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CLAIM #5602 · Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) · 2026Q1 earnings call · May 5, 2026 · due Dec 31, 2026

I think for the year, you should expect us to grow R&D much faster than SG&A.

Jean Hu · CFO

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graded after results covering Dec 31, 2026 are reported

How to check this claim

Look at: Year-over-year growth rate of R&D expense versus SG&A expense, full fiscal year

It came true if: FY2026 R&D YoY growth % > FY2026 SG&A YoY growth %

Where: Company income statement (10-K, FY2026 R&D and SG&A line items)

In context

s the supply chain on the wafer side, on the back end capacity side. And we are seeing meaningful improvements in that. And as our customers come to us with more demand, we are getting more supply. And the good thing about this is we're now talking about '27 CPU demand, we're talking about '28 CPU demand. And so that allows us to just plan much better as we go forward. Blayne Curtis: And then just a quick one for Jean. I'm just curious to follow up on Stacy's question on OpEx. I guess I was a little surprised that SG&A is kind of outpacing R&D. I was just kind of curious, is that start-up costs, because in a strong market, you wouldn't think you would have to discount or have a big sales effort. So I'm just kind of curious for the year, how you think about R&D growth versus SG&A? Jean Hu: I think for the year, you should expect us to grow R&D much faster than SG&A. I think in the past few quarters, we have been really building our go-to-market machine, and we have been investing more in sales and marketing side. But going forward, you should expect the year-over-year growth R&D will grow faster than SG&A growth. Lisa Su: Yes. And if I just add to that, Blayne, the places that we invest -- Jean is absolutely right. We're investing in R&D ahead of sales and marketing. But the places that we're investing in sales and marketing are paying off. So the investments are going into enterprise servers. They're going into commercial PCs. They're going into mid-market, small and medium business. These are places where AMD traditionally didn't invest, but now that we have a much broader portfolio, both on the server CPU and on the commercial PC side, it makes se

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SEC filings for AMD · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2026Q1 earnings call.