AMD designs computer chips and the software that runs on them. For data centers it sells AI accelerators, EPYC server processors (CPUs), Instinct graphics processors (GPUs) for AI work, networking chips, and FPGAs, which are chips customers can reprogram after they are made. For PCs it sells Ryzen processors for desktops and notebooks and Radeon graphics. Its custom chips power the Sony PlayStation 5 and the Microsoft Xbox Series S and X game consoles. Its embedded chips go into equipment for markets such as aerospace and defense, automotive, industrial and healthcare.
AMD reports three segments: Data Center; Client and Gaming; and Embedded. Its customers include hyperscale data centers (very large cloud operators), makers of PCs and servers, and independent distributors. In data centers it competes primarily against Intel and Nvidia. Intel is its primary competitor in PC processors, and Nvidia is its principal competitor in discrete graphics. AMD does not make its own chips: it uses TSMC and GLOBALFOUNDRIES to produce wafers, and partners in the Asia-Pacific region package and test them.
In March 2025 AMD acquired ZT Systems, keeping its design business, and in October 2025 it sold ZT's data center manufacturing business to Sanmina. Also in October 2025 it signed a product purchase agreement with OpenAI to deploy 6 gigawatts of AMD GPUs, as part of a multiyear partnership. As of December 27, 2025, AMD had approximately 31,000 employees.