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AMD’s record quarter: Data center business doubles, while gaming craters
AMD reported record third-quarter revenue of $13.4 billion, up 45 per cent year on year, as its data centre business nearly doubled. The results show how strongly growth is being driven by demand for server processors and AI hardware, while gaming revenue fell sharply.
Data centre revenue rose 97 per cent to $8.5 billion, and operating income in the segment increased 168 per cent to $2.88 billion. Gaming revenue dropped 40 per cent to $773 million, which AMD attributed mainly to lower console-chip sales; its results do not separate those sales from Radeon graphics. AMD forecast about $17 billion in fourth-quarter revenue, up 66 per cent year on year, and said major customers had brought their first Helios AI racks online.
In short
- AMD posted record quarterly revenue of $13.4 billion.
- Data centre sales nearly doubled to $8.5 billion.
- Gaming revenue fell 40 per cent to $773 million.
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The case for
The results can be seen as evidence that AMD is successfully shifting towards faster-growing markets, with strong demand for server processors and AI hardware driving record revenue and higher data centre profits. That growth may strengthen its ability to compete in advanced computing and fund future products, while the gaming decline appears largely tied to lower console-chip sales rather than a clearly reported collapse across all gaming products.
The case against
The headline figures may conceal how dependent AMD’s growth is on a concentrated, fast-moving AI and data centre market, where current demand and large customer investments may not persist. Meanwhile, gaming revenue fell sharply, and because AMD does not separate console-chip sales from Radeon graphics, investors and customers have limited evidence about which parts of its gaming business are weakening.