AMD promises frequent communication about its production

WCCF Tech got its hands on a letter from AMD CEO Lisa Su that was send to the company's partners. Yesterday Intel CEO Bob Swan said the firm is shipping over 90 percent of products on time and now AMD also commits to informing partners about the state of its ecosystem. These are challenging times for businesses around the world as a lot of operations are hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. How this will impact business is extremely hard to predict as on one hand production is affected, while demand is also impacted. For example, a lot less computers will ship but there's also a significant uptick in demand from cloud providers, which are frantically increasing capacity to facilitate the millions of employees that now need to work from home.

To our valued partners,

Like all of you, AMD is working diligently to navigate the uncertainty of COVID-19. We are continuously monitoring and assessing the situation and have taken the necessary steps to maintain business continuity while protecting the health and safety of our employees, customers and communities. We remain committed to being a strong and dependable partner to you and your teams as this dynamic situation unfolds.

AMD possesses a world-class global supply chain. Over the last five years we’ve established a track record of excellence in execution and we are well positioned today to continue to execute well through these unprecedented times. As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, we will continue to make adjustments and mitigate the impact on our global operations. We’re staying very close to you, our partners, to make sure we’re doing all that we can to support the evolving demand environment and your priorities.

We take great pride in the fact that, together with you our partners, we provide technology and products that are needed now more than ever. Today, people are working safely and productively at home on AMD-powered laptops, using services running on AMD-powered servers, and searching for medical breakthroughs on AMD-powered supercomputers. We don’t take this responsibility lightly.

We continue to keep the health and safety of our employees, and those of our partners, as the top priority. We are following guidelines from local government and public health authorities around the world and implementing best practices to keep our operations running effectively.

We will stay focused on delivering on our commitments to you. We will communicate frequently and transparently so that as an ecosystem, we can manage our businesses well. Please do not hesitate to reach out to your local AMD team with any questions or concerns. We’re in this together and are confident in our shared resilience. Thank you for your partnership.

Sincerely,
Dr. Lisa Su
President and Chief Executive Officer