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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>As of the end of the fourth quarter for Marvell Technology Inc.</li><li>in fiscal year 2024, the company has delivered a revenue of $1.43 billion—a 1% growth above their midpoint guidance.</li><li>On a non-GAAP basis, Marvell has seen a substantial 330 basis point increase in gross margin, completed their previously outlined OpEx reduction plan, and delivered earnings per share of $0.46.</li></ul>

As of the end of the fourth quarter for Marvell Technology Inc.in fiscal year 2024, the company has delivered a revenue of $1.43 billion—a 1% growth above their midpoint guidance.On a non-GAAP basis, Marvell has seen a substantial 330 basis point increase in gross margin, completed their previously outlined OpEx reduction plan, and delivered earnings per share of $0.46.

Marvell Technology Group: Growth In Data Centre & AI Demand Brings This One Into The Limelight! - Key Drivers

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Andrew Lu

Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>TSMC reiterates 2024 sales y/y growth of 20-25% but revises down 2024 global semiconductor y/y sales from over 10% to 10% and global foundry sales growth from 20% to 15-19%.</li>
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No more Moore's Law: After 3 years ramp up gap between N5-N3, TSMC confirms 10-11 quarters of ramp up gap between N3 and N2 due to longer production cycle.</li>
<li>Driven by stronger digital consumer (33% q/q), HPC (3% q/q), IoT (5% q/q) sales but weaker smartphone IC (-16% q/q), TSMC reports 1Q24 sales decline of only 5% q/q.</li>
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TSMC reiterates 2024 sales y/y growth of 20-25% but revises down 2024 global semiconductor y/y sales from over 10% to 10% and global foundry sales growth from 20% to 15-19%.

No more Moore's Law: After 3 years ramp up gap between N5-N3, TSMC confirms 10-11 quarters of ramp up gap between N3 and N2 due to longer production cycle.
Driven by stronger digital consumer (33% q/q), HPC (3% q/q), IoT (5% q/q) sales but weaker smartphone IC (-16% q/q), TSMC reports 1Q24 sales decline of only 5% q/q.


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<ul><li>Marvell Technology managed to surpass Wall Street's revenue and earnings expectations, achieving a commendable revenue of $1.42 billion, marking a 6% sequential growth above the midpoint of the provided guidance.</li><li>The data center end market witnessed revenue of $556 million in the third quarter, surpassing expectations, mainly driven by robust AI revenue.</li><li>Despite the anticipated decline in enterprise on-premise revenue, Marvell's diverse product portfolio, including PAM4 optical products and Teralynx Ethernet switches, contributed to the broad-based growth.</li></ul>

Marvell Technology managed to surpass Wall Street's revenue and earnings expectations, achieving a commendable revenue of $1.42 billion, marking a 6% sequential growth above the midpoint of the provided guidance.The data center end market witnessed revenue of $556 million in the third quarter, surpassing expectations, mainly driven by robust AI revenue.Despite the anticipated decline in enterprise on-premise revenue, Marvell's diverse product portfolio, including PAM4 optical products and Teralynx Ethernet switches, contributed to the broad-based growth.

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Douglas O'Laughlin

Equity Long-Short, Semiconductors

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<ul><li>Marvell reported earnings recently, and I wanted to mention that at least before I continued onwards because that is a good context-setting event for the industry day.</li><li>Revenue exceeded expectations, but the mix beneath the results was illustrative.</li><li>Datacenter revenue grew 20% QoQ, cloud over 30% QoQ; while networking was strong, they guided for a 40% QoQ decline, consistent with networking OEM results.</li></ul>

Marvell reported earnings recently, and I wanted to mention that at least before I continued onwards because that is a good context-setting event for the industry day.Revenue exceeded expectations, but the mix beneath the results was illustrative.Datacenter revenue grew 20% QoQ, cloud over 30% QoQ; while networking was strong, they guided for a 40% QoQ decline, consistent with networking OEM results.

<ul><li>Google, Microsoft, and Facebook reported earnings.</li><li>Let’s discuss their capex plans and what that means for our new data center champion, Nvidia.</li><li>I think it’s pretty straightforward that Nvidia has revenue beats for the foreseeable future.</li></ul>

Google, Microsoft, and Facebook reported earnings.Let’s discuss their capex plans and what that means for our new data center champion, Nvidia.I think it’s pretty straightforward that Nvidia has revenue beats for the foreseeable future.

Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Nvidia: AI Spending Implications at the Hyperscalers

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Marvell Technology, Inc. develops and produces semiconductors and related technology. The Company offers security and networking platform, secure data processing, networking, and storage solutions. Marvell Technology serves customers worldwide.

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Marvell Technology Group: Growth In Data Centre & AI Demand Brings This One Into The Limelight! - Key Drivers

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What Is TSMC Telling Us About Semi Supply Chain Stories at Its Investor Conference?

What Is TSMC Telling Us About Semi Supply Chain Stories at Its Investor Conference? TSMC revises down 2024 global semi y/y sales from over 10% to...

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Marvell Technology Inc.: AI and Cloud Growth - Are They the New Tech Leaders? - Major Drivers

Marvell Technology managed to surpass Wall Street's revenue and earnings expectations, achieving a commendable revenue of $1.42 billion, marking a...

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Marvell Industry Analyst Day

I went to this year’s Marvell Industry Analyst Day, and the topic de jour was AI. Compared to last year , this year’s industry day just discussed AI.

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Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Nvidia: AI Spending Implications at the Hyperscalers

Google, Microsoft, and Facebook reported earnings. Let’s discuss their capex plans and what that means for our new data center champion, Nvidia. I...

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