CLAIM #5603 · Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) · 2026Q1 earnings call · May 5, 2026 · due Dec 31, 2026
“But going forward, you should expect the year-over-year growth R&D will grow faster than SG&A growth.”
Jean Hu · CFO
How to check this claim
Look at: Year-over-year growth rate of R&D expense compared to year-over-year growth rate of SG&A expense, fiscal year 2026
It came true if: FY2026 R&D YoY growth % > FY2026 SG&A YoY growth %
Where: Company income statement (10-K / Q4 earnings release, operating expense breakdown)
In context
“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 sense for us to invest because that's sort of the very best part of those markets. Matthew Ramsay: All right. Thank you very much, everybody, for joining and your interest in AMD. John, you can go ahead and close the call now. Thanks. Operator: Thank you”
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SEC filings for AMD ↗ · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2026Q1 earnings call.