“AMD’s board and management believe that the strategy the company is currently pursuing to drive long-term growth by leveraging AMD’s highly differentiated technology assets is the right approach to enhance shareholder value,” Drew Prairie, a spokesman for AMD, said in an e-mailed statement.

The statement came after Reuters reported that AMD hired JPMorgan Chase & Co. to explore options, including a potential sale of the company or its patent portfolio. AMD shares surged as much as 18 percent on the Reuters report Tuesday, then pared the gains to close up 10 cents, or 5 percent, at $2.09. They fell as low as $1.98 after AMD’s statement.

Last month, AMD gave a forecast for fourth-quarter sales that fell short of analysts’ estimates and said it would cut 15 percent of its staff, citing weak demand across all product lines in a challenging economic environment.

The revenue projection put the Sunnyvale, California-based company on course for its fourth consecutive quarterly sales decline. That led analysts such as Sanford C Bernstein & Co.’s Stacy Rasgon to predict that, if the trend continues, cash reserves may fall short of what AMD says it needs. The stock has dropped 61 percent this year.