AMD's CFO notes that first-generation EPYCs for servers caused minimal losses in 2018.
A few days ago AMD presented its accounts for 2018, which were the best in the last seven years. Despite these good results, it does not mean that all the company's products generate profits. EPYC, the Zen architecture processors for servers, have served the company to present battle to Intel, who had the monopoly in this segment. Although they have had a good start and have performed well in the market, they have not been profitable processors, come on, they do not generate profits.
AMD EPYs are not profitable
Devinder Kumar, Chief Financial Officer of AMD, during an interview spoke about EPYC processors. He wanted to highlight that it is difficult to know whether the company's server processors will be profitable in 2019: "We expect losses to drop from 2018 to 2019 and increase our server business."
"I think the key is going to be the server business in 2019. Year after year we see it, we have lost a little money. But fundamentally, you are investing in go-to-market programs, and investing in the ongoing engineering work that is needed to ensure that customers have their products on time, ”said Kumar.
Kumar was also asked if EPYCs will be able to generate profits, to which he replied: “It is too early to tell, I cannot predict profitability in this segment. But we will see how it evolves throughout the year. "
This year will come EPYC processors based on 7nm lithography, which is expected to be a major revolution in terms of performance and performance. Logically these processors have required an important work in development by the company and TSMC, who manufactures under this lithograph.
Source: DVH
