Third-party manufacturers (foundries)
Supplier Dependency
AMD relies on third parties to manufacture products; inability to manufacture on time, in quantity, or with competitive technologies would materially harm the business.
Relevance 95·Dependency 95·Confidence 92
Source evidence
“We rely on third parties to manufacture our products, and if they are unable to do so on a timely basis in sufficient quantities and using competitive technologies”
TSMC manufactures AMD's newest IC products; yield and process-transition performance directly drive AMD's costs, supply, and gross margin.
Relevance 95·Dependency 90·Confidence 98
Source evidence
“the foundries, particularly TSMC which manufactures our newest IC products, must be able to transition to advanced manufacturing process technologies”
Artificial Intelligence
Demand Driver
AI is AMD's central strategic driver: data center AI accelerator demand since 2024, AI PC adoption, and full-stack AI investments underpin growth, though the trajectory of generative AI adoption is unknown.
Relevance 95·Dependency 80·Confidence 95
Source evidence
“since 2024, we have experienced significant demand for our AI accelerators”
Artificial intelligence demand
Revenue Exposure
FY2025 growth driven by demand for 5th Gen EPYC processors and Instinct MI350 GPUs; AI strategy (annual Instinct cadence, Helios rack-scale platform, ROCm) is the company's central strategic priority.
Relevance 95·Dependency 80·Confidence 95
Source evidence
“primarily driven by strong demand for our 5th generation AMD EPYC™ processors and AMD Instinct™ MI350 Series GPUs”
OpenAI OpCo, LLC
Customer Exposure
Multiyear strategic partnership to deploy 6 GW of AMD GPUs beginning with Instinct MI450, a material demand commitment for the Data Center segment.
Relevance 95·Dependency 70·Confidence 95
Source evidence
“This multiyear strategic partnership with OpenAI demonstrates our continued execution of hardware, software and full-stack solutions roadmaps.”
OpenAI OpCo, LLC
Customer Exposure
October 2025 product purchase agreement with OpenAI to deploy 6 GW of AMD GPUs starting with Instinct MI450, plus a 160M-share warrant tied to GPU purchase milestones, makes OpenAI a strategic anchor AI customer.
Relevance 92·Dependency 65·Confidence 95
Source evidence
“entered into a product purchase agreement with OpenAI OpCo, LLC, (OpenAI) to deploy 6 gigawatts of AMD GPUs”
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC)
Supplier Dependency
TSMC produces wafers for AMD's HPC, FPGA and adaptive SoC products, making it a critical sole-source-style foundry dependency.
Relevance 90·Dependency 85·Confidence 97
Source evidence
“We utilize Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC) for the production of wafers for our HPC, FPGA and adaptive SoC products”
China-Taiwan tensions
Geopolitical Exposure
China-Taiwan geopolitical changes could disrupt AMD's Taiwan-based wafer foundries and assembly/test subcontractors, affecting product delivery.
Relevance 90·Dependency 75·Confidence 96
Source evidence
“geopolitical changes between China and Taiwan could disrupt the operations of our Taiwan-based third-party wafer foundries, manufacturing facilities and subcontractors”
U.S. export controls on semiconductors to China
Regulatory Exposure
New U.S. export restrictions on MI308 GPUs to China drove ~$800M of inventory charges in Q2 FY2025, partially reversed (~$360M) after licenses; possible 15% U.S. government revenue share expectation creates further regulatory uncertainty.
Relevance 90·Dependency 70·Confidence 96
Source evidence
“recorded approximately $800 million of inventory and related charges on AMD Instinct MI308 Data Center GPU products due to new U.S. export restrictions on certain semiconductors to China”
Nvidia Corporation
Competitive Exposure
Nvidia's data center GPU market position, financial resources and proprietary software ecosystem influence shared customers; Sept 2025 Nvidia-Intel partnership may intensify competition and pricing pressure.
Relevance 90·Dependency 65·Confidence 94
Source evidence
“Nvidia Corporation (Nvidia) leverages its market position in data center GPU, financial resources, and proprietary software ecosystem to promote its systems and influences customers who do business with us.”
China, Malaysia, Taiwan
Manufacturing Dependency
Nearly all assembly and final testing is concentrated at third-party facilities in China, Malaysia and Taiwan, concentrating operational risk.
Relevance 85·Dependency 85·Confidence 97
Source evidence
“Nearly all product assembly and final testing of our products is performed at third-party operated manufacturing facilities, in China, Malaysia and Taiwan.”
International trade and export controls
Revenue Exposure
With 67% of net revenue international, AMD's sales are exposed to tariffs, export licensing, US-China trade deterioration, and trade protection measures.
Relevance 85·Dependency 70·Confidence 95
Source evidence
“International sales, as a percent of net revenue, were 67% for the year ended December 27, 2025.”
Data center buildout
Demand Driver
Customer access to data center capacity, energy, and capital constrains demand for AMD AI products; buildout delays could materially affect growth strategy.
Relevance 85·Dependency 70·Confidence 90
Source evidence
“construction delays in the scheduled buildout of data centers could impact the timing of customer demand”
Export regulations and tariffs
Regulatory Exposure
Export regulations, import tariffs and trade protection measures may limit AMD's ability to export products to certain customers, constraining international sales.
Relevance 85·Dependency 65·Confidence 92
Source evidence
“may limit our ability to export our products to certain customers”
Intel Corporation
Competitive Exposure
Intel's aggressive pricing and incentives against AMD's customers and channel partners reduce AMD unit sales and average selling prices.
Relevance 85·Dependency 60·Confidence 95
Source evidence
“These aggressive activities have reduced and may reduce our unit sales and average selling prices for many of our products”
Hyperscale customers, OEMs and ODMs
Customer Exposure
Demand for data center AI GPU products came from large hyperscale customers, OEMs and ODMs deploying AMD Instinct MI350X Series GPUs; revenue allowances also reflect OEM/ODM and distributor return, rebate and price-protection terms.
Relevance 75·Dependency 60·Confidence 90
Source evidence
“large hyperscale customers, OEMs and ODMs deployed our AMD Instinct MI350X Series GPUs”
Microsoft Corporation
Technology Dependency
Loss of Microsoft's support or vendors not developing software for AMD products could materially impair AMD's ability to sell products.
Relevance 70·Dependency 60·Confidence 90
Source evidence
“If we lose Microsoft Corporation’s support for our products or other software vendors do not design and develop software to run on our products, our ability to sell our products could be materially adversely affected.”
Cybersecurity threats
Legal Exposure
Cyberattacks on AMD or third-party providers could breach confidential data, cause litigation, regulatory action, and remediation costs; AI may amplify attack sophistication.
Relevance 70·Dependency 60·Confidence 94
Source evidence
“Cyberattacks that breach our security measures, or those of our third-party service providers, customers or business partners, could result in any or all of the following”
Semi-custom SoC products
Demand Driver
Semi-custom SoC revenue is directly tied to the market success of third-party customers' end products, which AMD does not control.
Relevance 65·Dependency 55·Confidence 93
Source evidence
“Any revenue from sales of our semi-custom SoC products is directly related to sales of the third-party’s products and reflective of their success in the market.”
AI talent competition
Competitive Exposure
Competitors target AMD employees with AI/ML skills; failure to retain talent could hinder product development programs.
Relevance 60·Dependency 50·Confidence 92
Source evidence
“Our competitors have targeted individuals in our organization that have desired skills and experience.”
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. (GF)
Supplier Dependency
GF supplies wafers for HPC products at the 12 nm and 14 nm technology nodes.
Relevance 60·Dependency 40·Confidence 95
Source evidence
“GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. (GF), with respect to wafer purchases for our HPC products at the 12 nm and 14 nm technology nodes”
Natural disasters and climate change
Cost Driver
Earthquakes, extreme weather, and water availability disruptions (e.g., April 2024 Taiwan earthquake) could interrupt AMD, supplier, or foundry operations and raise costs.
Relevance 55·Dependency 45·Confidence 90
Source evidence
“In April 2024, Taiwan experienced an earthquake where our third-party wafer foundries are located.”