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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) (Nasdaq: AMD) is frequently in the news for developments in high-performance computing, AI infrastructure, client processors, embedded products and strategic partnerships. Company press releases describe AMD as driving innovation in high-performance and AI computing, with technology that powers billions of experiences across cloud and AI infrastructure, embedded systems, AI PCs and gaming. The AMD news flow reflects this broad scope, ranging from announcements of new AI GPUs and CPUs to collaborations with major technology and cloud partners.
Visitors to this AMD news page can expect updates on AI data center platforms such as AMD Instinct accelerator GPUs, AMD EPYC CPUs, AMD Pensando networking and the ROCm open software stack, including rack-scale architectures like the Helios platform. News items also cover client and gaming products, including Ryzen AI 400 Series and Ryzen AI PRO 400 Series processors for Copilot+ PCs, Ryzen AI Max+ processors for ultra-thin systems, and gaming-focused desktop CPUs and Radeon graphics technologies.
AMD’s news releases frequently highlight ecosystem collaborations and large deployments. Examples include work with Tata Consultancy Services to co-develop industry-specific AI and generative AI solutions, with HPE and Eviden to power supercomputers such as Herder and Alice Recoque, with Vultr to expand AI supercluster capacity using AMD Instinct GPUs, and with partners like Zyphra, Cisco and HUMAIN on AI infrastructure and large-scale model training. Regulatory and financial updates, such as earnings announcement dates and Form 8-K disclosures, also appear in AMD’s communications.
By following AMD-related news, investors and observers can track how the company’s CPUs, GPUs, embedded processors and software platforms are being adopted across cloud, enterprise, government, research and edge environments, and how new product introductions and partnerships shape its role in AI and high-performance computing.
Vultr, the largest privately-held cloud infrastructure company, has announced the deployment of AMD Instinct™ MI325X GPUs in its Chicago data center, becoming the first cloud provider to offer these AI solutions. This follows Vultr's growth financing at a $3.5 billion valuation and expanded collaboration with AMD.
The AMD Instinct MI325X GPUs feature 256GB of HBM3E memory and 8 TB/s of memory bandwidth, hosted on Supermicro AS-8126GS-TNMR 8-U servers. The solution offers seamless integration with AMD ROCm™ open software ecosystem, supporting various AI and high-performance computing frameworks for building and scaling AI-native applications.
AMD and France's Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) have signed a Letter of Intent to collaborate on advancing next-generation AI computing architectures. The partnership aims to develop energy-efficient systems for handling intensive AI workloads across various sectors including energy and medicine.
The collaboration will focus on technological advancements in next-generation AI compute infrastructure. Both organizations plan to host a symposium in 2025, bringing together European stakeholders, global technology providers, startups, supercomputing centers, universities, and policymakers to foster collaboration on AI computing technologies.
This initiative reinforces AMD's commitment to international collaborations that accelerate AI innovation, promote sustainability, and strengthen cooperation between U.S. and European research institutions.
AMD reported strong financial results for Q4 and full year 2024. Q4 revenue reached a record $7.7 billion, up 24% year-over-year, with non-GAAP gross margin of 54% and record operating income of $2.0 billion. Full-year revenue hit a record $25.8 billion, up 14% from 2023.
The Data Center segment showed exceptional growth, with Q4 revenue up 69% year-over-year to $3.9 billion, driven by AMD Instinct GPU and EPYC CPU sales. Annual Data Center revenue nearly doubled to $12.6 billion. The Client segment achieved record revenue of $2.3 billion in Q4, up 58% year-over-year.
However, the Gaming segment saw a 59% decline to $563 million in Q4, while the Embedded segment decreased 13% to $923 million. AMD expanded its AI partnerships with IBM, Vultr, and Aleph Alpha, focusing on AI infrastructure development and deployment.
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) has announced it will release its fiscal fourth quarter and full year 2024 financial results on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, after market close. The company's management will host a conference call at 5:00 p.m. EST / 2:00 p.m. PST to discuss the results. Investors and interested parties can access the webcast through the AMD Investor Relations website at ir.amd.com.
AMD announced that AMD Ryzen AI PRO processors will power new Dell Pro devices, marking their first collaboration on commercial Dell devices. The announcement was made ahead of CES 2025. The third-generation Ryzen AI PRO processors are designed to enhance business productivity with features like live captioning and language translation in conference calls, along with advanced AI image generators.
The processors combine CPU, GPU, and NPU capabilities to deliver exceptional battery life, on-device AI processing, and Copilot+ experiences. These new processors offer security and manageability features through AMD PRO Technologies, aimed at streamlining IT operations and ensuring business ROI. The collaboration extends AMD and Dell's existing partnership, which includes AMD Threadripper PRO processors in workstations and EPYC CPUs in Dell PowerEdge servers.
AMD has announced new gaming products at CES 2025, expanding its leadership across desktop, mobile, and handheld gaming segments. The company unveiled the Ryzen 9950X3D and 9900X3D desktop processors, featuring up to 16 cores and enhanced 3D V-Cache technology, expected to launch in Q1 2025.
The new Ryzen Z2 Series processors for handheld gaming devices offer up to 8 'Zen 5' CPU cores and RDNA 3.5 architecture, promising console-class gaming experiences. Additionally, AMD introduced the Ryzen 9000HX Series mobile processors, including the flagship Ryzen 9955HX3D with 16 cores and 32 threads, targeted at high-performance gaming laptops.
Major OEM partners including Acer, ASUS, and Lenovo have committed to launching new gaming systems powered by these AMD processors, with products expected to hit shelves in the first half of 2025.
AMD has unveiled new processors ahead of CES 2025, expanding its AI PC portfolio with three main series: Ryzen AI Max, Ryzen AI 300, and Ryzen 200, along with their PRO variants for business users.
The flagship Ryzen AI Max Series features up to 16 'Zen 5' CPU cores, 40 RDNA 3.5 graphics compute units, and an XDNA 2 Neural Processing Unit delivering up to 50 TOPS of AI processing. These processors support up to 128GB of unified memory and will be available in Q1 2025.
The Ryzen AI 300 Series includes new Ryzen AI 7 and Ryzen AI 5 models with up to 8 'Zen 5' cores and RDNA 3.5 graphics, offering five times better performance than first-generation NPUs. The Ryzen 200 Series, based on 'Zen 4' architecture, will launch in Q2 2025 with up to 8 cores and 16 NPU TOPS.
AMD has announced the Versal RF Series, a groundbreaking adaptive system-on-chip (SoC) that integrates high-resolution RF data converters, DSP hard IP, AI Engines, and programmable logic in a single device. The series offers up to 80 TOPS of DSP performance and features 14-bit, 32 GSPS, 18 GHz RF-ADCs for precise spectrum analysis.
This 5th generation of AMD direct RF devices delivers up to 19X more DSP compute in channelizer mode compared to previous generation Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC. The solution targets aerospace, defense, and test & measurement markets with optimized size, weight, and power (SWaP). Development tools are available now, with silicon samples expected in Q4 2025 and production beginning in H1 2027.
AMD has appointed Tim Keating as Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs. Keating brings extensive experience, including over 14 years at Boeing as executive vice president of Government Relations and previous roles at Honeywell International and the White House. The appointment aims to strengthen AMD's engagement with key stakeholders as high-performance and AI chips become increasingly important in daily life.
AMD announced it will host a press conference during CES 2025 Media Days on January 6 at 11 a.m. PST at the Mandalay Bay. Jack Huynh, AMD's senior vice president and general manager of Computing and Graphics Group, along with other executives will discuss AMD's leadership in PCs and gaming, and showcase the company's high-performance computing and AI product portfolio. The event will be livestreamed on AMD's YouTube Channel with replay available afterward.
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