AMD has since the launch of the first DirectX 11 graphics cards in September 2009 shipped 25 million circuits supporting the latest graphics standard. This was revealed by AMD in its fiscal resport Q3 2010, which otherwise was dominated by red numbers and a loss of 118 million dollar.
AMD did better in Q3 this year than the same period last year when the company reported a loss of 128 million dollar, but compared to Q2 2010 it was big drop when it lost both revenue and income.
Even though AMD continues to report losses there are reasons for this, not the least the break-out of GlobalFoundries that cost AMD hundreds of millions in capital loss and payments. When AMD has paid of the debt the numbers will turn up for the better and if we deduct the costs associated with GlobalFoundries the numbers would have been in the black.
Even if AMD sold 25 million DirectX 11 circuits over the last year it dropped 11% of its revenue since Q2, but the estimated annual result still points to an increase of 33%. Something AMD guarantees will be topped with the launch of the Radeon HD 6000 family.
AMD has a big launch coming
AMD sees many positive trends in the processor segment where not the least its mobile solutions are gaining ground. The revenue for AMD Computing Solutions increased by 13% since Q2 and doubled compared to Q3 2009, 164 million versus 82 million dollar. With the new mobile Ontario platform in development AMD has every possibility to improve these numbers, but the stationary market will have to wait for its update.
