MY AMD EARNINGS PREVIEW: WHY THIS QUARTER MATTERS MORE THAN EVER
@ShayBoloor:
$Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)$ I think we’re about to see the most important earnings print in AMD’s history -- not because Q2 will be flawless, but because it’s the clearest test yet of whether AMD’s AI transformation has teeth. The business is evolving fast. And the way the market re-rates this name over the next 12–18 months will hinge on how AMD threads the needle between growth and profitability at a platform scale.Margins Will Dip, but That’s Not the PointLet’s be clear: margins will still be under pressure. Gross margins could fall to 52% due to a mix of high-bandwidth memory costs, 5nm packaging, and ROCm ecosystem investments. That’s to be expected when you’re ramping a next-gen AI platform from scratch. But underneath that margin compressi