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<h2>What's new?</h2><p>Last week, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/191" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:191:1">Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930 KS)</a> announced to have shipped more than 70,000 wafers of its first-generation 10nm LPE (Low Power Early) to date with a steady high yield to meet customer needs. Samsung Electronics has also announced the addition of the 8nm and the 6nm process technologies to its current process roadmap of 10nm and 7nm.</p><h2>Negative takeaways to TSMC</h2><ul><li>
<strong>Samsung seems to be ahead of TSMC on 10nm ramp for a quarter</strong>: As we highlighted earlier in our report "…</li></ul>

What's new?Last week, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930 KS) announced to have shipped more than 70,000 wafers of its first-generation 10nm LPE (Low Power Early) to date with a steady high yield to meet customer needs. Samsung Electronics has also announced the addition of the 8nm and the 6nm process technologies to its current process roadmap of 10nm and 7nm.Negative takeaways to TSMC
Samsung seems to be ahead of TSMC on 10nm ramp for a quarter: As we highlighted earlier in our report "…

Samsung Leads TSMC 10nm Ramp by 3 Months and Cuts TSMC's Mid-Node Advantages on 8/6nm Introductions

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<li><em><strong>Microsoft invites Intel's competitors to cloud</strong>: At 2017 Open Compute Project Summit, Microsoft announced a collaboration with Qualcomm's 48-cores ARM Centriq 2400, AMD's x86 Naples, and Cavium's ThunderX2 ARMv8-A for its next-generation hyper scale open source cloud Project Olympus.</em></li>
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<strong><strong><em>What's Open Compute Project (OCP)? </em></strong></strong><em>Facebook started a project to design the world’s most energy efficient data center, one that could handle unprecedented scale at the lowest possible cost. In 2011, Facebook</em>…</li>
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Summary
Microsoft invites Intel's competitors to cloud: At 2017 Open Compute Project Summit, Microsoft announced a collaboration with Qualcomm's 48-cores ARM Centriq 2400, AMD's x86 Naples, and Cavium's ThunderX2 ARMv8-A for its next-generation hyper scale open source cloud Project Olympus.

What's Open Compute Project (OCP)? Facebook started a project to design the world’s most energy efficient data center, one that could handle unprecedented scale at the lowest possible cost. In 2011, Facebook…


Challenges and Risks Ahead for Intel; Part 2 on Microsoft's Olympus Platform to Invite Competitors

<h2>Challenges ahead for Intel due to lack of 10nm</h2><p>In addition to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/19009" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19009:1">Advanced Micro Devices (AMD US)</a> is rolling out its 14nm Ryzen gaming CPU 1800X at the price less than half price of US$1,028 for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/16764" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16764:1">Intel Corp (INTC US)</a>'s comparable CPU core i7-6900K (please see our earlier report "<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/will-a-gaming-cpu-price-war-between-intel-and-amd-begin" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:9062">Will a Gaming CPU Price War Between Intel and AMD Begin?</a>" dated 22 Feb 2017), we see 10nm smartphone ICs competition about to begin in the next few months but Intel can only use 14nm process to compete throughout 2017. Lately…</p>

Challenges ahead for Intel due to lack of 10nmIn addition to Advanced Micro Devices (AMD US) is rolling out its 14nm Ryzen gaming CPU 1800X at the price less than half price of US$1,028 for Intel Corp (INTC US)'s comparable CPU core i7-6900K (please see our earlier report "Will a Gaming CPU Price War Between Intel and AMD Begin?" dated 22 Feb 2017), we see 10nm smartphone ICs competition about to begin in the next few months but Intel can only use 14nm process to compete throughout 2017. Lately…

Challenges and Downside Risks Ahead for Intel Due to Lack of 10nm

Advanced Micro Devices / Equity Bottom-Up

<h2>Summary</h2><ul>
<li><em><strong>A new AMD CPU at less than 50% of Intel one</strong>: AMD announced Ryzen 7 x86 CPUs for PC gamers, creators, and enthusiasts to be performance comparable to Intel Core i7-6900K's but will be selling at less than half price of US$1,028 for Intel CPU. </em></li>
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<em><strong>A gaming CPU price war will begin</strong>: Given the price, performance, and thermal design power advantages on these new AMD x86 CPUs, we expect an inevitable trend for Intel to lose 10ppts shares or more to AMD in the next 12 months unless Intel will cut</em>…</li>
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Summary
A new AMD CPU at less than 50% of Intel one: AMD announced Ryzen 7 x86 CPUs for PC gamers, creators, and enthusiasts to be performance comparable to Intel Core i7-6900K's but will be selling at less than half price of US$1,028 for Intel CPU. 

A gaming CPU price war will begin: Given the price, performance, and thermal design power advantages on these new AMD x86 CPUs, we expect an inevitable trend for Intel to lose 10ppts shares or more to AMD in the next 12 months unless Intel will cut…


Will a Gaming CPU Price War Between Intel and AMD Begin?

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<ul><li>Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) reported fourth-quarter results that saw data center sales significantly accelerate throughout 2023, delivering record data center segment annually and strong top-line and bottom-line growth in Q4.</li><li>This was fueled by the growth of Instinct AI accelerators and robust demand for EPYC server CPUs across various customer groups.</li><li>Fourth quarter revenue increased 10% year-over-year to $6.2 billion, primarily driven by significant double-digit percentage growth in AMD's data center and client segments.</li></ul>

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) reported fourth-quarter results that saw data center sales significantly accelerate throughout 2023, delivering record data center segment annually and strong top-line and bottom-line growth in Q4.This was fueled by the growth of Instinct AI accelerators and robust demand for EPYC server CPUs across various customer groups.Fourth quarter revenue increased 10% year-over-year to $6.2 billion, primarily driven by significant double-digit percentage growth in AMD's data center and client segments.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD): An Analysis Of Its Competitive Road Map and Innovation & Major Growth Catalysts - Financial Forecasts

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Samsung Leads TSMC 10nm Ramp by 3 Months and Cuts TSMC's Mid-Node Advantages on 8/6nm Introductions

What's new?Last week, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930 KS) announced to have shipped more than 70,000 wafers of its first-generation 10nm LPE...

Andrew Lu

Challenges and Risks Ahead for Intel; Part 2 on Microsoft's Olympus Platform to Invite Competitors

Summary Microsoft invites Intel's competitors to cloud: At 2017 Open Compute Project Summit, Microsoft announced a collaboration with Qualcomm's...

Andrew Lu

Challenges and Downside Risks Ahead for Intel Due to Lack of 10nm

Challenges ahead for Intel due to lack of 10nmIn addition to Advanced Micro Devices (AMD US) is rolling out its 14nm Ryzen gaming CPU 1800X at the...

Andrew Lu

Will a Gaming CPU Price War Between Intel and AMD Begin?

Summary A new AMD CPU at less than 50% of Intel one: AMD announced Ryzen 7 x86 CPUs for PC gamers, creators, and enthusiasts to be performance...

Andrew Lu

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD): An Analysis Of Its Competitive Road Map and Innovation & Major Growth Catalysts - Financial Forecasts

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) reported fourth-quarter results that saw data center sales significantly accelerate throughout 2023, delivering...

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