Last acquaintance with AMD plans created the impression about the readiness of the company to begin the deliveries of 32 nm processors not earlier than 2011, including the first hybrid processors llano with the built-in graphic core. However, AMD quarterly report on this week brought the new revelations of the company leaders , on the appearance periods of the first 32 nm processors AMD.
As reports associate with the reference for the statements of Dirk Meyer, AMD chapter, the company plans to begin the deliveries of 32 nm hybrid processors in the second-half 2010. Intel already began the commercial deliveries of their 32 nm processors, but on sale they will appear only on 3 January.
Speaking about the financial sums of the third quarter as a whole, we should mention the reduction of clean AMD losses to $128 mln. against $134 ml a years earlier. The company incomes in the third quarter grew from $1.2 billion quarter earlier to $1.4 billions . In comparison with the second quarter this year, AMD incomes grew by 18%, but they are 22% lower than the indices of the third quarter last year.
In the third quarter AMD observed an increased in demand for its processors and video chip. The sales price of processors grew, while the sales price of video card was reduced. : due to the increased degree equipment workload and 45 nm processor in assortment delivery, and also reduction of operating expenditure. The gross profit for the block increased from 37% to 42%. It is expected that in the fourth quarter the incomes of AMD will grow slightly.
In the past block was observed an increase in the demand on notebook, especially in China. In the current block AMD plans to present the new mobile platform congo. Furthermore, company intends to enlarge assortment and to reduce prices of separate desktop processors, and to also transfer them to new stepping.