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AMD CEO’s 2014 outlook: PC market weaker, gaming stronger, and ARM server chips coming

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Advanced Micro Devices chief executive Rory Read said the company expects a diversifying product base will help its revenues in 2014, but the core PC chips market will weaken.

But while Read sounded optimistic, AMD noted that its first quarter sales would be down 13 percent to 19 percent from the fourth quarter. As the second-largest maker of computer microprocessors, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD is a leading indicator for both PC sales and video game console sales.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.