Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) stock was down on Friday even after the semiconductor company filed a patent that covers a new DDR5 RAM standard. This new standard would offer double the bandwidth of current DDR5 RAM, which would bring it up to 12.8 Gbps. AMD’s patent argues that the need for higher-bandwidth memory has grown alongside demand for more powerful computers.
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The AMD DDR5 RAM patent application states, “Because the memory bandwidth required for applications such as high-performance graphics processors and servers, which have multiple cores and a corresponding increase in bandwidth-per-core requirement, are outpacing the roadmap of bandwidth improvements for DDR DRAM chips, improved DIMM architectures are needed to meet such requirements with current DDR chip technologies such as DDR5.”
The biggest problem AMD might run into with this patent is adoption. If the PC industry doesn’t adopt its new DDR5 RAM technology as the standard, this patent won’t mean much. Additionally, it could take years for this patent to be approved and AMD to get the technology around it ready for market.
AMD Stock Movement Today
AMD stock was down 1.78% on Friday, but remained up 31.14% year-to-date. However, the company’s shares have fallen 1.97% over the past 12 months. While the company benefited from the AI boom in 2025, concerns about demand for its server products remain an issue for the stock.
Is AMD Stock a Buy, Sell, or Hold?
Turning to Wall Street, the analysts’ consensus rating for AMD is Moderate Buy, based on 21 Buy and 13 Hold ratings over the past three months. With that comes an average AMD stock price target of $187.73, representing a potential 18.46% upside for the shares.
