Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Q4 FY2024 Earnings Call

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Overview

  • 2024 was described as a “transformative year,” highlighted by record revenue, major data center AI growth, and strong CPU share gains.
  • Full-year revenue reached $25.8B, up 14% YoY (data center +94%, client +52%).
  • Q4 revenue hit a record $7.7B, +24% YoY and +12% QoQ.
  • Data center contributed ~50% of total revenue for the year.

Financial Performance Highlights

  • Q4 gross margin: 54% (up 330bps YoY).
  • Q4 operating income: $2B (record), 26% margin.
  • Q4 EPS: $1.09, up 42% YoY.
  • Q4 free cash flow: record $1.1B.

Data Center Segment

  • Q4 revenue: $3.9B, +69% YoY, reaching an all‑time high.
  • Full-year data center revenue nearly doubled YoY.
  • EPYC CPUs:
    • Strong cloud and enterprise growth; cloud share >50% at most major hyperscalers.
    • Enterprise consumption of EPYC in cloud nearly tripled YoY.
    • 120+ new 5th‑gen Turin platforms launched in Q4; over 450 EPYC platforms now available across OEMs.
  • AI Accelerators (Instinct GPUs):
    • Data center AI revenue surpassed $5B for 2024.
    • MI300X deployments expanded with Meta, Microsoft, IBM, DigitalOcean and others.
    • ROCm software performance: MI300X inference +2.7x since launch.

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Operator: Greetings, and welcome to the AMD Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Conference Call. At this time all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. [Operator Instructions] And as a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce to you Matt Ramsey, Vice President of Investor Relations. Thank you, Matt. You may begin. Matt Ramsey: Thank you, and welcome to AMD's fourth quarter and full year 2024 financial results conference call. By now, you should have had the opportunity to review a copy of our earnings press release and accompanying slides. If you have not had the chance to review these materials, they can be found on the Investor Relations page of amd.com. We will refer primarily to non-GAAP financial measures during today's call. The full non-GAAP to GAAP reconciliations are available in today's press release and slides posted on our website. Participants in today's conference call are Dr. Lisa Su, our Chair and Chief Executive Officer; and Jean Hu, our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. This is a live call and will be replayed via webcast on our website. Before we begin, I would like to note that Jean Hu will attend the Morgan Stanley Global TMT Conference on Monday, March 3. Today's discussion contains forward-looking statements based on our current beliefs, assumptions and expectations, speak only as of today and as such, involve risks

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