Semiconductors, Memory and SSDs Specialist, Objective Analysis

Jim Handy

Semiconductors, Memory and SSDs Specialist

Objective Analysis

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Semiconductors, Memory and SSDs

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul>
<li>Semiconductor revenues remain in a decline, although that decline has slowed.</li>
<li>Prices appear to have reached cost.  They should follow cost declines until a shortage returns.</li>
<li>The timing of the next shortage is still in question.</li>
</ul>


Semiconductor revenues remain in a decline, although that decline has slowed.
Prices appear to have reached cost.  They should follow cost declines until a shortage returns.
The timing of the next shortage is still in question.


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Semiconductor & Technology Specialist

<ul>
<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? 


<ul>
<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


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