AMD stock falls on cautious comments at Morgan Stanley

Investing.com -- Shares of Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:AMD ) fell over 3% on Tuesday following cautious remarks from Morgan Stanley, highlighting concerns about the company’s AI supply chain strategy. 

Analysts said in a note that AMD appears to have reduced its CoWoS wafer bookings at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for 2025 due to uncertainty about MI325 demand.

"AMD seems to have trimmed some CoWoS wafer booking at TSMC for 2025 given uncertainty around MI325 demand," Morgan Stanley stated. 

The move suggests that AMD is taking a conservative approach to managing potential fluctuations in demand for its AI processors. 

However, Morgan Stanley analysts added that Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA ) quickly absorbed the vacated capacity at TSMC, underscoring Nvidia's aggressive positioning in the AI market.

The bank’s note also provided insight into broader trends in the semiconductor industry, indicating that other companies are ramping up production. 

They said that Marvell (NASDAQ:MRVL ), for example, tripled its CoWoS bookings for 2025 compared to 2024. Meanwhile, Intel’s Habana division has kept its wafer bookings at TSMC unchanged, signaling stability in its AI-related production.

The analysts’ cautious tone on AMD follows a period of heightened competition in the AI space, with Nvidia solidifying its leadership. 

The note also says that “WPG sales grew 25% Q/Q in 3Q vs. previous guidance of only up 5.5% Q/Q,” with the bank highlighting citing “increasing business coming from AMD CPU and ‘GPU.’”

AMD shares are up around 5.9% for the year to date.

 

Source: Investing.com