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AMD Reports Third Quarter Results.


SUNNYVALE Sunnyvale, city (1990 pop. 117,229), Santa Clara co., W Calif., near San Francisco; settled 1849, inc. 1912. A city in Silicon Valley, its many manufactures include semiconductors; machinery and instruments; electrical, electronic, and aerospace products; , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 1996--AMD today reported a net loss of $38,362,000 on sales of $456,862,000 for its third quarter, ended Sept. 29, 1996.

The loss amounted to $0.28 per share on a fully 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.
 basis. The results include a charge of approximately ap·prox·i·mate  
adj.
1. Almost exact or correct: the approximate time of the accident.

2.
 $6,000,000 for employee severance pay Severance Pay

Compensation that an employer gives to someone who is about to lose their job.

Notes:
Severance pay is not always paid to employees. It depends on the situation in which the employee is losing their job and whether legislation requires severance to be paid.
 and benefits associated with a work force reduction.

Sales for the like period of 1995 amounted to $606,953,000, which resulted in net income of $42,000,000, or $0.30 per share fully diluted.

In the immediate-prior quarter, 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.  reported sales of $455,077,000, which resulted in a net loss of $34,672,000, or a loss of $0.26 per share fully diluted. The company's second-quarter results included a non-recurring, pre-tax pre-tax adjanterior al impuesto

pre-tax adjavant impôt(s)

pre-tax adjal lordo d'imposta 
 gain of $16.3 million resulting from a sale of securities.

For the first nine months of 1996, AMD reported total revenues of $1,456,151,000, which resulted in a net loss applicable to common shareholders of $47,707,000, or $0.35 per common share fully diluted. For the first nine months of 1995, AMD reported revenues of $1,873,201,000, which resulted in net income applicable to common shareholders of $206,972,000 or $1.51 per share fully diluted.

"Overall, bookings improved significantly from the levels of the second quarter, but the book-to-bill ratio Book-to-Bill Ratio

The technology industry's demand-to-supply ratio for orders on a "firm's book" to number of orders filled.

Notes:
This ratio tells whether the company has more orders than it can deliver (if greater than 1), has the same amount of orders that it can
 remained below 1:1," said W.J. Sanders San´ders

n. 1. An old name of sandalwood, now applied only to the red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood.
 III, chairman and chief executive officer, in commenting on the company's three major business segments.

"Revenues from our Programmable Logic Devices See PLD.  (PLD (Programmable Logic Device) Refers to a variety of logic chips that are programmable at the customer's site, the customer being the vendor of the finished chip, not the end user. ) business unit were down slightly from the immediate-prior quarter," Sanders continued. "Sales of AMD's MACH family of complex PLDs remained at near-record levels in a generally weak PLD market.

"Revenues from AMD's Communications and Components Group (CCG CCG Chicago
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CCG Children's Cancer Group
CCG Commission Canadienne des Grains (Canadian Grain Commission) 
) also declined slightly from the second quarter," Sanders said. "Flash memory sales resumed growth, and AMD recorded higher revenues on record unit sales unit sales

Sales measured in terms of physical units rather than dollars. Unit sales data are often used by financial analysts when evaluating the health of a company.
. Telephony Meaning "sound over distance," it refers to electronically transmitting the human voice. In the beginning, telephony dealt only with analog signals in the circuit-switched networks of the telephone companies.  products achieved record revenues during the quarter. These gains were offset, however, by sharply lower EPROM EPROM
 in full erasable programmable read-only memory

Form of computer memory that does not lose its content when the power supply is cut off and that can be erased and reused.
 sales.

"Revenues from our 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.
) primarily Microsoft (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, www.microsoft.com) The most successful and influential software company. Microsoft's software and Intel's hardware pioneered the PC and revolutionized the computer industry.  Windows-compatible 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
 -- grew from the immediate-prior quarter. Shipments of AMD-K5 microprocessors more than doubled to 500,000 units, led by sales of the AMD-K5-PR100 microprocessor microprocessor, integrated circuit containing the arithmetic, logic, and control circuitry required to interpret and execute instructions from a computer program. . With today's introduction of AMD-K5-PR133 and AMD-K5-PR120 devices, the AMD-K5 family now addresses 70 percent of the desktop market.

"The aggregate results from CCG and PLD were once again unable to offset the losses we are incurring in·cur  
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1. To acquire or come into (something usually undesirable); sustain: incurred substantial losses during the stock market crash.

2.
 in CPG, where revenues are currently insufficient in·suf·fi·cient
adj.
1. Not sufficient.

2. Incapable of proper functioning.
 to absorb absorb

To offset sell orders or a new security offering with buy orders.
 the substantial fixed costs fixed costs,
n.pl the costs that do not change to meet fluctuations in enrollment or in use of services (e.g., salaries, rent, business license fees, and depreciation).
 of maintaining our strategic commitment to the Microsoft Windows-compatible microprocessor market," Sanders concluded.

Cautionary Statement

The forward looking statement in the above release concerning the Company's microprocessor products involves a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from presently anticipated results are the following: success in ramping the production of higher-performance products; shifts in market demand; verification See verify.

verification - The process of determining whether or not the products of a given phase in the life-cycle fulfil a set of established requirements.
 of compatibility with industry-standard software and hardware; and such other risks and uncertainties as are detailed in "Management's Discussion and Analysis Management's discussion and analysis (MD&A)

A report from management to shareholders that accompanies the firm's financial statements in the annual report. It explains the period's financial results and enables management to discuss topics that may not be apparent in the financial
 of Results of Operations and Financial Condition" contained in the Company's most recently filed 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.
, and the company's most recently filed quarterly report on Form 10Q.

WORLD WIDE WEB: Press announcements and other information about AMD are available on the Internet Internet

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 via the World Wide Web. Type http://www.amd.com at the URL URL
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Note to Editors: Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks 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, . AMD-K5, AMD-K5-PR100/120/133, AMD, the AMD logo and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. -0-
                   Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
              CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
               (Thousands except per share amounts)
                           (Unaudited)

                 Quarter Ended             Nine Months Ended
              Sept. 29, June 30,   Oct. 1,    Sept. 29,   Oct. 1,
                 1996     1996      1995        1996        1995
                                 (Restated)(a)         (Restated)(a)

Net sales     $456,862  $455,077   $606,953   $1,456,151  $1,873,201
Cost of
 sales         337,692   379,779    368,359    1,086,206     989,949
Research and
 development   105,656    92,768    106,237      293,204     308,806
Marketing,
 general and
 administrative 90,432    83,063    102,549      276,506     311,885
               -------   -------    -------      -------     -------
               533,780   555,610    577,145    1,655,916   1,610,640

Operating
 income
 (loss)        (76,918) (100,533)    29,808     (199,765)    262,561
Interest
 income and
 other, net      4,214    23,039     10,408       55,312      24,441
Interest
 expense        (3,443)  (1,812)       (315)      (7,236)     (1,394)
Income (loss)
 before income
 taxes and
 equity in
 joint venture (76,147) (79,306)     39,901     (151,689)    285,608
Provision
 (credit) for
 income taxes  (30,459) (31,723)     10,212      (62,182)     92,052
Income (loss)
 before equity
 in joint
 venture       (45,688) (47,583)     29,689      (89,507)    193,556
Equity in
 net income
 of joint
 venture         7,326   12,911      12,311       41,800      13,426
Net income
 (loss)        (38,362) (34,672)     42,000      (47,707)    206,982
Preferred
 stock
 dividends        --       --          --           --            10
Net income
 (loss)
 applicable
 to common
 stockholders ($38,362) ($34,672)    $42,000    ($47,707)   $206,972

Net income
 (loss) per
 common share

-Primary        ($0.28)   ($0.26)      $0.30      ($0.35)      $1.53
-Fully diluted  ($0.28)   ($0.26)      $0.30      ($0.35)      $1.51

Shares used in
 per share
 calculation

-Primary       136,082   135,266     139,288     135,019    135,451
-Fully diluted 136,082   135,266     139,434     135,019    137,617

    (a) Restated from previously released financial information as a
result of the January 1996 merger with NexGen, Inc.

                       Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
                            INFORMATION ONLY
             NON-GAAP CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS(b)
              (Includes Pre-Tax FASL Investment Equity Income
                         in Operating Income (Loss))
                    (Thousands except per share amounts)

                 Quarter Ended               Nine Months Ended
                  (Unaudited)                   (Unaudited)

              Sept. 29,  June 30,   Oct. 1,   Sept. 29,    Oct. 1,
                1996       1996     1995(c)     1996       1995 (c)

Net sales     $456,862   $455,077   $606,953  $1,456,151  $1,873,201
Cost of
 sales         337,692    379,779    368,359   1,086,206     989,949
Net income
 from equity
 investment
 in FASL       (11,272)   (19,863)  (18,940)     (64,309)    (20,655)
Research and
 development   105,656     92,768   106,237      293,204     308,806
Marketing,
 general and
 administrative 90,432     83,063   102,549      276,506     311,885
               -------    -------   -------      -------     -------
               522,508    535,747   558,205    1,591,607   1,589,985
Operating
 income (loss) (65,646)   (80,670)   48,748     (135,456)    283,216
Interest income
 and other, net  4,214     23,039    10,408       55,312      24,441
Interest
 expense        (3,443)    (1,812)     (315)      (7,236)     (1,394)
Income (loss)
 before income
 taxes and
 equity in
 joint venture (64,875)   (59,443)   58,841      (87,380)    306,263
Provision
 (credit) for
 income taxes  (30,459)   (31,723)   10,212      (62,182)     92,052
Provision for
 taxes on
 equity in
 income of FASL  3,946      6,952     6,629       22,509       7,229
Net income
 (loss)        (38,362)   (34,672)   42,000      (47,707)    206,982

Preferred
 stock dividends  --         --        --           --            10

Net income (loss)
 applicable to
 common
 stockholders ($38,362)  ($34,672)  $42,000     ($47,707)   $206,972

Net income
 (loss) per
 common share

- Primary       ($0.28)    ($0.26)    $0.30       ($0.35)      $1.53
- Fully diluted ($0.28)    ($0.26)    $0.30       ($0.35)      $1.51

Shares used
 in per share
 calculation

- Primary      136,082    135,266   139,288      135,019     135,451
- Fully
  diluted      136,082    135,266   139,434      135,019     137,617

    (b) The above statements of operations are not in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in that the pre-tax
equity income of FASL has been reclassified and included in the
determination of operating income (loss).  Net income (loss) and
related net income (loss) per common share amounts are the same as
those reported under GAAP.

    (c) Financial results for 1995 have been restated to include the
historical financial information of NexGen, Inc.

                   Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
                   CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                           (Thousands)
                                       Sept. 29,          Dec. 31,
                                         1996              1995
                                      (Unaudited)        (Audited)
                                                       (Restated)(d)

Assets
Current assets:
 Cash, cash equivalents, and
  short-term investments               $361,344          $509,665
 Accounts receivable, net               234,242           284,238
 Inventories                            163,489           155,986
 Deferred income taxes                  149,289           147,489
 Prepaid expenses and other current
  assets                                 95,287            40,564
   Total current assets               1,003,651         1,137,942
 Property, plant, and equipment, net  1,733,267         1,641,634
 Investment in joint venture            192,128           176,821
 Other assets                           124,946           122,070
                                      ---------         ---------
                                     $3,053,992        $3,078,467

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

Current liabilities:
 Notes payable to banks                 $12,902           $26,770
 Accounts payable                       166,791           241,916
 Accrued compensation and benefits       73,333           106,347
 Accrued liabilities                    107,617           103,404
 Income tax payable                         148            56,297
 Deferred income on shipments to
  distributors                           85,936           100,057
 Current portion of long-term debt
  and capital lease obligations          27,711            41,642
   Total current liabilities            474,438           676,433
Deferred income taxes                    97,407            84,607
Long-term debt and capital lease
 obligations, less current portion      445,489           214,965
Stockholders' equity:
 Capital stock:
  Common stock, par value                1,413              1,050
Capital in excess of par value         943,077            908,989
  Retained earnings                  1,092,168          1,192,423
   Total stockholders' equity        2,036,658          2,102,462
                                     ---------          ---------
                                    $3,053,992         $3,078,467

    (d) Restated from previously released financial information as a
result of the January 1996 merger with NexGen, Inc.

                                       AMD
                             Selected Corporate Data
                                   (Unaudited)


Product Line Breakdown(e)

                    Q3 '96              Q2 '96              Q3 '95
             % of Sales Revenue % of Sales Revenue % of Sales Revenue

Communications
 and
 Components
 Group           62     $  284M     64     $  290M     54     $  324M
Programmable
 Logic
 Division        13         58M     13         62M     11         68M
 (TBN)
Computation
 Products Group  25        115M     23        103M     35        215M


Other Data           Q3 '96              Q2 '96              Q3 '95

Depreciation       $    85M            $   82M             $   66M
Capital Spending       143M               116M                169M
Headcount            12,388             12,535              12,594
International Sales     53%                53%                 56%

(e) Restated to include NEXGEN





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