AMD’s datacenter business is booming while gaming takes a backseat

AMD’s latest earnings showed data center revenue jumping to $6.7 billion, up 107% year over year and 50% overall company revenue to a record $11.5 billion, while gaming revenue fell 31% to $779 million. The split highlights how AI-driven demand is reshaping AMD’s business mix, with datacenter now 58% of revenue even as higher prices and component shortages hurt Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and Steam Deck sales.

Driven by demand for AI capacity, AMD's data center revenue more than doubled year-over-year in its latest earnings report , reaching $6.7 billion. That's up from $5.8 billion in Q1 , and jumping 107 percent from the $3.2 billion it reported for the same period a year ago. At the same time, AMD's gaming revenue fell 31 percent compared to last year, to $779 million, as price hikes and component shortages slowed sales for the Xbox Series X / S, PS5, and Valve's Steam Deck. "Revenue increased 50 percent year-over-year to a record $11.5 billion, driven by continued strength in our Data Center business, which represented 58% of company revenue i … Read the full story at The Verge.