How we got here and where we're going AMD earns only one out of seven passing grades thanks to a miserable multiyear performance. It's never easy being a distant No. 2 in virtually all of your markets, and AMD has suffered from the shrinking PC market in many ways. None of its other segments have stepped in to fill the void, and without a major turnaround in PCs or a major surge in a new market, it's hard to see how AMD can reverse its slide and earn more passing grades and investor plaudits. But let's not write the chipmaker off just yet. What is AMD actually doing to put its problems in the past?