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<\/a>In the previous first quarter, revenues came in at $1.09 billion, down 32 percent from a year ago. Last quarter, the chip maker\u2019s net loss per share (after one-time items) was 13 cents a share, or $94 million.<\/p>\nThe Sunnyvale, Calif.-based\u00a0AMD, the No. 2 maker of PC microprocessors, has had a tough couple of years as it trailed Intel in competitiveness and saw a slowdown in demand as consumers began to favor tablets and smartphones over PCs. Since it wasn\u2019t well positioned for that transition, the slowdown hit AMD harder than Intel<\/p>\n
Analysts expected a loss of 13 cents a share on revenue of $1.1 billion for the second quarter. AMD had a profit of 6 cents a share a year ago.<\/p>\n
AMD gets about 80 percent of its revenue from the PC industry. Rory Read, the chief executive of AMD, joined the company in 2011. He was formerly the No. 2 executive at Lenovo, which has since been battling HP for the title of the world\u2019s biggest PC maker.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur focus on restructuring and transforming AMD resulted in improved financial results,\u201d said Read in a statement. \u201cOur performance in the second quarter was driven by opportunities in our new high-growth and traditional PC businesses. Looking ahead, we will continue to deliver a strong value proposition to our established customers\u00a0 and also reach new customers as we diversify our business. We expect significant revenue growth and a return to profitability in the third quarter.\u201d<\/p>\n
In after-hours trading, AMD shares are down 3 percent at $4.48 a share. Before the earnings came out, AMD stock rose 6 percent to $4.64 a share.<\/p>\n
AMD said that it its gross profit margin was 40 percent in the second quarter, down a couple of points from the previous quarter. Cash was $1.1 billion at the end of the quarter. Computing solutions division revenues grew 12 percent from the previous quarter but were down 20 percent from a year ago. Average selling prices for microprocessors were down year over year and sequentially. Graphics and visual solutions revenues were down 5 percent sequentially and down 13 percent from a year ago.<\/p>\n
During the quarter, AMD shipped a number of new mobile chips, including its AMD Elite Mobility A-Series accelerated processing units (which combine a microprocessor and graphics on one chip) for tablets, hybrids, and small notebook computers. It also shipped the AMD FX-9590 desktop processor, the first commercially available 5GHz processor in the x86 market.<\/p>\n
AMD has begun talking about winning a couple of big video game deals. It is supplying accelerating processing units (APUs) to Nintendo for the Wii U, and it will supply APUs for both the Microsoft Xbox One and the Sony<\/a> PlayStation 4.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, AMD bought microserver company SeaMicro, and it is using that company\u2019s technology to expand in the data center with low-cost, low battery power servers<\/strong> with lots of cores, or processing brains. Those chips could provide a buffer against Intel\u2019s advances in laptops thanks to its launch of its Haswell architecture, which can improve\u00a0Dell PC764<\/strong> Laptop Battery Life<\/a> in a laptop by 50 percent and double the graphics performance.<\/p>\n
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