Market participants are concerned about the purchase of British ARM Holding by Japanese company SoftBank.
Let us not forget that AMD is a licensee of ARM, and produces for server segment Seattle processors with ARM-compatible architecture.
In this context, AMD has admitted that a lot of respect ARM and said it was his close partner, not a competitor. Deal with SoftBank is AMD's big interest. AMD itself has enough interesting know-how needed by customers. In particular, in the consumer segment and in the market "cloud" systems for corporate use. Here, AMD continues to look for new licensees, and some of the fruits can manifest in the next few quarters. Manufactured products for its own AMD considers insufficient for successful monetization of its patent potential. The joint venture with the Chinese have brought AMD in the second quarter $ 26 million in Royalties.