Semiconductor & Technology Specialist, Ingenuity

William Keating

Semiconductor & Technology Specialist

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<li>Intel recently hosted a webinar on the company’s Data Center &amp; AI group strategy</li>
<li>Intel has the broadest range of compute processor types on the market including CPU, GPU, FPGA, ASIC etc, but has lost its competitive edge to AMD on the server side</li>
<li>Regaining server leadership will require home runs on both Granite Rapids and Intel 3 in 2025</li>
</ul>


Intel recently hosted a webinar on the company’s Data Center &amp; AI group strategy
Intel has the broadest range of compute processor types on the market including CPU, GPU, FPGA, ASIC etc, but has lost its competitive edge to AMD on the server side
Regaining server leadership will require home runs on both Granite Rapids and Intel 3 in 2025


Intel's Data Center & AI Investor Webinar Key Takeaways

<ul>
<li>The current semiconductor downturn is largely attributable to the reversion of PC and Smartphone unit shipments to their pre-pandemic norms</li>
<li>There are good reasons to believe that the trough for PC unit shipments will be Q1 2023. </li>
<li>Server shipments will decline sequentially in H1 and this may further prolong the impact on memory players, Intel and to a lesser extent, AMD &amp; NVIDIA</li>
</ul>


The current semiconductor downturn is largely attributable to the reversion of PC and Smartphone unit shipments to their pre-pandemic norms
There are good reasons to believe that the trough for PC unit shipments will be Q1 2023. 
Server shipments will decline sequentially in H1 and this may further prolong the impact on memory players, Intel and to a lesser extent, AMD &amp; NVIDIA


<ul>
<li>While his hiring back in 2017 was heralded with a corporate press release, his abrupt departure yesterday was communicated via a rather succinct tweet from the CEO. </li>
<li>Intel's GPU/DPU data center roadmap was already "simplified" in back in January. Will what remains survive the ongoing cuts across the company?</li>
<li>Should Intel still really be trying to break into the gaming PC market? How is that strategically important? </li>
</ul>


While his hiring back in 2017 was heralded with a corporate press release, his abrupt departure yesterday was communicated via a rather succinct tweet from the CEO. 
Intel's GPU/DPU data center roadmap was already "simplified" in back in January. Will what remains survive the ongoing cuts across the company?
Should Intel still really be trying to break into the gaming PC market? How is that strategically important? 


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<li>AMD Q4 2022 revenues amounted to $5.6 billion, $100 million above the midpoint of the guided range, flat sequentially but an increase of 16% YoY. </li>
<li>Intel Q4 2022 revenue amounted to $14 billion, at the very bottom of the guided range down 8% sequentially and down 28% YoY.</li>
<li>Facing the same macro headwinds, AMD significantly outperformed Intel across a wide range of key metrics in 2022</li>
</ul>


AMD Q4 2022 revenues amounted to $5.6 billion, $100 million above the midpoint of the guided range, flat sequentially but an increase of 16% YoY. 
Intel Q4 2022 revenue amounted to $14 billion, at the very bottom of the guided range down 8% sequentially and down 28% YoY.
Facing the same macro headwinds, AMD significantly outperformed Intel across a wide range of key metrics in 2022


<ul>
<li>AMD's overall x86 market share has doubled in the last three years</li>
<li>AMD’s desktop market share rebounded from 13.9% in Q3 2022 to 18.6% in Q4 2022</li>
<li>AMD will likely prioritise server versus client market share in 2023 &amp; 2024, pressing home their clear leadership advantage over Intel in this segment during this timeframe</li>
</ul>


AMD's overall x86 market share has doubled in the last three years
AMD’s desktop market share rebounded from 13.9% in Q3 2022 to 18.6% in Q4 2022
AMD will likely prioritise server versus client market share in 2023 &amp; 2024, pressing home their clear leadership advantage over Intel in this segment during this timeframe


AMD. Latest Market Share Growth & Outlook

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William Keating

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Intel's GPU/DPU data center roadmap was already "simplified" in back in January. Will what remains survive the ongoing cuts across the company?

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