in revenue, up 50.11%, with Data Center up 107% to $6.72 billion. Lisa Su focused on Helios, EPYC, and named anchors: “We are very happy with our strategic anchor customers in OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic.” China was mentioned mostly as historical context around the prior $800 million MI308 inventory charge.

Core Threat Versus Missed Opportunity NVIDIA generated nearly $20 billion from China alone in FY2026 and controls roughly 80% of the global AI accelerator market, so export bans erase real revenue. AMD sits at a much smaller ~5 textendash7% global AI market share, meaning China is a lost expansion lane rather than a hit to current cash flow.

Lens NVIDIA AMD China DC Revenue in Guide Zero Modest MI308 residual Non-GAAP Gross Margin 75.0% 56% P/E 45 182 Core Bet Blackwell and Vera Rubin Helios and EPYC Venice The Next Test Is Whether China Returns Jensen Huang’s team confirmed H-200 licenses were approved but zero revenue generated, so any China thaw is optionality. NVIDIA must extend its $91 billion Q2 guide without China, relying on Blackwell demand at Microsoft, AWS, and Anthropic. For AMD, the question is Helios execution: Su said shipments “begin later this quarter and ramp through the fourth quarter and into 2027,” with Anthropic committed to up to 2 gigawatts of MI450.

NVIDIA for Quality, AMD for the Trade NVIDIA is the cleaner business. A 75% gross margin while writing off an entire country signals real pricing power, and the stock is up only roughly 5% to 7% since the filing, which feels reasonable given China removal. AMD’s setup appeals differently. Shares slipped 6.86% since its August 4 report despite a 107% Data Center result, and at a P/E near 182, the thesis rides on Helios stealing Western sockets from NVIDIA. NVIDIA offers the durable AI compounding profile, while AMD represents the higher-variance second-source bet. Investors should watch hyperscaler capex signals for signs of softening.

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AMD’s Helios Launch Could Create Winners Beyond AMD StockAdvanced Micro Devices NASDAQ: AMD expects continued rapid growth in its server CPU and data center businesses as demand for AI inference systems, including agentic AI workloads, expands, according to Matt Ramsay, the company’s corporate vice president of financial strategy and investor relations.

Speaking at a KeyBanc Capital Markets event, Ramsay said AMD’s server business grew more than 50% in the first quarter and more than 70% in the second quarter. Both cloud and enterprise server revenue increased by more than 70% during the second quarter, he said.

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MarketBeat Week in Review – 08/03 - 08/07The company has previously discussed server-business growth of more than 80% in the second half of the year and at least 70% growth in 2027, Ramsay said. He added that AMD’s early outlook for 2027 server revenue is roughly 20% larger than the total server market in 2025.

Inference Shift Drives Server Demand Ramsay attributed the growth outlook in part to a shift in AI spending from training large models toward inference. He said the transition is occurring alongside the emergence of agentic inference, in which automated agents repeatedly access data, run code and send tasks back to AI models.

AMD’s Post-Earnings Drop May Be the Opportunity Investors WantedThose processes create demand for both accelerators and high-core-count CPUs, he said. While GPUs or other accelerators perform the inference work, CPUs can handle varied tasks such as retrieving data from cloud, enterprise and web sources, reorganizing that information and executing generated code.

“The computing that these workers and agents do is very diverse,” Ramsay said. He said this has increased demand for CPUs with high thread counts and performance across multiple workloads.

AMD said its forthcoming 2-nanometer Venice CPUs are being sampled to customers and will ship in its Helios AI racks, while also being deployed broadly across server markets. The company has also outlined its Florence CPU lineup for 2028.

Supply Chain Focus Includes Packaging and Memory Ramsay said AMD has worked with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to secure additional supply and described TSMC as a key partner. He said near-term supply remains tight, but AMD and its partners have had more time to adjust capacity for expected growth in 2027 and 2028.

Advanced packaging is another area of focus, according to Ramsay. He said Venice will be the first server product in the market to use advanced packaging, and referred to AMD’s announced $10 billion ecosystem investment in Taiwan, much of which is directed toward backend capacity.

The company is also coordinating with original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers and hyperscale customers to ensure sufficient DRAM availability for server deployments, he said.

Helios Ramp Expected to Begin in September AMD plans to begin shipping MI450 accelerators, Venice CPUs and certain Pensando networking products to ODM partners building Helios systems in September, Ramsay said. He expects a significant revenue ramp in the fourth quarter and another sizable increase in the first quarter.

He said AMD expects data center revenue, including AI, to grow by “much more than 100%” in 2027. Customer feedback on Helios has been positive, Ramsay said, noting that customers are running model code on sampled systems.

Ramsay identified OpenAI, Meta Platforms and Anthropic as major customers for the rack-scale platform, saying each intends to pursue gigawatt-scale deployments. AMD has commitments for six-gigawatt arrangements, including one-gigawatt commitments from OpenAI and Meta, as well as a one-gigawatt commitment and two-gigawatt ambition from Anthropic, he said.

He cautioned that the pace of deployments will depend on factors including land, power, facilities and capital commitments. AMD’s objective is to deliver stable systems capable of running production code, rather than simply shipping racks, he said.

To reduce execution risk, Ramsay said AMD acquired ZT Systems to add system-level expertise and plans to initially concentrate production with a limited number of ODM partners before expanding more broadly.

ROCm and CPU Strategy Ramsay said AMD has made substantial progress with its ROCm AI software stack over the past 18 months, accelerated in recent months by the use of AI development tools. He said Anthropic earlier rented a cluster of MI355 systems and brought its primary inference model online and tuned it over a weekend.

AMD is also working with Anthropic to help ensure code automated through Claude can run on ROCm and AMD Instinct platforms, he said.

On CPUs, Ramsay said AMD’s strategy is to build products for a range of workloads rather than frame the market primarily as a competition between x86 and Arm architectures. He said the company sees distinct requirements for AI head nodes, CPU-only agent racks, traditional enterprise deployments and cloud workloads.

For agentic rack deployments, customers are emphasizing metrics such as “agents per megawatt” and “threads per megawatt,” Ramsay said. AMD believes its chiplet-based approach enables it to offer multiple CPU configurations, including Venice products with up to 256 cores and 512 threads, to address those varying needs.

About Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD)Advanced Micro Devices, Inc NASDAQ: AMD is a global semiconductor company that designs and sells microprocessors, graphics processors, chipsets and adaptive computing solutions for a broad set of markets. The company's product portfolio includes consumer and commercial CPUs under the Ryzen and Threadripper brands, data center processors under the EPYC brand, and Radeon graphics processing units for gaming and professional visualization. AMD also offers semi-custom system-on-chip (SoC) products for gaming consoles and other specialized applications, and provides supporting software and platform technologies for OEMs, cloud service providers and end users.

Founded in 1969, AMD has evolved from a supplier of logic chips into a diversified, fabless semiconductor designer.

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Shares of the semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices (AMD -2.85%) fell sharply last month as a sectorwide sell-off among semiconductor stocks weighed on AMD and its peers amid fears of AI overspending.

AMD shareholders were also concerned about a report that said AI company DeepSeek is developing its own AI processor.

The tech stock was down by 18% by the end of July, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

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More competition and worries about AI spending Last month was not a great time for shareholders of semiconductor companies. Worries are spreading throughout the tech sector that artificial intelligence companies are spending too much on their AI infrastructure and won't receive a good return on that investment.

If tech companies pull back on their spending, it could directly impact AMD and its peers, as they've benefited immensely from the current AI spending spree. For example, tech companies are poised to spend $750 billion in capital expenditures this year alone, much of it for AI.

AMD's spending is sky-high too, with research and development (R&D) costs soaring to $1.2 billion in the first half of this year, up 142% from the first six months of 2025.

Investors soured on semiconductor stocks last month on the AI features, resulting in 20 of the world's largest semiconductor companies losing a collective $1 trillion of market cap value July.

Making matters worse for AMD last month was a report that the China-based AI developer DeepSeek is designing its own artificial intelligence processor. Any increased competition in the semiconductor space is viewed as a broadly negative development for chip stocks, even if the move wouldn't directly impact AMD's existing business.

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AMD's share declined further recently AMD reported its second-quarter results (which ended June 27) in the first week of August, with earnings per share of $1.66 outpacing Wall Street's consensus estimate of $1.62 per share and revenue of $11.55 billion beating the average analyst estimate of $11.28 billion.

But investors pushed AMD's shares lower after the financial results were released, mostly because shareholders had set their expectations very high for AI companies and the growth they expected.

AMD stock has a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 123, which is quite a premium compared to the tech sector average P/E ratio of 35. When investors are paying more for a stock, they often have higher expectations for a company's quarterly results.

All of which means that investors may want to prepare for additional volatility from AMD stock in the short term as investors recalibrate their expectations for this semiconductor stock.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD -1.21%) is one of the world's leading suppliers of graphics processing units (GPUs) for data centers, which are the primary chips used in artificial intelligence (AI) training and inference workloads. In fact, it has become one of the most formidable competitors to the industry leader, Nvidia.

On Aug. 4, AMD released its operating results for the 2026 second quarter, and they revealed substantial revenue and earnings growth led by its data center business. But considering its stock is up 200% during the past 12 months, is most of that growth already priced in? The answer might depend on how long an investor plans to hold the stock, and I'll explain why.

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AMD is starting to ship its most powerful chips ever AMD was on the back foot when it entered the AI data center race in 2023. Its MI300X GPU was designed to compete with Nvidia's industry-leading H100, but that company was already in the process of launching its Blackwell architecture, which extended its dominance.

AMD is closing the gap, though, and it has since captured some of Nvidia's top customers, including Oracle, Microsoft, and OpenAI. AMD's new MI450 series GPUs are widely expected to be a comparable alternative to Nvidia's new Vera Rubin chips when they start shipping during the next few months, which should significantly increase the company's market share.

In fact, when the MI450 is paired with AMD's new Helios rack, which includes specialized central processing units (CPUs) and networking components, it can be as much as 15% more powerful and 30% more cost-efficient than any of its competition.

The company is already working on its MI500 series GPUs, which are expected to reach customers in 2027. Chief Executive Officer Lisa Su said it could produce a staggering 2,000 times more performance in inference workloads compared to the original MI300X, which highlights the company's rapid progress during the past four years.

OpenAI and Meta Platforms will each deploy 6 gigawatts' worth of computing capacity using AMD's GPUs during the next few years, starting with the MI450 and Helios. Su says Anthropic and Microsoft will also be deploying MI450 GPUs in Helios racks, so AMD is amassing a very impressive customer list.

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AMD's data center revenue doubled during the second quarter AMD generated a record $11.5 billion of revenue during the second quarter, a 50% increase from the year-ago period. The company's data center business contributed more than half of that total with $6.7 billion in revenue, and it grew by a whopping 107%.

But considering Su predicts the market for AI data center chips will grow to $1.4 trillion annually by 2030, AMD has barely scratched the surface of its opportunity. She now expects the company's data center revenue to continue to more than double in 2027, which is positive news for shareholders.

There is currently a shortage of AI data center hardware because of the incredible level of demand, which gives suppliers like AMD the ability to dictate prices. This is having a profound affect on the company's bottom line, with its second-quarter adjusted (meaning not in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) earnings soaring by 246% to $1.66 per share.

Is it too late to buy AMD stock after its recent gains? Based on AMD's adjusted trailing-12-month earnings of $5.76 per share, its stock is trading at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 83.6, which is more than double Nvidia's P/E of about 33.5. Therefore, AMD stock certainly looks expensive after its 12-month rally of 200%.

Nevertheless, Wall Street's average forecast (provided by Yahoo! Finance) suggests AMD's adjusted earnings could rise to $13.92 per share in 2027, giving its stock a forward P/E of just 34.6. That means the stock might actually look attractive at the current price to investors who intend to hold it for at least the next 18 months. And if Su is right about the market for AI data center chips growing to $1.4 trillion annually by 2030, then AMD stock might actually be cheap today.

As a result, whether AMD stock is a good buy after its recent rapid gains might depend entirely on an investor's time horizon. Those who are looking for strong returns during the next few months should probably steer clear, whereas those who are willing to stay the course for several years could do very well, as long as the AI infrastructure spending boom continues.

Key Takeaways AMD shares fell despite a Q2 earnings beat, as a sharp capex increase weighed on investor sentiment. AMD reported record data center revenues and expects strong server and AI platform growth into 2027. ETFs like SMH and SOXQ offer notable AMD exposure while spreading risk across chip stocks. Shares of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD - Free Report) dropped 7% on Aug. 5, despite the tech firm reporting better-than-expected second-quarter 2026 results the previous day. AMD’s share price slump reflects that despite comfortably beating Wall Street’s revenue and earnings estimates, the chipmaker failed to improve investor sentiment, likely due to concerns over the sharp rise in second-quarter capital expenditures. 

While the stock regained its footing in the following trading session by inching up 1.5%, it remains 5.7% below the price level it boasted before the second-quarter results. 

Against this recent pullback, one must not forget that AMD has nearly tripled over the past year, backed by the soaring demand for its artificial intelligence (AI) chips, and remains up 128% year to date.

Management expects the company’s data center segment revenues to more than double year over year in 2027, while its server revenues are projected to soar more than 80% on an annual basis in the second half of 2026.

These growth projections are expected to provide a sustained tailwind for AMD’s share price, with the recent pullback suggesting to be only a momentary one, thereby offering a golden opportunity for investors to make an entry in this chipmaker right now. 

However, considering the huge 187% year-over-year increase in its Capex, capacity constraints in advanced packaging and volatile HBM4 memory pricing, some investors might remain skeptical of investing in AMD and would instead look for a safer bet. 

For them, a more prudent strategy would be to invest in Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) with significant exposure to this chipmaker. This approach will allow investors to capture the potential upside of AMD’s innovation cycle as well as the gains of other tech leaders while mitigating the risks associated with individual stock ownership in a high-valuation environment.

But before diving straight into these ETFs, let us check AMD’s overall performance in the second quarter in terms of other metrics.

A Brief Analysis of AMD’s Q2 ResultsAMD’s second-quarter earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3.1%, while revenues topped the mark by 1.9%. 

Its data center revenues grew 107% year over year to a record $6.7 billion, driven by strong demand for EPYC processors and Instinct accelerators. In the server segment, AMD delivered its fifth consecutive quarter of record server CPU revenues with cloud and enterprise sales each growing more than 70% year over year. 

Impressively, within its enterprise segment, more than 230 fifth-gen EPYC platforms are now in market from HPE, Dell, Lenovo, Supermicro and others.  

Revenues from its data center AI business more than doubled in the second quarter, driven by strong demand for its Instinct accelerators. 

Meanwhile, its AI software stack, ROCm reached an important inflection point with the performance, capabilities, and developer experience customers need to deploy AI in production at scale. The breadth of the ecosystem is also expanding with more than 3 million models now run out of the box. 

Looking ahead, Helios, AMD’s rackscale AI platform, which is currently in production, remains on track for initial shipments later in the third quarter, with volume ramp-up expected through the fourth quarter and into 2027, driven by strong customer demand. The company aims to launch a new rack-scale AI platform every year, with each generation delivering significant performance, efficiency and TCO gains. 

With AMD now projecting the data center AI accelerator market to reach $1.4 trillion and the server CPU market to hit $220 billion by 2030 — growing at annual rates of 45% and 50%, respectively — expanding AI workloads across both categories should provide a continuous tailwind for the chipmaker.

AMD-Heavy ETFs to BuyiShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX - Free Report)   

This fund, with net assets worth $44.99 billion, offers exposure to 30 U.S. companies that design, manufacture, and distribute semiconductors. Of these, AMD carries the third spot, holding 8.10% of the fund. NVIDIA (NVDA) holds the first spot in this fund, holding 9.01% weightage. 

SOXX has surged 76.8% year to date. This fund charges 33 basis points (bps) as fees. It traded at a volume of 7.64 million shares in the last trading session. This fund sports a Zacks ETF Rank #1 (Strong Buy). 

Invesco AI and Next Gen Software ETF (IGPT - Free Report)   

This fund, with a market value of $899 million, offers exposure to 101 companies that manufacture technologies or products that contribute to future software development through direct revenues. Of these, AMD carries the sixth spot, holding 6% of the fund. SK Hynix holds the first spot in this fund, with 9.69% weightage. 

IGPT has rallied 40.5% year to date. This fund charges 56 bps as fees.  It traded at a volume of 0.26 million shares in the last trading session.  This fund holds a Zacks ETF Rank #1.

Invesco Semiconductors ETF (PSI - Free Report)   

This fund, with a market value of $2.47 billion, offers exposure to 31 semiconductor companies. Of these, AMD carries the fifth spot, with 5.43% of the fund. Applied Materials holds the first spot in this fund, with 6.67% weightage. 

PSI has soared 83.4% year to date. This fund charges 56 bps as fees.  It traded at a volume of 0.31 million shares in the last trading session.  This fund sports a Zacks ETF Rank #1.

VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH - Free Report)  

This fund, with total assets worth $70.42 billion, offers exposure to 26 companies involved in semiconductor production and equipment. Of these, AMD carries the fourth spot, with 5.38% of the fund. NVDA holds the first spot in this fund, with 22.11% weightage. 

SMH has soared 58.7% year to date. This fund charges 35 bps as fees.  It traded at a volume of 6.23 million shares in the last trading session. 

This fund sports a Zacks ETF Rank #1.

Invesco PHLX Semiconductor ETF (SOXQ - Free Report)   

This fund, with a market value worth $2.82 billion, provides exposure to the 31 largest U.S.-listed securities of companies engaged in the semiconductor business. Of these, AMD carries the 10th spot, holding 4.03% of the fund. NVDA holds the first spot in this fund, with 13.43% weightage. 

SOXQ has surged 70% year to date. This fund charges 19 bps as fees. It traded at a volume of 0.98 million shares in the last trading session. This fund sports a Zacks ETF Rank #1.     

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SummaryAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc.'s Q2 earnings outperformance and raised long-term targets, despite an underwhelming Q3 outlook against lofty market expectations, reinforce accelerating data center momentum.Agentic workloads have emerged as the fastest-growing server CPU use case, expanding EPYC's long-term opportunity.EPYC Venice, Instinct MI450, and Helios are competitively positioned to support further upside as next-generation data center deployments ramp.Coupled with AMD's proprietary chiplet architecture and differentiated node strategy, the company maintains a competitive supply advantage amid industrywide constraints, supporting incremental upside that remains underappreciated at current levels. Robert Way/iStock Editorial via Getty Images

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At $518.58, Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD | AMD Price Prediction) looks compelling, and its punishing beta of 2.49 works in shareholders’ favor at this stage of the AI capex cycle. The stock has gained 142.15% year to date, and Q2 earnings validated the reason why.

AMD sells the two chips hyperscalers cannot get enough of: Instinct GPUs for AI training and inference, and EPYC server CPUs that run the cluster headnodes around NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) and its own accelerators. Data Center revenue hit $6.72 billion in Q2, up 107% year over year, and now represents 58% of total company revenue. That is the mix change bulls have waited three years for.

Why The Setup Favors The Bulls The bull case is straightforward capex math. Hyperscaler AI spending is accelerating past $300 billion, cloud giants are actively diversifying away from sole-source NVIDIA reliance, and AMD is playing from a low single-digit share base. Even minor budget reallocations translate into outsized top-line growth. Q3 guidance calls for roughly $13 billion in revenue, about 41% YoY growth, with non-GAAP gross margin near 56%.

Operating leverage is showing up in the numbers. Q2 operating income grew 1,585% YoY to $1.99 billion, and non-GAAP operating margin expanded to 27% from 12%. Anchor partnerships back the runway: 2 gigawatts with Anthropic on MI450, 6 gigawatts with Meta on Instinct, and 6 gigawatts with OpenAI. As Lisa Su put it, “Data Center revenue more than doubled year-over-year.”

Why The Bear Case Still Has Teeth The valuation is uncomfortable. AMD trades at a trailing P/E near 162 and a forward P/E around 66x, with a price-to-sales of 21. Any deceleration in AI capex would compress that multiple violently, and beta cuts both ways.

Competitive risk is real. Elon Musk announced SpaceX will stop buying AMD chips in favor of NVIDIA, and AMD shares dropped 8% on the news. The Gaming segment fell 31% YoY, U.S. export controls on MI308 remain a China overhang, and insiders have logged 90 recent transactions with net selling.

Why Patience Is Tempting A Hold case rests on entry timing. Shares have jumped 14.07% in the past week and sit near $584.73 52-week highs. An AI model target of $475.08 implies 8.39% downside, and composite sentiment has fallen 14.84 points over 30 days. Waiting for a pullback into the $450s would improve risk/reward without abandoning the thesis.

The Numbers Behind The Call AMD trades at $518.58 against an analyst consensus target of $579.11, implying roughly 12% upside. Coverage skews decisively bullish: 5 Strong Buy, 36 Buy, 10 Hold, and 0 Sell ratings.

AMD is up 142.15% year to date, while the S&P 500 has returned 13.11%. Over one year, AMD is up 193.35% versus 22.21% for the S&P. That is beta doing exactly what a leveraged AI position should do.

The Verdict At This Price At $518.58, the setup favors accumulators.

The path to appreciation runs through the Q3 earnings report and the MI450 ramp. Guidance of $13 billion in Q3 revenue looks conservative given Data Center’s 16.3% sequential growth and the Anthropic, Meta, and OpenAI ramps ahead. Another beat and raise expands the forward multiple even if the trailing P/E stays optically rich.

Risk/reward at this entry is asymmetric because AMD’s operating leverage is only starting to show. Non-GAAP operating margin already jumped from 12% to 27%, and EPYC share gains carry higher incremental margins than Instinct. A beta of 2.49 means every incremental capex dollar routed to AMD hits harder than it does for NVIDIA.

What invalidates the thesis: a broad hyperscaler capex pause, another marquee customer defection following the SpaceX signal, or Q3 guidance that fails to accelerate. Watch Data Center revenue, MI450 shipment cadence, and hyperscaler capex commentary from Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Meta (NASDAQ:META), and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN).

When the compute bottleneck is this severe and the number two vendor is finally shipping competitive silicon at scale, the high-beta name carries asymmetric upside.

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SummaryAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc. delivered Q2 2026 revenue of $11.5 billion, up 50% year-over-year, with data center revenue reaching $6.7 billion.AMD’s CapEx increase reflects AI demand constraints, customer commitments, and capacity expansion rather than speculative infrastructure spending.Helios demand exceeded initial expectations, while AMD expects data center revenue to more than double by 2027.AMD’s valuation depends on successful AI execution, converting higher investment into accelerating revenue and free cash flow growth. Borislav/iStock via Getty Images

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Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD, XETRA:AMD) delivered close to the quarter the bulls wanted, and the shares fell almost 9% anyway.

Revenue of $11.5 billion was up 50% year on year and ahead of the $11.28 billion consensus, while adjusted earnings of $1.66 a share beat forecasts of about $1.60.

Data centre revenue, the only line that really matters now, more than doubled to $6.7 billion.

Guidance for the current quarter of $12.7 billion to $13.3 billion was in line, and Lisa Su told analysts that data centre revenue would more than double again in 2027, with server sales growing more than 80%.

The stock had risen 7% during the session before reversing in extended trading.

Too few baskets

The discomfort is about who is doing the buying. AMD's accelerator growth rests on a very short list of names: OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic, Microsoft and Oracle, plus a handful of specialist GPU cloud providers.

Su acknowledged as much on the call, conceding that interest exists beyond the frontier model developers, but at a more ordinary scale rather than the gigawatt scale.

None of those largest customers has yet demonstrated that it can fund this level of spending out of its own profits.

That makes AMD's 2027 inflexion dependent on the willingness of capital markets to keep financing AI infrastructure, which is precisely the thing that has begun to wobble.

The Philadelphia semiconductor index has fallen roughly 20% from its late June peak, wiping more than $1 trillion from the value of chipmakers globally, with no deterioration in reported demand to explain it.

The circle

The structure of AMD's marquee deals sharpens the point. Meta's agreement to take up to six gigawatts of Instinct GPUs came with warrants over as much as 10% of AMD's equity, priced at a penny a share and vesting in full only if the stock reaches $600.

OpenAI holds a near-identical arrangement covering a similar six gigawatts.

Roughly a fifth of the company is therefore potentially owed to two of its largest customers, whose incentive to keep ordering is written directly into their own prospective shareholdings.

The Anthropic agreement, covering up to two gigawatts of MI450 series chips in Helios racks from the first half of 2027, goes a step further, because AMD is investing up to $5 billion into the customer.

Supporters read this as incentive alignment, while sceptics read it as revenue the supplier has partly funded itself.

Either way, the headline gigawatt numbers are "up to" commitments contingent on deployment milestones, and commitments are not shipments.

Little cushion elsewhere

The rest of the portfolio offers limited protection. Gaming revenue fell 31% to $779 million as the console cycle winds down, and although client sales rose 23% to $3.1 billion, AMD warned that surging memory prices will eat into personal computer demand over the coming quarters.

Embedded revenue grew 19% to $977 million.

Helios, the rack-scale system that takes on Nvidia's complete platforms rather than merely its chips, only begins shipping this quarter, with modest volumes before a step up in the fourth quarter and into 2027.

Valuation does the rest of the work, given the shares have risen nearly 130% this year and trade on roughly 69 times forward earnings.

At that multiple, meeting expectations is not enough, and a growth story resting on five customers and a 2027 acceleration invites investors to ask what happens if any one of them blinks.

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) Q2 2026 Earnings Call August 4, 2026 5:00 PM EDT

Company Participants

Matthew Ramsay - Vice President of Financial Strategy & Investor Relations
Lisa Su - Chair, President & CEO
Jean Hu - Executive VP, CFO & Treasurer

Conference Call Participants

Thomas O'Malley - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division
Timothy Arcuri - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division
Vivek Arya - BofA Securities, Research Division
Joshua Buchalter - TD Cowen, Research Division
Aaron Rakers - Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Research Division
Stacy Rasgon - Bernstein Institutional Services LLC, Research Division
James Schneider - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division
Christopher Muse - Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Research Division
Joseph Moore - Morgan Stanley, Research Division
Atif Malik - Citigroup Inc., Research Division

Presentation

Operator

Greetings, and welcome to the AMD Second Quarter 2026 Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] And please note that this conference is being recorded.

I will now turn the conference over to Matt Ramsey, VP, Financial Strategy and IR. Thank you, Matt. You may begin.

Matthew Ramsay
Vice President of Financial Strategy & Investor Relations

Thank you, and welcome to AMD's Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results Conference Call. By now, you should have had the opportunity to review a copy of our earnings press release and the accompanying slides. If you have not had the chance to review these materials, they can be found on the Investor Relations page of amd.com. Today, we will refer primarily to non-GAAP financial measures during the call. The full non-GAAP to GAAP reconciliations are available in today's press release and slides posted on our website.

As a reminder, our second quarter 2025 results included approximately $800 million of inventory and related charges associated with U.S. export control restrictions on MI308 shipments to China. Unless otherwise noted, comments making year-over-year comparisons exclude the impact of those charges to provide a more comparable and