The rivalry between AMD and Intel continues. The red team, which has gained great momentum in recent years and has taken the lead in the race, is able to achieve a significant increase in its revenues accordingly. Finally, the company announced its first quarter revenues of 2022.
Accordingly, AMD’s net income in the first quarter of 2022 was $786 million, up from $555 million a year ago and $974 million in the previous quarter. The annual increase was mainly driven by higher operating income. Here are the details…
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AMD broke the revenue record!
Excluding Xilinx, AMD posted record quarterly revenue of $5.3 billion, as AMD’s first-quarter 2022 results included partial quarterly financial results from the acquisition of Xilinx, which ended February 14, 2022.
AMD completes the largest acquisition in semiconductor industry history with the acquisition of Xilinx, creating the industry’s leading high-performance and adaptive computing company. AMD Chairman and CEO Dr. Lisa Su made the following assessment on the subject:
The first quarter marked a significant milestone in our journey to transform AMD as we generated record revenue and completed the strategic acquisition of Xilinx. Each of our businesses grew by a significant double-digit percentage year-over-year, led by EPYC server processor revenue more than doubled for the third consecutive quarter.
Demand for our leadership products remains strong, driven by our increased full-year guidance reflecting AMD’s higher organic growth and the addition of the growing Xilinx business.
Acquired Pensando after Xilinx
AMD also announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Pensando, a startup company that produces programmable processors and provides software platform services, for approximately $1.9 billion in the first quarter. Pensando’s service platform includes AMD’s data center product portfolio, a high-performance data center processing unit (DPU), and software currently deployed at scale across cloud and enterprise customers, including Goldman Sachs, IBM Cloud, Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud. will expand its network.
In the first quarter, AMD also announced the general availability of 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors with AMD 3D V-Cache™ technology, which delivers leading performance in technical computing workloads, the industry’s largest L3 cache, and modern security features.
Also in the first quarter, AMD’s cloud customers continued to expand their AMD EPYC processor-powered services with 465 instances delivering powerful performance for today’s most critical workloads.
By upgrading HBv3 virtual machines (VMs) to 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors with AMD 3D V-Cache technology, Microsoft Azure provided the fastest addition ever to the Azure high-performance computing (HPC) platform.
AMD EPYC processors support Google Could and Amazon servers
By Q1 AMD EPYC processors are now powering new compute-optimized Google Cloud C2D VMs, bringing customers powerful performance for HPC workloads in areas such as electronic design automation and computational fluid dynamics.
AMD empowers new Amazon EC2 Hpc6a instances for HPC workloads and Amazon EC2 6a instances for compute-intensive workloads, delivering better price performance than the previous generation.
In the first quarter, AMD expanded its product line with high-performance AMD Ryzen desktop processors for gamers and content creators.
AMD Ryzen 7 processors announced
In the first three months of 2022, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D was also announced, the first Ryzen processor to feature AMD 3D V-Cache technology and the industry’s first x86 PC processor with a 3D stacked chip. Ryzen 7 5800X3D processors offer the best gaming performance in selected titles when compared without the mass cache technology of competing processors.
In the same period, Lenovo expanded its line of business PCs with the ThinkStation P620, equipped with Ryzen Threadripper™ PRO 5000 WX-Series processors, which will handle the professional workload at full capacity with a dominant performance.
AMD has also expanded its Ryzen desktop processor portfolio with six new “Zen 3” and “Zen 2” processors that will enable tech enthusiasts to enjoy even more customized gaming experiences.
AMD announced that its board of directors has approved a new $8 billion share buyback program. This program will be implemented in addition to the $4 billion share buyback program announced last year.
AMD accessed a $3 billion loan facility again in the first quarter, reinforcing its commitment to the company’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals.
AMD, Chairman and CEO Dr. It also announced that Lisa Su will continue as chairman of the board and has named John E. Caldwell as chief independent director. Former Xilinx board members Jon Olson and Elizabeth Vanderslice also joined AMD’s board with the acquisition of Xilinx.
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