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Het gaat slecht met Advanced Micro Devices, het ziet er naaruit dat ze echt slecht bezig zijn de laatste maanden.
Dit is enorme verlies.. nog een paar zulke kwartalen en onze lokale AMD fanboys blijven zonder hun idool
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE:AMD - News) posted a quarterly loss on Tuesday as the supplier of microprocessors felt pressure from a price war with Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC - News) and booked costs from its $5.4 billion purchase of graphics chip maker ATI.
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AMD also said its gross margin took a big hit in the fourth quarter due to falling prices for server processors, and it gave a revenue forecast for the first quarter that was short of Wall Street expectations.
AMD's net loss for the fourth quarter ended December 31 was $574 million, or $1.08 per share, compared with a profit of $96 million, or 21 cents a share, a year earlier.
The results included special items such as a $550 million charge related to its purchase of ATI.
After adjusting for those charges, AMD lost 4 cents per share, while the average Wall Street forecast was for a profit of 8 cents per share, according to Reuters Estimates.
Revenue was $1.77 billion, compared to $1.84 billion a year earlier, and slightly ahead of the $1.74 billion average Wall Street forecast.
"We believe we once again gained microprocessor unit share in the quarter," Chief Financial Officer Robert Rivet said in a statement.
Gross margin fell to 40 percent from 52 percent in the previous quarter and from 57 percent a year earlier.
The company said that it expected first-quarter revenue to be between $1.6 billion and $1.7 billion, shy of the $1.8 billion expected by analysts.
AMD, the No. 2 maker of PC processors behind Intel, said earlier this month that quarterly revenue would fall short of Wall Street expectations and that operating profit would fall from the third quarter, citing lower prices for its chips.
Shares in AMD have fallen more than 50 percent over the past year as investors grow concerned that its market share gains against Intel have stalled. The stock trades at 13 times expected 2008 profit, compared to 15.6 times for Intel.
Dit is enorme verlies.. nog een paar zulke kwartalen en onze lokale AMD fanboys blijven zonder hun idool

hoeveel aandelen heb je jonge man ? morgen word je NOG es 10% armer an uitzicht is niet echt positief. AMD zal maar 8 dollar kosten binnen een jaar.
tegen intel fanboys zoals u.