Equity Long-Short, Semiconductors, Fabricated Knowledge

Douglas O'Laughlin

Equity Long-Short, Semiconductors

Fabricated Knowledge

Learn more about the world's most important manufactured product. Meaningful insight, timely analysis, and an occasional investment idea.

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<ul><li>Hot Chips this year was primarily about AI chips (per the theme of every semiconductor conference as of late).</li><li>The most impactful presentation by far was the Broadcom CPO presentation, SuperMicro water cooling, MTIA, and some honorable mentions to Enfabrica and Dojo/Mojo from Tesla.</li><li>The biggest disappointment was AMD, which presented nothing incremental and, of course, the CPU announcements.</li></ul>

Hot Chips this year was primarily about AI chips (per the theme of every semiconductor conference as of late).The most impactful presentation by far was the Broadcom CPO presentation, SuperMicro water cooling, MTIA, and some honorable mentions to Enfabrica and Dojo/Mojo from Tesla.The biggest disappointment was AMD, which presented nothing incremental and, of course, the CPU announcements.

Managing Director, Zero One, Zero One

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Managing Director, Zero One

Zero One

Founded in 2015, Zero One produces independent investment research and provides corporate finance advisory services with a focus on both listed and private technology companies. Founder Vincent Fernando has over 20 years of experience in US and Asia capital markets.

Independent Investment Research

Equity Bottom-Up

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) - ADR / Equity Bottom-Up

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) - ADR

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<li>Latest Industry Signals -- Nvidia Crashed While Marvell Soared... Custom Silicon a Threat to Nvidia's Monster Growth? Taiwan AI/Server Exposed Names Were a Mixed Bag of Performance</li>
<li>Key Events to Watch -- SEMICON Taiwan This Week, We Will Be Attending</li>
<li>Perspective -- NVIDIA's &gt;5x YoY "Singapore" Revenue Growth Is A Red Flag</li>
</ul>


Latest Industry Signals -- Nvidia Crashed While Marvell Soared... Custom Silicon a Threat to Nvidia's Monster Growth? Taiwan AI/Server Exposed Names Were a Mixed Bag of Performance
Key Events to Watch -- SEMICON Taiwan This Week, We Will Be Attending
Perspective -- NVIDIA's &gt;5x YoY "Singapore" Revenue Growth Is A Red Flag


Taiwan Tech Weekly: Nvidia's SG Revenue Red Flag; Rise of Custom Silicon; SEMICON Taiwan This Week

Podcast On the Business of Semiconductors, The Circuit

The Circuit

Podcast On the Business of Semiconductors

A Podcast On the Business of Semiconductors. With Jay Goldberg and Ben Bajarin

Advanced Micro Devices / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>ZT is a large server company focused on serving hyperscalers like Microsoft and AWS</li><li>They design customized infrastructure products tailored to specific customer needs</li><li>AMD sees ZT as an asset to drive competitive advantage in the data center and AI markets, enabling them to design systems that optimize performance and efficiency.</li></ul><p><em>This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.</em></p>

ZT is a large server company focused on serving hyperscalers like Microsoft and AWSThey design customized infrastructure products tailored to specific customer needsAMD sees ZT as an asset to drive competitive advantage in the data center and AI markets, enabling them to design systems that optimize performance and efficiency.This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.

Episode 81: Chatting With AMD's Forrest Norrod EVP Datacenter Solutions about Buying ZT Systems

Taiwan Tech Focused Senior Analyst

Patrick Liao

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<li>TSMC's top 5 clients for 2024 are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/apple-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:666:1" rel="noopener">Apple (AAPL US)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/advanced-micro-devices-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19009:1" rel="noopener">Advanced Micro Devices (AMD US</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/qualcomm-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:969:1" rel="noopener">Qualcomm Inc (QCOM US)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mediatek-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:772:1" rel="noopener">Mediatek Inc (2454 TT)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nvidia-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5891:1" rel="noopener">NVIDIA Corp (NVDA US)</a>.</li>
<li>Smartphone orders continue to dominate at TSMC, with QCOM and MediaTek being key clients.</li>
<li>Looking ahead to 2025, Intel Corp (INTC US) is expected to rely more on TSMC, potentially leading to changes in TSMC's client ranking.</li>
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TSMC's top 5 clients for 2024 are Apple (AAPL US), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD US, Qualcomm Inc (QCOM US), Mediatek Inc (2454 TT) and NVIDIA Corp (NVDA US).
Smartphone orders continue to dominate at TSMC, with QCOM and MediaTek being key clients.
Looking ahead to 2025, Intel Corp (INTC US) is expected to rely more on TSMC, potentially leading to changes in TSMC's client ranking.


Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

<ul><li>Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has made headlines with its recent acquisition of ZT Systems for $4.9 billion, a move that signals the company’s intent to become a formidable force in the AI space.</li><li>As the industry leader, NVIDIA has long dominated the AI hardware market, but AMD's latest strategic acquisition could shift the competitive landscape.</li><li>This acquisition is not just about expanding AMD’s capabilities; it’s about positioning the company as a viable alternative to NVIDIA in the rapidly growing AI infrastructure market.</li></ul>

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has made headlines with its recent acquisition of ZT Systems for $4.9 billion, a move that signals the company’s intent to become a formidable force in the AI space.As the industry leader, NVIDIA has long dominated the AI hardware market, but AMD's latest strategic acquisition could shift the competitive landscape.This acquisition is not just about expanding AMD’s capabilities; it’s about positioning the company as a viable alternative to NVIDIA in the rapidly growing AI infrastructure market.

AMD's Latest Acquisition Of ZT Systems: A Challenge to NVIDIA's AI Dominance?

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) produces semiconductor products and devices. The Company offers products such as microprocessors, embedded microprocessors, chipsets, graphics, video and multimedia products and supplies it to third-party foundries, as well as provides assembling, testing, and packaging services. AMD serves customers worldwide.

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Hotchips Conference Sparknotes

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Fabricated Knowledge

Taiwan Tech Weekly: Nvidia's SG Revenue Red Flag; Rise of Custom Silicon; SEMICON Taiwan This Week

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Vincent Fernando, CFA

Episode 81: Chatting With AMD's Forrest Norrod EVP Datacenter Solutions about Buying ZT Systems

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The Circuit

TSMC (2330.TT; TSM.US): 2024 Top Clients

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Patrick Liao

AMD's Latest Acquisition Of ZT Systems: A Challenge to NVIDIA's AI Dominance?

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has made headlines with its recent acquisition of ZT Systems for $4.9 billion, a move that signals the company’s...

Baptista Research

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Hotchips Conference Sparknotes

Hot Chips this year was primarily about AI chips (per the theme of every semiconductor conference as of late). The most impactful presentation by...

Fabricated Knowledge

Taiwan Tech Weekly: Nvidia's SG Revenue Red Flag; Rise of Custom Silicon; SEMICON Taiwan This Week

Latest Industry Results -- Nvidia Crashed While Marvell Soared... Custom Silicon a Threat to Nvidia's Monster Growth? Taiwan AI/Server Exposed...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Episode 81: Chatting With AMD's Forrest Norrod EVP Datacenter Solutions about Buying ZT Systems

ZT is a large server company that focuses on designing customized infrastructure products for hyperscalers like Microsoft and AWS, with AMD seeing...

The Circuit

TSMC (2330.TT; TSM.US): 2024 Top Clients

​TSMC's top 5 clients for 2024 include AAPL, AMD, QCOM, Mediatek, and NVDA, with smartphone orders dominating and shifts in client ranking expected...

Patrick Liao

AMD's Latest Acquisition Of ZT Systems: A Challenge to NVIDIA's AI Dominance?

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has made headlines with its recent acquisition of ZT Systems for $4.9 billion, a move that signals the company’s...

Baptista Research

TSMC's top 5 clients for 2024 include AAPL, AMD, QCOM, Mediatek, and NVDA, with smartphone orders dominating and shifts in client ranking expected...