Semiconductor & Technology Specialist, Ingenuity

William Keating

Dr. William Keating is a highly experienced senior executive with over 25 years experience in the IT/Semiconductor Industry. The majority of Dr. Keating's career was spent at Intel Corporation where he held senior leadership positions in Europe, the US and Asia from 1992 through 2014. He served as Intel's IT Director for APAC, China & Japan from 2005 through 2014 when he was based in Hong Kong and was responsible for the IT systems (Infrastructure, Networks, Data Centres, ERP, Sales & Marketing systems, Business Intelligence etc. ) for all of Intel's offices & factories through the region. From 1998 through 2005, he was the founder & director of an internal IT Consulting Organisation (IT Flex Services), a 500-person team which remains a core part of the Intel IT Organisation to this day. Dr. Keating's first 6 years at Intel were spent in charge of the Factory Automation Systems (Robotics, Databases, Networks, Servers, Clients etc.) supporting Intel's then state-of-the-art 200mm factory network. Since leaving Intel in 2014, Dr Keating established his own Technology Research & Consulting Company (www.ingenuity.hk) where he focuses on the products, roadmaps & technologies of companies such as Intel, AMD, Samsung, Apple, Micron- as well as the key equipment suppliers to those companies e.g. ASML, AMAT, Canon, Nikon etc. Dr. Keating specializes in niche topics of high significance within the semiconductor industry. These include the future of Moore's Law and in particular the significance of Lithography in maintaining Moore's Law (EUV, SDA, NanoImprint), the role & growth of the GPU in specialised applications such as Deep Learning (Neural Networks) for Voice, Image & Pattern recognition at companies such as Facebook, Google & Baidu. He also holds regular discussions on the future of memory, in particular the rise of 3D NAND and the emergence of new memory technologies such as 3D Xpoint.

Semiconductor & Technology Specialist

Spring WSTS Semiconductor Forecast Gives Mixed Outlook

Tokai Carbon Korea (TCK) - Priced for A "Near-Perfection"

May Chip Shipments Up, but Outlook Is Confused

NVIDIA's $6.9 Billion Mellanox Band-Aid Is A Strategic Misstep

Intel. COVID-19 Is A Tailwind In The First Half But A Headwind In The Second.

Intel. Winning Streak Will Grind To A Halt In H2 2020

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

Equity Bottom-Up

<p>On May 21 last, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nvidia-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5891:1" rel="noopener">Nvidia</a> reported first quarter revenues of  $3.08 billion, up 39% YoY,  down 1% sequentially and slightly ahead their outlook, driven by upside in their data center and gaming platforms. Their outlook too was reasonably upbeat with second quarter revenues of $3.65 billion at the midpoint. Allowing for inclusion of revenues from the recently closed (April 27) acquisition of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mellanox-technologies-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27424:1" rel="noopener">Mellanox</a>, this would still represent a modest QoQ increase, consistent with normal seasonality. </p><p>While the automotive segment will be a headwind for NVIDIA in the current quarter, we expect the company to be a net beneficiary from COVID-19 related tailwinds overall, based on strength in their gaming and datacenter segments. </p>

On May 21 last, Nvidia reported first quarter revenues of  $3.08 billion, up 39% YoY,  down 1% sequentially and slightly ahead their outlook, driven by upside in their data center and gaming platforms. Their outlook too was reasonably upbeat with second quarter revenues of $3.65 billion at the midpoint. Allowing for inclusion of revenues from the recently closed (April 27) acquisition of Mellanox, this would still represent a modest QoQ increase, consistent with normal seasonality. While the automotive segment will be a headwind for NVIDIA in the current quarter, we expect the company to be a net beneficiary from COVID-19 related tailwinds overall, based on strength in their gaming and datacenter segments. 

Nvidia. Likely A Net Beneficiary Of COVID-19 Tailwinds.

NVIDIA Corp

Nvidia. Likely A Net Beneficiary Of COVID-19 Tailwinds.