Fight against Intel costs AMD volume of trade and profit
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) made known that the volume of trade of the fourth quarter to expectation 3 per cent more high will be then the 1.33 billion dollar volume of trade of the third quarter. That is lower than initial was expected.
The chip sales are writes Welled in the fourth quarter about it general good, by which AMD reach can generally a volume of trade growth of 8, until 10 per cent, as The Street Journal.
Moreover has them to me AMD announced them to me that it expects that the operational profit positively will be, but 'substantially lower than in the third quarter'.
The lower profit and volume of trade expectations its according to the chip manufacturer on the violent price war in the chip market to blame. AMD fights since April 2003 against aartsrivaal Intel.
The figures of AMD of the fourth quarter will on 23 January curb market known be made.