Equity Long-Short, Semiconductors, Fabricated Knowledge

Douglas O'Laughlin

Equity Long-Short, Semiconductors

Fabricated Knowledge

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Nvidia’s quarter was surprising to me because it was boring. There were a few incremental pieces, but the big news was everything to do with China.</li><li>As you know, there was another round of export restrictions with a myopic focus on AI Accelerators.</li><li>This impacted results and the outlook.</li></ul>

Nvidia’s quarter was surprising to me because it was boring. There were a few incremental pieces, but the big news was everything to do with China.As you know, there was another round of export restrictions with a myopic focus on AI Accelerators.This impacted results and the outlook.

Nvidia's China Problems, Applied Materials, and Microsoft's Accelerators

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Advanced Micro Devices / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Advanced Micro Devices managed to surpass analysts' revenue and earnings expectations, achieving notable milestones in AI hardware and software development and reinforcing their momentum in AI solutions.</li><li>With over 50 notebook designs powered by Ryzen AI in the market, collaboration with Microsoft on the next Windows generation, and strong growth in PC and Data Center segments, the quarter yielded a 4% YoY and 8% sequential revenue increase to $5.8 billion.</li><li>In the Data Center segment, AMD secured commitments from large hyperscale customers for Instinct MI300 accelerators, leading to flat YoY but a 21% sequential revenue increase to $1.6 billion.</li></ul>

Advanced Micro Devices managed to surpass analysts' revenue and earnings expectations, achieving notable milestones in AI hardware and software development and reinforcing their momentum in AI solutions.With over 50 notebook designs powered by Ryzen AI in the market, collaboration with Microsoft on the next Windows generation, and strong growth in PC and Data Center segments, the quarter yielded a 4% YoY and 8% sequential revenue increase to $5.8 billion.In the Data Center segment, AMD secured commitments from large hyperscale customers for Instinct MI300 accelerators, leading to flat YoY but a 21% sequential revenue increase to $1.6 billion.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD): The Nod.ai Acquisition A Possible Game Changer? - Major Drivers

Semiconductor & Technology Specialist, Ingenuity

William Keating

Semiconductor & Technology Specialist

Ingenuity

Our focus is exclusively on in-depth research & consulting in the broader semiconductor industry. We focus on the key players, namely Intel, Micron, Qualcomm, Apple, Samsung, NVIDIA, AMD, TSMC & Global Foundries - as well as some of the lesser known, but nonetheless critical, companies such as ASML (for EUV), Mellanox, Cavium, Xilinx etc. We specialise in their products, roadmaps, process technologies, competitive advantages & threats etc. We also help our clients understand the implications of new and emerging technologies, e.g. 3D X-Point, 3D NAND, Carbon Nanotubes, Autonomous Driving, Graphene, Silicon Photonics, Wafer-Level Optics, Artificial Intelligence, FPGA, GPU, ASIC etc. 

Semiconductor Analysis & Research

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul>
<li>Global semiconductor sales have increased MoM  for seven months in a row. PC &amp; Smartphone unit shipments have bottomed and are on the rise. Memory has bottomed.</li>
<li>Silicon wafer inventories are piled high, ASML, TEL facing down zero growth in 2024, foundry utilisations are (mostly) in the doldrums with further ASP cuts looming on the horizon. </li>
<li>Multiple data points suggest we'll still be talking about this downturn well into 2024</li>
</ul>


Global semiconductor sales have increased MoM  for seven months in a row. PC &amp; Smartphone unit shipments have bottomed and are on the rise. Memory has bottomed.
Silicon wafer inventories are piled high, ASML, TEL facing down zero growth in 2024, foundry utilisations are (mostly) in the doldrums with further ASP cuts looming on the horizon. 
Multiple data points suggest we'll still be talking about this downturn well into 2024


Semiconductors. The Downturn Is Over. Or Is It?

<ul>
<li>Q3FY24 revenues of 18.1 billion, up 34% QoQ and up a staggering 206% from the year ago period. It was also ~$2 billion higher than the guided number</li>
<li>NVIDIA’s current quarter forecast was for a further revenue raise of almost $2 billion with gross margins staying roughly flat at 74.5%</li>
<li>Share price reaction was negative, closing down 2.5% the following day. But why?</li>
</ul>


Q3FY24 revenues of 18.1 billion, up 34% QoQ and up a staggering 206% from the year ago period. It was also ~$2 billion higher than the guided number
NVIDIA’s current quarter forecast was for a further revenue raise of almost $2 billion with gross margins staying roughly flat at 74.5%
Share price reaction was negative, closing down 2.5% the following day. But why?


NVIDIA. Another Beat & Raise, Yet Shares Slide. But Why?

Semiconductors, Memory and SSDs Specialist, Objective Analysis

Jim Handy

Semiconductors, Memory and SSDs Specialist

Objective Analysis

Objective Analysis offers third-party independent market research and data for the semiconductor industry and investors in the semiconductor industry.

Semiconductors, Memory and SSDs

<ul>
<li>HBM DRAM, used for GPUs in AI, has enjoyed stable pricing while other DRAM prices have collapsed</li>
<li>This has attracted the attention of all DRAM makers, but SK hynix has a first-mover advantage</li>
<li>Although increased competition will reduce HBM prices, it will have little impact on GPU maker margins</li>
</ul>


HBM DRAM, used for GPUs in AI, has enjoyed stable pricing while other DRAM prices have collapsed
This has attracted the attention of all DRAM makers, but SK hynix has a first-mover advantage
Although increased competition will reduce HBM prices, it will have little impact on GPU maker margins


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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) produces semiconductor products and devices. The Company offers products such as microprocessors, embedded microprocessors, chipsets, graphics, video and multimedia products and supplies it to third-party foundries, as well as provides assembling, testing, and packaging services. AMD serves customers worldwide.

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Nvidia's China Problems, Applied Materials, and Microsoft's Accelerators

Nvidia surprised everyone with a boring result! Applied Materials is an overreaction. Nvidia’s quarter was surprising to me because it was boring.

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William Keating

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William Keating

HBM's Impact on DRAM Revenues

HBM DRAM prices remained stable while mainstream DRAM prices collapsed, attracting attention from all DRAM makers. SK hynix holds a first-mover...

Jim Handy

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Nvidia's China Problems, Applied Materials, and Microsoft's Accelerators

Nvidia surprised everyone with a boring result! Applied Materials is an overreaction. Nvidia’s quarter was surprising to me because it was boring.

Fabricated Knowledge

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD): The Nod.ai Acquisition A Possible Game Changer? - Major Drivers

Advanced Micro Devices managed to surpass analysts' revenue and earnings expectations, achieving notable milestones in AI hardware and software...

Baptista Research

Semiconductors. The Downturn Is Over. Or Is It?

Despite the positives that PC and Smartphone markets are in recovery mode, semi sales growing MoM etc, multiple data points suggest we'll still be...

William Keating

NVIDIA. Another Beat & Raise, Yet Shares Slide. But Why?

Q3FY24 revenues of 18.1 billion, +34% QoQ & up staggering 206% from the year ago period.Current quarter forecast +$2 billion QoQ. What didn't the...

William Keating

HBM's Impact on DRAM Revenues

​HBM DRAM prices remained stable while mainstream DRAM prices collapsed, attracting attention from all DRAM makers. SK hynix holds a first-mover...

Jim Handy

HBM DRAM prices remained stable while mainstream DRAM prices collapsed, attracting attention from all DRAM makers. SK hynix holds a first-mover...