IN USA January is characterized by the abundance of annual financial reports . AMD company , yesterday reported the financial activity results for the fourth quarter of last year. The main events preceding this period are the completion of accounting division in Globalfoundries and obtaining from Intel $1.25 billions , precisely, Intel money allowed AMD to state about profit in the size of $1.178 billions in the fourth quarter 2009. AMD completed the third quarter last year with the loss in the size of $128 ml.
Gain in the fourth quarter composed $1.646 billions, which up to 18% more than the gain of previous block and to 42% more than the indices of the analogous period last year. For the period of 2009 AMD profit rate was improved : with 40% in 2008 to 42% . In the fourth quarter, this index reached 45%, whereas in the third quarter it was equal to 42%. If we do not consider globalfoundries operation , then profit rate for the last block was improved from 38% to 41%. In 2009 AMD could rescue only $5.4 billions, whereas in 2008 the gain of the company composed $5.8 billions it is expected that in the first quarter 2010 the gain volumes will be reduced in accordance with the seasonal phenomena.
Graphic AMD division in the fourth quarter dispatched a record quantity of discrete mobile video chip. Gain from the realization of graphical solutions as a whole grew in the fourth quarter by 40% to $427 ml. as a whole each year the gain volume from the realization of graphical solutions grew by 4% to $1.206 billion volumes of graphical solution sales and their mean price grew on the comparison both with the third quarter and with an analogous period last year. If there were no technological problems from TSMC, AMD company could realize more video chip. The price of central processor AMD in the fourth quarter 2008 was higher, analogous dynamics is observed also in the graphic segment. The sales volumes of processors also grew, gain for the block increased by 14% to $1.214 billions after getting rid of capacity production, AMD company looks in 2010 with optimism.