AMD heeft een press release geschreven waarin de resultaten van het 3e kwartaal bekend worden gemaakt. Ook dit kwartaal was weer een enorm succes voor AMD, dat haar verkopen van Flash-producten en processoren t.o.v. 1999 zag verdubbelen en t.o.v. het vorige kwartaal met 10% zag stijgen. Hier komen de cijfertjes:
AMD today reported record sales of $1,206,549,000, record operating income of $262,844,000, and record net income of $408,567,000 for the quarter ended October 1, 2000. Net income amounted to $1.18 per diluted share. The company's third-quarter results included a one-time gain of $336,899,000 resulting from the sale of the company's voice communications business (Legerity) during the quarter, and charges of $22,980,000 relating to the retirement of senior secured notes. Net income excluding one-time gains and charges was $219,301,000, or $0.64 per diluted share, also a record.[break]Het is grappig om te zien dat AMD van verliezen naar enorme winsten is toegegaan. Kijk eens naar de resultaten van dezelfde periode in 1999:[/break]In the like period of 1999, AMD reported sales of $662,192,000, an operating loss of $98,990,000, and net loss of $105,545,000, or a loss of $0.36 per share.[break]CEO Jerry Sanders III vertelt ons dat vooral de Flashproducten van AMD het erg goed deden in het derde kwartaal:[/break]"Sales growth was led by continuing extraordinary demand for AMD flash memory devices, whose sales more than doubled over the same period of 1999 and grew by 17 percent sequentially on record unit sales," said W.J. Sanders III, chairman and chief executive officer. "Demand for AMD flash memory products continues to exceed supply. Demand also continues to be broadly based, reflecting strength in cellular telephones, set-top boxes, automotive applications, Internet infrastructure products, and mobile Internet appliances.[break]De resultaten van de processordivisie waren iets minder spectaculair, maar nog steeds fantastisch te noemen:[/break]"In a tougher market than anticipated, AMD achieved record PC processor revenues on record unit sales, which were up more than 50 percent year-on-year and 10 percent sequentially," Sanders said. "We continued our excellent operational execution and met our aggressive goal of sequentially doubling combined AMD Athlon™ and AMD Duron™ processor sales to more than 3.6 million units. Our position as the reliable provider of the world's fastest PC processors contributed immensely to our success in gaining market share worldwide, particularly in the performance sector.