超威半导体公司Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) 2017年年度报告「NASDAQ」.pdf

1、2017 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-KDear Shareholders:At AMD,we believe that high-performance computing has the power to transform our lives.Whether you considerthe ever-increasing cloud datacenters that process our data,breakthrough medical research,access to universal education,climate modeling or ener

2、gy solutions,high-performance computing plays an increasingly central role in our world.It is that vision that started AMD on the path to become a leader in high-performance computing.2017 marked a key product and financial inflection point for AMD.Our newest wave of high-performance,margin accretiv

3、e products created significant momentum for our business.Intense focus on great products and deep customer relationships resulted in 25 percent annual revenue growth,expanded gross margin,full-year profitability and significant earnings-per-share improvement from the prior year.Importantly,we set a

4、solid foundation forongoing growth as we take the next steps towards meeting our long-term product goals and financial commitments.Our Computing and Graphics segment had an incredible year,delivering a 54 percent increase in annual revenuebased on the launch of more than 40 new high-performance CPUs

5、 and GPUs.We brought choice and innovation backto the PC market with the launch of our Ryzen family of processors,including Ryzen Threadripper,the industrys first 16-core High-End Desktop processor,and Ryzen Mobile,featuring the worlds fastest processor for ultrathin notebooks.Ryzen processors drove

6、 significant market share at worldwide e-tailers,and our Ryzen PRO processorwas adopted by major PC OEMs,expanding our presence in the commercial market.In graphics,we drove recordannual revenue based on significant demand for our new Radeon“Vega”GPUs as well as our“Polaris”architecture-based GPU pr