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AMD Reports Second Quarter Results; EPS of $0.03 Driven by Sales of $1.260 Billion.


SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Microprocessor microprocessor, integrated circuit containing the arithmetic, logic, and control circuitry required to interpret and execute instructions from a computer program.  Business Establishes New All-time Quarterly Records in Total Sales, Server and Mobile Processor Sales, Gross Margin, and Operating Income Operating Income

The profit realized from a business' own operations.

Notes:
This would not include income from things such as investments in other firms. Also referred to as operating profit or recurring profit.


AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips.  (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
:AMD) today reported sales of $1.260 billion and net income of $11 million, amounting to $0.03 per diluted di·lute  
tr.v. di·lut·ed, di·lut·ing, di·lutes
1. To make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water.

2. To lessen the force, strength, purity, or brilliance of, especially by admixture.
 share, for the quarter ended June 26, 2005.

Second quarter sales were flat compared to the second quarter of 2004 and increased three percent from the first quarter of 2005. In the second quarter of 2004, AMD reported sales of $1.262 billion and net income of $32 million, or $0.09 per diluted share. In the first quarter of 2005, AMD reported sales of $1.227 billion and a net loss of $17 million, or $0.04 per share. The operating loss operating loss

The excess of operating expenses over revenue. As with operating income, operating losses exclude revenues and expenses from operations that are not considered a regular part of the business. Also called deficit. Compare operating income.
 was $7 million as compared to operating income of $72 million in the second quarter of 2004 and an operating loss of $46 million in the first quarter of 2005.

"Our microprocessor business delivered another record quarter driven by increased demand for AMD server and mobile processors from our largest global OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and  customers," said Robert J. Rivet, AMD's chief financial officer. "Once again we continued to gain momentum with microprocessor sales growth increasing 38 percent compared to the second quarter of 2004. The solid overall demand was enhanced by our newer processor offerings. Strong Dual-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processor sales contributed to an 89 percent revenue increase in our server products from the prior quarter. This demonstrates the acceptance of the AMD64 platform by enterprise customers. Likewise, the AMD Turion A version of the Athlon 64 CPU from AMD designed for thin, lightweight laptops. The Turion 64 CPUs dissipate as little as 25 watts compared to 65 for the Athlon. Introduced in 2005, Turion enhanced AMD's line of mobile CPUs, which included the Mobile Athlon 64 for full-sized laptops and (TM)64 processor captured more than 60 design wins and drove record mobile sales in the thin-and-light mobile PC category."

"Memory Products Group sales Group sales

Block sale (of large amounts) of securities to institutional investors.


group sales

The distribution of a new security issue to institutional clients.
 increased slightly in the quarter, driven by record MirrorBit(TM) Flash memory sales and overall higher unit demand."

Business Overview

Second quarter gross margin was 39 percent compared to 34 percent in the first quarter of 2005. The improvement was largely due to record Computation Computation is a general term for any type of information processing that can be represented mathematically. This includes phenomena ranging from simple calculations to human thinking.  Products Group (CPG CPG

central pattern generators.
) gross margins.

Record CPG sales of $767 million increased 38 percent from the second quarter of 2004 and increased two percent from $750 million in the first quarter of 2005. CPG generated record operating income of $110 million in the second quarter, up from $92 million in the first quarter of 2005. CPG's second quarter sales growth was driven by record server and mobile processor sales, a six percent higher overall average selling price The average sales price of goods or commodities. Especially used in the retail sector and technology distribution. , and record sales to our largest global OEM customers. Geographically, sales were especially strong in China, North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere.  and all of our high-growth markets.

Memory Products Group sales of $462 million decreased 31 percent from the second quarter of 2004 and increased three percent from $447 million in the first quarter or 2005. Memory Products Group incurred an operating loss of $90 million, as compared to an operating loss of $110 million in the first quarter of 2005. MirrorBit Flash memory sales accelerated to more than 20 percent of total Memory Products Group sales in the quarter, with increased wireless demand for second-generation, 110nm MirrorBit devices. Quarter-over-quarter, sales in Europe and the Americas increased and unit volume shipments were up twelve percent.

Additional Highlights of the Quarter

--AMD shipped true Dual-Core technology with the AMD Athlon(TM) 64 X2 Dual-Core processors for desktop PCs and Dual-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processors for servers and workstations. Many of AMD's OEM customers announced Dual-Core systems, including Acer Acer

trees of the family Aceraceae.


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ingestion of wilted or dries leaves of this tree causes acute hemolytic anemia characterized by red urine, jaundice, anemia and methemoglobinemia in horses.
, HP, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Lenovo, Sun, Supermicro Computer, Inc., Alienware, Cray (Cray, Inc., Seattle, WA, www.cray.com) A supercomputer manufacturer founded in 1972 as Cray Research, Inc., by Seymour Cray, a leading designer of large-scale computers at Control Data. In 1976, it shipped its first computer to Los Alamos National Laboratory. , and Dawning.

--Several of the largest global OEMs broadened their AMD product offerings for small to mid-size businesses and enterprise markets, including:

--Sun Microsystems, Inc. introduced the Sun Ultra 20 Workstation and unveiled the Sun Fire V40z server, both powered by the Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor. Sun also announced that the versatile Solaris 10 Operating System operating system (OS)

Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs.
 supports servers based on the Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor.

--HP launched the HP ProLiant BL45p 4P blade server A server architecture that houses multiple server modules ("blades") in a single chassis. It is widely used in datacenters to save space and improve system management. Either self-standing or rack mounted, the chassis provides the power supply, and each blade has its own CPU, memory and , the HP dx5150 Business Desktop, and the AMD Turion 64 processor-powered HP Compaq nx6125 laptop Same as laptop computer.

laptop - portable computer
 for small to mid-size businesses.

--IBM launched the AMD Opteron IBM LS20 2P blade server.

--Fujitsu Siemens Computers See Fujitsu Siemens.  introduced a new line of professional PCs featuring the AMD Athlon 64 processor, the ESPRIMO P and ESPRIMO E series for business users.

--AMD, in conjunction with other industry partners, continued to deliver highly-differentiated, industry-first products, including:

--HP and AMD, working closely with the Lance Armstrong Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. He won the Tour de France—cycling's most prestigious race—seven consecutive times, from 1999 to 2005.  Foundation (LAF LAF Lance Armstrong Foundation (non-profit cancer organization)
LAF Look and Feel
LAF Laugh
LAF Lebanese Armed Forces
LAF Liquidity Adjustment Facility
LAF Lost And Found
LAF Laminar Air Flow
), developed the HP Special Edition L2000 "LIVESTRONG" notebook featuring the AMD Turion 64 processor. This one-of-a-kind consumer PC bears the LIVESTRONG message and a reproduction of Lance Armstrong's autograph autograph

Any manuscript handwritten by its author; in common usage, a handwritten signature. Aside from its value as a collector's item, an early or corrected draft of a work may show its stages of composition or “correct” final version.
. Fifty U.S. dollars from each HP Special Edition L2000 Notebook PC will go to the LAF to help it fund its public health, advocacy, research and education initiatives for people with cancer.

--Acer launched the AMD Turion 64 processor-powered Ferrari 4000, the world's first notebook to harness cutting-edge carbon fiber technology pioneered and perfected in the world of Formula One and in the aerospace industry.

--More than 75 of the top 100 companies in the Forbes Global 2000 or their subsidiaries have adopted AMD64 technology. Airbus, Alcatel, Computer Sciences Corporation, CyberTrader, Inc., a Charles Schwab Charles Schwab can refer to:
  • Charles M. Schwab, founder of Bethlehem Steel.
  • Charles R. Schwab, founder of the brokerage.
  • Charles Schwab Corporation, the brokerage.
 company, The D.E. Shaw Group, Unilever, Vodafone and 7-Eleven, Inc. represent the growing ranks of enterprises using AMD technology.

--The AMD64 software ecosystem continued to gain momentum with Microsoft's release of Windows(R) Server 2003 x64 Edition Refers to 64-bit versions of Windows operating systems. See x64.  and Windows XP Professional x64 Editions For the 64-bit Windows XP for Itanium systems, see .
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition released on April 25, 2005 by Microsoft is a variation of the Windows XP operating system for x86-64 personal computers.
, both developed in close collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software.  with AMD.

--The Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor took "Best of TechEd teched  
adj.
Variant of tetched.
 2005" honors conferred con·fer  
v. con·ferred, con·fer·ring, con·fers

v.tr.
1. To bestow (an honor, for example): conferred a medal on the hero; conferred an honorary degree on her.
 by Windows IT Pro Windows IT Pro (ISSN-1552-3136) is a trade publication and web site owned by Penton Media serving the information needs of IT professionals in various fields including data processing, software development and programming.  and SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server.  Magazine at Microsoft TechEd 2005, and Network Magazine named the Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor "Breakthrough Product" for 2005 at the Network Magazine Innovation Awards.

--SAGEM announced the SAGEM SAGEM Societe d'Applications Generales d'Electricite et de Mecanique  myX-8 mobile phone using the Spansion(TM) S29GL512N Flash memory device - the industry's only single-chip 512Mbit NOR Flash memory device in production.

Current Outlook

AMD's outlook statements are based on current expectations. The following statements are forward looking, and actual results could differ materially depending on market conditions.

--AMD expects microprocessor sales growth to exceed normal seasonal patterns.

--Because of Spansion's SEC Form S-1 filing, AMD is not providing guidance for the Flash memory business.

AMD Teleconference

AMD will hold a conference call for the financial community at 2:30 p.m. PT today to discuss quarterly financial results. AMD will provide a real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example.  audio broadcast of the teleconference on the Investor Relations Investor relations

The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors.
 page of its Web site at www.amd.com or www.streetevents.com. The webcast will be available for 10 days after the conference call.

Cautionary Statement

This release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
 concerning the fiscal quarter ending September 25, 2005, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor Safe Harbor

1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated.

2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive.
 provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. Investors are cautioned that the forward-looking statements in this release involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the company's current expectations. Risks that the company considers to be the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements include the possibility that global business and economic conditions will worsen wors·en  
tr. & intr.v. wors·ened, wors·en·ing, wors·ens
To make or become worse.


worsen
Verb

to make or become worse

worsening adjn
 resulting in lower than currently expected sales in the third quarter of 2005; that Intel Corporation's pricing, marketing programs, product bundling Product bundling is a marketing strategy that involves offering several products for sale as one combined product. This strategy is very common in the software business (for example: bundle a word processor, a spreadsheet, and a database into a single office suite), and in the fast , new product introductions or other activities targeting the company's processor business will prevent attainment of the company's current processor sales plans; that demand for computers, and, in turn, demand for the company's processors will be lower than currently expected; that adoption of AMD64 products by OEMs will not continue to occur as expected; that demand for the company's Flash memory products will be lower than currently expected; that Intel Corporation's pricing, marketing programs, product bundling, new product introductions or other activities will negatively affect NOR Flash memory prices; that OEMs will increasingly choose NAND-based Flash memory products over NOR-based Flash memory products for their applications; that customer acceptance of MirrorBit technology will not continue to increase; that the company may not achieve its current product and technology introduction or implementation schedules; that the company will not be able to raise sufficient capital to enable it to establish leading-edge capacity to maintain its market leadership positions and that solutions providers will not timely provide the infrastructure to support the company's AMD64 technology. We urge investors to review in detail the risks and uncertainties in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to the Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K

A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information.


Form 10-K

See 10-K.
 for the year ended December 26, 2004 and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q

See 10-Q.
 for the quarter ended March 27, 2005.

About AMD

AMD (NYSE:AMD) designs and produces innovative microprocessors This is a list of microprocessors. Intel

Main article: List of Intel microprocessors
  • List of Intel Celeron microprocessors
  • List of Intel Core microprocessors
  • List of Intel Core 2 microprocessors
, Flash memory devices and low-power processor solutions for the computer, communications and consumer electronics industries. AMD is dedicated to delivering standards-based, customer-focused solutions for technology users, ranging from enterprises and governments to individual consumers. For more information visit www.amd.com.

AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon, AMD Opteron, AMD Turion, and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Spansion and MirrorBit are trademarks of Spansion LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail,  in the U.S. and/or other jurisdictions. Other names used are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Thousands except per share amounts)

                        Quarter Ended              Six Months Ended
----------------------------------------------- ----------------------
                 Jun. 26    Mar. 27    Jun. 27     Jun. 26    Jun. 27
                    2005       2005       2004        2005       2004
              (Unaudited)(Unaudited)(Unaudited) (Unaudited)(Unaudited)
----------------------------------------------- ----------------------

Net sales     $1,259,918 $1,226,628 $1,261,837  $2,486,546 $2,498,270

Cost of sales    765,954    807,449    783,069   1,573,403  1,551,909
Research and
 development     272,584    253,122    224,821     525,706    450,911
Marketing,
 general and
 administrative  228,511    211,714    178,993     440,225    359,210
Restructuring
 and other
 special
 charges, net          -          -      2,514           -      2,514


----------------------------------------------- ----------------------
               1,267,049  1,272,285  1,189,397   2,539,334  2,364,544

----------------------------------------------- ----------------------

Operating
 income (loss)    (7,131)   (45,657)    72,440     (52,788)   133,726

Interest
 income and
 other, net        3,098      3,974     (2,203)      7,072      8,778
Interest
 expense         (25,653)   (24,245)   (27,956)    (49,898)   (58,110)

----------------------------------------------- ----------------------

Income (loss)
 before minority
 interest and
 income taxes    (29,686)   (65,928)    42,281     (95,614)    84,394

Minority interest
 in (income) loss
 of subsidiaries  37,905     46,853     (6,527)     84,758     (1,176)
Provision
 (benefit) for
 income taxes     (3,100)    (1,652)     3,574      (4,752)     5,947

----------------------------------------------- ----------------------

Net income (loss) 11,319    (17,423)    32,180      (6,104)    77,271

----------------------------------------------- ----------------------

Net income (loss) per common share

Basic            $  0.03   $  (0.04)   $  0.09    $  (0.02)   $  0.22

Diluted          $  0.03   $  (0.04)   $  0.09    $  (0.02)   $  0.21

----------------------------------------------- ----------------------

Shares used in per share calculation

- Basic          395,414    393,077    353,655     394,245    352,491
- Diluted        405,739    393,077    420,053     394,245    419,008

----------------------------------------------- ----------------------


Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME (LOSS) TO EBITDA
(Thousands)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Quarter Ended              Six Months Ended
----------------------------------------------- ----------------------
                 Jun. 26,   Mar. 27,   Jun. 27,   Jun. 26,   Jun. 27,
                    2005       2005       2004       2005       2004
               (Unaudited)(Unaudited)(Unaudited)(Unaudited)(Unaudited)
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Net income
 (loss)         $  11,319  $ (17,423) $  32,180  $  (6,104) $  77,271
Depreciation
 and
 amortization     318,455    332,881    292,393    651,336    590,373
Interest income    (7,194)    (6,885)    (3,531)   (14,079)    (7,205)
Interest expense   25,653     24,245     27,956     49,898     58,110
Provision
 (benefit) for
 income taxes      (3,100)    (1,652)     3,574     (4,752)     5,947

----------------------------------------------- ----------------------
EBITDA          $ 345,133  $ 331,166  $ 352,572  $ 676,299  $ 724,496

----------------------------------------------- ----------------------


Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Thousands)
                                               Jun. 26,     Dec. 26,
                                                 2005         2004(a)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              (unaudited)
Assets

Current assets:
  Cash, cash equivalents and short-term
   investments                               $ 1,220,064  $ 1,195,559
  Accounts receivable, net                       735,687      719,572
  Inventories                                    911,163      874,790
  Prepaid expenses and other current assets      309,491      350,240
  Deferred income taxes                           71,656       87,836

----------------------------------------------------------------------

      Total current assets                     3,248,061    3,227,997

Property, plant and equipment, net             4,145,483    4,233,807
Other assets                                     379,018      382,406

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Total Assets                                 $ 7,772,562  $ 7,844,210
======================================================================

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

Current liabilities:
  Notes payable                              $    50,412  $         -
  Accounts payable                               757,274      655,123
  Accrued compensation and benefits              163,063      191,431
  Accrued liabilities                            461,651      445,341
  Restructuring accruals                          20,077       18,997
  Income taxes payable                            17,971       47,145
  Deferred income on shipments to
   distributors                                  148,625      141,738
  Current portion of long-term debt and
   capital lease obligations                     254,233      230,828
  Other current liabilities                      124,378      115,773
----------------------------------------------------------------------

      Total current liabilities                1,997,684    1,846,376

Deferred income taxes                             68,131      104,246
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations   1,591,584    1,628,268
Other long-term liabilities                      462,314      414,626
Minority interest in subsidiaries                806,240      840,641

Stockholders' equity:
  Capital stock:
    Common stock, par value                        3,963        3,917
  Capital in excess of par value               2,370,339    2,316,669
  Retained earnings                              302,206      308,497
  Accumulated other comprehensive income         170,101      380,970
----------------------------------------------------------------------

      Total stockholders' equity               2,846,609    3,010,053

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity   $ 7,772,562  $ 7,844,210
======================================================================

(a)Derived from the December 26, 2004 audited financial statements of
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.



                   AMD
         Selected Corporate Data
               (Unaudited)
                               Quarter Ended         Six Months Ended
--------------------------------------------------- ------------------
                        Jun. 26, Mar. 27, Jun. 27,  Jun. 26, Jun. 27,
Segment Information        2005     2005     2004      2005     2004
-----------------------

--------------------------------------------------- ------------------

Computation Products Group (1)
 Revenue                   $767 M   $750 M   $554 M  $1,517 M $1,125 M
 Operating Income           110 M     92 M     58 M     202 M    125 M

Memory Products Group (2)
 Revenue                    462 M    447 M    673 M     910 M  1,301 M
 Operating Income (Loss)    (90)M   (110)M     45 M    (199)M     59 M

Personal Connectivity Solutions Group (3)
 Revenue                     30 M     30 M     34 M      60 M     72 M
 Operating Loss             (14)M    (17)M    (14)M     (31)M    (21)M

All Other (4)
 Revenue                      0 M      0 M      0 M       0 M      0 M
 Operating Loss             (13)M    (10)M    (16)M     (24)M    (29)M

Total AMD
 Revenue                  1,260 M  1,227 M  1,262 M   2,487 M  2,498 M
 Operating Income (Loss)     (7)M    (46)M     72 M     (53)M    134 M

--------------------------------------------------- ------------------

--------------------------------------------------- ------------------
                        Jun. 26, Mar. 27, Jun. 27,  Jun. 26, Jun. 27,
Other Data                 2005     2005     2004      2005     2004
-----------------------

--------------------------------------------------- ------------------

Depreciation &
 Amortization              $318 M   $333 M   $292 M    $651 M   $590 M

Capital Additions          $303 M   $518 M   $361 M    $822 M   $563 M

Headcount                16,694   16,144   14,690    16,694   14,690

--------------------------------------------------- ------------------

International Sales         76%      78%      80%       77%      81%

Research and Development   $273 M   $253 M   $225 M    $526 M   $451 M

EBITDA                     $345 M   $331 M   $353 M    $676 M   $724 M

--------------------------------------------------- ------------------


(1) Computation Products Group includes PC processors and Chipsets.

(2) Memory Products Group includes Flash memory products of AMD and
Spansion LLC.

(3) The Personal Connectivity Solutions Group includes Embedded
Processors and products for global commercial and consumer markets.

(4) The All Other category includes certain operating expenses and
credits that are not allocated to the operating segments.

Note: Figures may not foot due to rounding
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