Advanced Micro Devices
31 named things its latest annual report says its results depend on, each in the company's own words. 21 of them are also named by other companies we've read.
Customers
OpenAI
earns from · 6 gigawatts of AMD GPUsIn October 2025, we entered into a product purchase agreement with OpenAI OpCo, LLC, (OpenAI) to deploy 6 gigawatts of AMD GPUs, with the deployment of the first gigawatt of capacity powered by our AMD Instinct MI450 series products.Business (Item 1)
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Sony
earns fromnamed as a riskThe success of our semi-custom SoC products in our Client and Gaming segment is dependent on securing customers for our semi-custom design pipeline and consumer market conditions, including the success of game console systems and next generation consoles for Sony and Microsoft.Risk factors (Item 1A)
Hyperscale data center customers
earns fromLarge multi-national public cloud service providers and hyperscale private data centers directly and indirectly purchase a substantial portion of our data center-focused products, including server CPUs, GPU accelerators, DPUs, AI NICs, FPGAs and adaptive SoCs.Business (Item 1)
Suppliers
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC)
depends onnamed as a riskWe rely on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC) for the production of all wafers for microprocessor and GPU products at 7 nanometer (nm) or smaller nodes, and we rely primarily on GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. (GF) for wafers for microprocessor and GPU products manufactured at process nodes larger than 7 nm.Risk factors (Item 1A)
Also named by ADI, ALAB, AVGO, CRWV, ENTG, FTNT, INTC, KLAC and 6 more
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC)
depends onnamed as a riskMoreover, we rely on TSMC, UMC and our other foundries to produce wafers with competitive performance attributes for our IC products.Risk factors (Item 1A)
Also named by MXL
GlobalFoundries Inc.
depends onnamed as a riskWe are party to a wafer supply agreement with GF where GF will provide a minimum annual capacity allocation to us and set pricing through 2026.Risk factors (Item 1A)
Tongfu Microelectronics Co., Ltd. (ATMP JVs)
depends onnamed as a riskThe majority of our ATMP services are provided by the ATMP JVs and there is no guarantee that the ATMP JVs will be able to fulfill our long-term ATMP requirements.Risk factors (Item 1A)
Siliconware Precision Industries Ltd. (SPIL)
depends onThe ATMP JVs, Siliconware Precision Industries Ltd. (SPIL) and King Yuan Electronics Company (KYEC) provide ATMP services for our products.Business (Item 1)
Partners and platforms
Microsoft
depends onnamed as a riskOur ability to innovate beyond the x86 instruction set controlled by Intel depends partially on Microsoft designing and developing its operating systems to run on or support our x86-based microprocessor products.Risk factors (Item 1A)
Also named by AAOI, AAON, AES, AJG, BLK, CDW, CEG, CG and 13 more
Other companies
Higon Information Technology Co., Ltd. (THATIC)
named as a riskWe may not realize the expected benefits from the THATIC JV’s expected future performance, including the receipt of any royalties from certain licensed intellectual property.Risk factors (Item 1A)
Cryptocurrency mining market
earns fromnamed as a riskIf we are unable to manage the risks related to the volatility of the cryptocurrency mining market (including potential actions by global monetary authorities), our GPU business could be materially adversely affected.Risk factors (Item 1A)
Sanmina Corporation
In October 2025, we sold the ZT data center infrastructure manufacturing business (ZT Manufacturing Business) to Sanmina Corporation (Sanmina).Business (Item 1)
Also named by ANET
Competitors
Places
China
earns from · 15% of the revenuenamed as a riskIn August 2025, U.S. government officials expressed an expectation that the U.S. government will receive 15% of the revenue generated from licensed MI308 sales to China.Risk factors (Item 1A)
Also named by A, AA, AAOI, AAP, AAPL, AB, ADI, AEHR and 261 more
International sales
earns from · 67%named as a riskInternational sales, as a percent of net revenue, were 67% for the year ended December 27, 2025.Risk factors (Item 1A)
Also named by AEHR, AME, ATI, AVAV, CRS, ENTG, FSS, HLIO and 5 more
Taiwan
concentrated innamed as a riskAlso, in addition to restrictions imposed by the United States or China on exports or imports from one another, geopolitical changes between China and Taiwan could disrupt the operations of our Taiwan-based third-party wafer foundries, manufacturing facilities and subcontractors, and materially adversely affect delivery of products and our business, financial condition and/or operating results.Risk factors (Item 1A)
Also named by AAOI, AAPL, AB, ADI, AEHR, ALAB, AMAT, ANET and 50 more
China, Malaysia and Taiwan assembly and test
concentrated innamed as a riskNearly all product assembly and final testing of our products is performed at third-party operated manufacturing facilities, in China, Malaysia and Taiwan.Risk factors (Item 1A)
Hazards
California earthquakes
operates innamed as a riskFor example, our California operations are located near major earthquake fault lines.Risk factors (Item 1A)
Taiwan earthquakes
concentrated innamed as a riskIn April 2024, Taiwan experienced an earthquake where our third-party wafer foundries are located.Risk factors (Item 1A)
Also named by ALAB
Commodities and inputs
Memory
exposed to its pricenamed as a riskFor example, there is currently an industry-wide memory shortage as the demand for such components has outpaced supply.Risk factors (Item 1A)
Also named by NVDA
Data center energy and water
named as a riskIf customers cannot secure sufficient power or water, or experience outages or shortages of these resources, they may be unable to expand their data center capacity and may reduce or stop purchases from us.Risk factors (Item 1A)
Regulators
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
subject tonamed as a riskThese controls prevent us from shipping certain AMD Instinct™ integrated circuits and certain AMD Versal™ FPGAs to China, or to customers outside of the United States who are headquartered in—or whose ultimate parent is headquartered in—a D5 Country, without a license.Risk factors (Item 1A)
Also named by AAOI, APH, CRWV, EXTR, GLW, GTLB, LITE, MTSI and 5 more
California Regional Water Quality Control Board
subject tonamed as a riskIn 1991, we received Final Site Clean-up Requirements Orders from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board relating to the three sites.Business (Item 1)
Laws and programs
U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR)
subject to · approximately $800 million in inventory and related chargesnamed as a riskAs a result of the restriction, we incurred approximately $800 million in inventory and related charges in the second quarter of 2025.Risk factors (Item 1A)
Also named by ADI, ALAB, APP, ARW, AVGO, CARR, CDRE, COHR and 40 more
Superfund (CERCLA)
subject to · approximately $5.9 millionnamed as a riskTo address anticipated future remediation costs under the orders, we have computed and recorded an estimated environmental liability of approximately $5.9 million and have not recorded any potential insurance recoveries in determining the estimated costs of the cleanup.Business (Item 1)
Also named by ABBV, ABT, CRS, ED, FLS, IR, KVUE, MO and 4 more
Revolving Credit Agreement
$3.0 billionnamed as a riskWe also have an unsecured revolving credit facility in the aggregate principal amount of $3.0 billion (Revolving Credit Agreement).Risk factors (Item 1A)
EU AI Act
subject tonamed as a riskFor example, the EU AI Act was adopted in 2024 and its implementation will be phased in over the next few years.Risk factors (Item 1A)
Also named by ACN, ADBE, AXON, CGNX, CRM, CRWD, CTSH, DOCN and 36 more
U.S. Entity List
subject tonamed as a riskIn June 2019, BIS added certain Chinese entities to the Entity List, including THATIC and the THATIC JV.Risk factors (Item 1A)
AI Diffusion Rule
subject tonamed as a riskThe replacement rules may limit our ability to engage in certain business transactions, require new export licenses, delay shipments, or necessitate changes in our compliance processes and product designs to ensure regulatory compliance.Risk factors (Item 1A)
Also named by SMCI
Technology
Arm
competes withnamed as a riskSome competitors are pursuing alternative computing architectures, such as Arm, which could grow the Arm ecosystem and increase competition in consumer, commercial and data center, reducing demand for our products.Risk factors (Item 1A)