Semiconductor & Technology Specialist, Ingenuity

William Keating

Semiconductor & Technology Specialist

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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. 

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<li>AMD announced their intention to acquire hyperscale solutions Provider ZT Systems in a cash and stock transaction valued at $4.9 billion</li>
<li>The real target of the deal is the 1,000 Data Center design engineers all of who will transfer directly to AMD's engineering team with an annual OpEx of $150 million</li>
<li>This is AMD scaling up to grab a larger share of the ~$400 billion by 2027 AI Data Center TAM just as Intel is scaling down its workforce by 15,000</li>
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AMD announced their intention to acquire hyperscale solutions Provider ZT Systems in a cash and stock transaction valued at $4.9 billion
The real target of the deal is the 1,000 Data Center design engineers all of who will transfer directly to AMD's engineering team with an annual OpEx of $150 million
This is AMD scaling up to grab a larger share of the ~$400 billion by 2027 AI Data Center TAM just as Intel is scaling down its workforce by 15,000


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Douglas O'Laughlin

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<ul>
<li>Intel reported earnings last week. Intel was one of my favorite stocks last year, and I wrote about it here in “Is This the Intel Inflection”, where I successfully called the bottom in the stock.</li>
<li>It’s worked pretty well, even against the SOXX index since then.</li>
<li>I’ll summarize my thesis back then, update you now on what I think about Intel, and write about results and read-throughs.</li>
</ul>


Intel reported earnings last week. Intel was one of my favorite stocks last year, and I wrote about it here in “Is This the Intel Inflection”, where I successfully called the bottom in the stock.
It’s worked pretty well, even against the SOXX index since then.
I’ll summarize my thesis back then, update you now on what I think about Intel, and write about results and read-throughs.


<ul>
<li>In a surprise move, Intel announced that its foundry chief Stuart Pann is to retire from the company effective end of May after just over one year in the role</li>
<li>He will be replaced by former IBM, Globalfoundries and Marvell executive Kevin O'Buckley, effective immediately</li>
<li>Mr. O'Buckley now has the dubious distinction of being the third leader of IFS in as many years. </li>
</ul>


In a surprise move, Intel announced that its foundry chief Stuart Pann is to retire from the company effective end of May after just over one year in the role
He will be replaced by former IBM, Globalfoundries and Marvell executive Kevin O'Buckley, effective immediately
Mr. O'Buckley now has the dubious distinction of being the third leader of IFS in as many years. 


<ul>
<li>Q423 revenues of $15.4 billion, +8.5% QoQ, +10% YoY and $300 million above the guided midpoint</li>
<li>Q124 guided to $12.7 billion, -17.5% QoQ albeit still up 8% YoY.  </li>
<li>Intel's share priced fell 12% on the guide. CEO says this was an overreaction. </li>
</ul>


Q423 revenues of $15.4 billion, +8.5% QoQ, +10% YoY and $300 million above the guided midpoint
Q124 guided to $12.7 billion, -17.5% QoQ albeit still up 8% YoY.  
Intel's share priced fell 12% on the guide. CEO says this was an overreaction. 


Intel Ruins The Rally With Its Gloomy Guide

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<ul><li>Intel Corporation has exhibited sturdy Q1 outcomes, with revenue delivery being on par and the Earnings Per Share (EPS) exceeding the set guidance.</li><li>This demonstrates the company's growth in revenue generation and effective cost management strategy.</li><li>However, the trends for the first half of the year were moderately weaker than originally forecasted, triggered by some near-term supply constraints.</li></ul>

Intel Corporation has exhibited sturdy Q1 outcomes, with revenue delivery being on par and the Earnings Per Share (EPS) exceeding the set guidance.This demonstrates the company's growth in revenue generation and effective cost management strategy.However, the trends for the first half of the year were moderately weaker than originally forecasted, triggered by some near-term supply constraints.

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Intel Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells computer components and related products.  The Company's major products include microprocessors, chipsets, embedded processors and microcontrollers, flash memory products, graphics products, network and communications products, systems management software, conferencing products, and digital imaging products.

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