[PConline News] AMD CEO Su Zifeng repeatedly stated that he will turn a deficit in 2017, but QMD lost another 16 million US dollars this year. In the next two days, AMD will release its Q3 earnings report for 2017. What will happen this time? Analysts are optimistic about AMD's performance in the third quarter, forecast Q3 quarter revenue will reach 15.1 billion US dollars, an increase of 15% over the same period last year, while earnings per share significantly increased from 3 cents in the same period last year to 8 cents, not In the event of an accident, AMD will be able to make a profit in Q3. It seems that the Ryzen processor and Vega cards perform well.
AMD’s Q2 revenue for the quarter was US$1.22 billion and net loss was US$16 million. However, according to non-GAAP rules, Q2 revenue was US$1.22 billion, net profit reached US$19 million, and earnings per share were 2 cents. As AMD has a new generation of CPUs and GPUs this year, Q3's quarterly operating conditions continue to rise. Wall Street analysts forecast Q3 quarter revenue will reach 15.1 billion US dollars, compared with 1.31 billion US dollars in the same period last year, an increase of 15%, growth in the chain 24%.
On the profit side, the net loss for the same period last year was US$406 million, but net profit under the non-GAPP rules was US$27 million, and earnings per share were equivalent to 3 cents. For the Q3 quarter of this year, the analyst's forecast is AMD's earnings per share of 8 cents, so if the non-GAAP rules net profit is almost 7000-80 million US dollars, this is a rare situation, Q3 quarter turnaround is not a problem .
AMD Q3 has such a performance, which is due to a new generation of products. In addition to the continued enrichment of the Ryzen product line, AMD also released three Vega series high-end graphics cards in Q3 this year, but these cards are in mid-August. Published, the impact on AMD's revenue is limited, the main credit should be Ryzen processor.