Background of Advanced Micro Devices Inc
Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California. Advanced Micro Devices Inc develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. Advanced Micro Devices Inc has a rich history that dates to 1969 when Jerry Sanders formally incorporated it, along with seven of his colleagues from Fairchild Semiconductor.
AMD’s main products include microprocessors, motherboard chipsets, embedded processors and graphics processors for servers, workstations, personal computers, and embedded system applications. In September 1969, AMD moved to Sunnyvale, California and became a second source supplier of microchips designed by Fairchild and National Semiconductor.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc first focused on producing logic chips and guaranteed quality control to United States Military Standard. In November 1969, the company manufactured its first product: the Am9300, a 4-bit MSI shift register, as well as its first proprietary product, the successful Am2501 logic counter.
In 1971, AMD entered the RAM chip market and greatly increased the sales volume of its linear integrated circuits, with the company’s total annual sales reaching US$4.6 million. AMD went public in September 1972.
In 1977, AMD entered a joint venture with Siemens to establish Advanced Micro Computers (AMC). When the two companies’ vision for Advanced Micro Computers diverged, AMD bought out Siemens’ stake in the American division in 1979. AMD closed Advanced Micro Computers in late 1981 after switching focus to manufacturing second-source Intel x86 microprocessors. In 1979, Advanced Micro Devices Inc debuted on the New York Stock Exchange.
Intel and AMD entered into a 10-year technology exchange agreement in 1982 with the result that AMD became a second-source manufacturer of Intel’s x86 microprocessors and related chips, and Intel provided AMD with database tapes for its 8086, 80186, and 80286 chips. Advanced Micro Devices Inc continued to spend greatly on research and development and in addition to other breakthrough products, created the world’s first 512K EPROM in 1984. That year, AMD was listed in the 100 Best Companies to Work for in America, and later made the Fortune 500 list for the first time in 1985.
In 2006, AMD acquired the graphics processor company ATI Technologies but in 2010, retired the ATI brand name for its graphics chipsets in favour of the AMD brand name. Advanced Micro Devices Inc acquired the low-power server manufacturer SeaMicro in 2012.
In 2014, AMD reorganised into two business groups: Computing and Graphics, which primarily includes desktop and notebook processors and chipsets, discrete GPUs, and professional graphics; and Enterprise, Embedded, and Semi-Custom, which primarily includes server and embedded processors, dense servers, semi-custom SoC products (including solutions for gaming consoles), engineering services, and royalties. In August 2016, Advanced Micro Devices Inc moved to new headquarters in Santa Clara.
In October 2025, AMD announced that it would acquire Xilinx by the end of 2025. Advanced Micro Devices Inc oversees a high-value product portfolio which provides microprocessors for desktop PCs, microprocessors for notebook and 2-in-1s, microprocessors for servers and chipsets. It also offers discrete GPUs for desktop and notebook PCs, professional graphics products and AMD Instinct accelerators for servers.
Today, Advanced Micro Devices Inc is truly one of the most valuable technology companies in the world with a market capitalization of $109.40 Billion recorded in July 2025. In 2025 the total staff compliment for Advanced Micro Devices Inc reported was more than 12,600.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc Shares Growth Driver
Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) is a small competitor in the CPU (central processing unit) and GPU (graphics processing units) space but a market leader in the game console market. Advanced Micro Devices Inc is also looking to become a relevant competitor in the server CPU space.
RAMD’s EESC (Enterprise, Embedded, and Semi-Custom) segment includes data centre CPUs, semi-custom chips for game consoles, IoT (Internet-of-Things) devices, and licensing revenue. As the segment earns a major portion of its revenue from semi-custom chips, the second and third quarter is seasonally strong as game consoles prepare for the holiday season. Back in 2014 and 2015 when Advanced Micro Devices Inc lost PC and server CPU market share to Intel, the semi-custom business brought in revenue and kept the company operational.
Over the last few years, Advanced Micro Devices Inc has been revving up its EESC segment by increasing the mix of high-margin server CPUs, getting more licensing deals, and shifting to next-generation semi-custom chips, which command a higher price. In 2017, Advanced Micro Devices Inc launched its first-generation EPYC server CPU, codenamed Naples, but it started realizing revenue from this CPU in 2018 because of the lengthy data center qualification process.
EESC’s first-quarter revenue for 2019 fell 17% YoY to $441 million as strength in server CPU was more than offset by weakness in semi-custom. EESC reported operating income of $68 million thanks to $60 million in licensing fees from THATIC. EESC has low operating income as it spends a huge sum on developing server chips and its major source of cash flow, semi-custom, is slowing.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc Investor Tip
AMD has staged an amazing turnaround over the past six years, fuelled by new products and improved profitability. AMD’s astronomical financial performance is a good reason to consider buying the stock.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc has had an excellent 2025 and investors are enjoying the growth of the company. Advanced Micro Devices Inc stock saw the biggest highs over the past year, almost hitting triple digits. The stock hit an all-time high of more than $99 in 2025.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc trades its shares on the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ) under the stock symbol AMD. Advanced Micro Devices Inc forms part of the NASDAQ-100 and is also listed on the New York Stock Exchange. An analysis on the market performance for the first quarter of 2025 indicated a total revenue of US$11,422,000,000 along with a gross profit of $5,116,000,000 and adjusted EBITDA of 2,175,000,000.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc expects the satisfactory performance to continue for now, calling for an 86% rise in revenue for the second quarter. For the full year, Advanced Micro Devices Inc sees revenue growing by about 50%.
AMD competes with Intel (INTC) in making central processing units, or CPUs, for personal computers and servers. It also rivals Nvidia (NVDA) in the market for graphics processing units, or GPUs, for PCs, gaming consoles and data centers. Data from the analysis should be weighed against forecasted performance during this pandemic, but for now, prices on shares and in turn dividends remain unaffected, which provides shareholders with assurance that they will have a strong buy-in on NASDAQ.
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Technology
Industry
Semiconductors
Sub industry
Computer processors and other technology
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