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AMD Shares Drop 9% After Revenue Surge, AI Deal

8/6/2026

Summary

Story summary

AMD shares fell 9% in after-hours trading on August 5 after reporting Q2 revenue of $11.5 billion, a 50% rise, and setting Q3 guidance at $13 billion ± $300 million.
AMD posted data-center sales of $6.7 billion, more than double year-over-year and 58% of revenue, and reported adjusted EPS of $1.66 versus the $1.62 estimate.
AMD increased capital expenditures to $808 million and launched the Helios AI rack, which secured a 2-GW MI450 deal for Anthropic in 2027.

History

Historical Context

After Ian Buck’s CUDA platform debuted in 2007, Nvidia shifted GPUs from graphics to general-purpose AI work, launching the Hopper H100 in 2022 and selling 500,000 units in Q3 2023. In March 2024 the company unveiled the Blackwell B100/B200 accelerators—built on TSMC’s 4NP node with a 104-billion-transistor die—continuing the AI-chip boom that now drives multi-billion-dollar data-center markets.

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Story summary

AMD shares fell 9% in after-hours trading on August 5 after reporting Q2 revenue of $11.5 billion, a 50% rise, and setting Q3 guidance at $13 billion ± $300 million.
AMD posted data-center sales of $6.7 billion, more than double year-over-year and 58% of revenue, and reported adjusted EPS of $1.66 versus the $1.62 estimate.
AMD increased capital expenditures to $808 million and launched the Helios AI rack, which secured a 2-GW MI450 deal for Anthropic in 2027.

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