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Uttkarsh Kohli

AI and Global Deep Tech

Deep Fundamental Analysis

Mint Finance

Mint Finance's investment research blends deep fundamental analysis with technical & quant insights. Investment strategies straddle across multiple asset classes with risk management embedded into every trade to deliver an outsized reward-to-risk ratio.

Mint Finance's research is centered around three key themes. First, energy transition and climate change. Second, artificial intelligence. Third, shifting world order with its impact across politics and monetary economics.

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Advanced Micro Devices / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>The acquisition positions AMD to capitalize on the booming AI infrastructure market, which is expected to grow to $372.9 billion by 2029, leveraging ZT Systems' hyperscale computing and integration capabilities.  </li>
<li>AMD will use ZT Systems' experience in AI infrastructure deployment for cloud providers like AWS and Azure, helping it compete with NVIDIA’s 70% market share and Intel's data center push.</li>
<li>Analysts expect the acquisition to be financially accretive by 2025, with ZT Systems enabling AMD to provide comprehensive AI solutions, boosting its presence in the cloud, AI, and enterprise sectors.</li>
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The acquisition positions AMD to capitalize on the booming AI infrastructure market, which is expected to grow to $372.9 billion by 2029, leveraging ZT Systems' hyperscale computing and integration capabilities.  
AMD will use ZT Systems' experience in AI infrastructure deployment for cloud providers like AWS and Azure, helping it compete with NVIDIA’s 70% market share and Intel's data center push.
Analysts expect the acquisition to be financially accretive by 2025, with ZT Systems enabling AMD to provide comprehensive AI solutions, boosting its presence in the cloud, AI, and enterprise sectors.


AMD Acquires ZT Systems for $4.9B, Challenging NVIDIA in the AI Infrastructure Market

Semiconductor & Technology Specialist, Ingenuity

William Keating

Semiconductor & Technology Specialist

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

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<li>Intel's CFO says the company is going to "kind of skip over productizing 20A"</li>
<li>This decision removes an important, looming milestone from Intel's roadmap, i.e. the ramp of Arrow Lake later this year</li>
<li>The decision to outsource all Arrow Lake tiles, apart from final packaging, strongly suggests that Intel 3 and Intel 18A are not capable of a cost-competitive volume ramp</li>
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Intel's CFO says the company is going to "kind of skip over productizing 20A"
This decision removes an important, looming milestone from Intel's roadmap, i.e. the ramp of Arrow Lake later this year
The decision to outsource all Arrow Lake tiles, apart from final packaging, strongly suggests that Intel 3 and Intel 18A are not capable of a cost-competitive volume ramp


Intel Cancels 20A. Now Why Would They Go & Do That?

Podcast from BlackRock, The Bid

The Bid

Podcast from BlackRock

The Bid breaks down what’s happening in the world of investing and explores the forces changing the economy and finance. From stock market outlooks and megatrends to geopolitics and technology, BlackRock speaks to thought leaders and industry experts from around the globe about the biggest trends moving markets.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Tech and cloud firms are heavily investing in artificial intelligence, but there are questions about whether the revenues from AI will catch up with the capital spending</li><li>It will take time for big tech companies to see a return on their AI investments, with the AI build-out expected to take years</li><li>There are opportunities for investment in firms supplying key inputs for the AI sector, such as energy, utilities, materials, and real estate</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>

Tech and cloud firms are heavily investing in artificial intelligence, but there are questions about whether the revenues from AI will catch up with the capital spendingIt will take time for big tech companies to see a return on their AI investments, with the AI build-out expected to take yearsThere are opportunities for investment in firms supplying key inputs for the AI sector, such as energy, utilities, materials, and real estateThis content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.

Market take: Patience needed in the AI buildout

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<li>Intel faces two class action lawsuits, one of which has the potential to be many times worse than the "Pentium Flaw" fiasco in 1994</li>
<li>The resignation of Lip-Bu Tan from Intel's BoD is a significant blow particularly in view of his rumoured disagreements with the CEO and other BoD members</li>
<li>Intel's below book value market cap presents an attractive opportunity for any consortium with the vision to extract the value that Gelsinger's IDM 2.0 gambit has failed to unlock</li>
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Intel faces two class action lawsuits, one of which has the potential to be many times worse than the "Pentium Flaw" fiasco in 1994
The resignation of Lip-Bu Tan from Intel's BoD is a significant blow particularly in view of his rumoured disagreements with the CEO and other BoD members
Intel's below book value market cap presents an attractive opportunity for any consortium with the vision to extract the value that Gelsinger's IDM 2.0 gambit has failed to unlock


Intel. Could Things Get Any Worse? You Bet. Here's How.

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.

<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.

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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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AMD's $4.9B acquisition of ZT Systems boosts its AI infrastructure capabilities challenging NVIDIA. ZT’s expertise in hyperscale solutions...

Mint Finance

Intel Cancels 20A. Now Why Would They Go & Do That?

The de-facto cancellation of Intel 20A removes a critical milestone from the company's roadmap, namely the ramp of Arrow Lake on that process node...

William Keating

Market take: Patience needed in the AI buildout

The market is experiencing concerns about top tech and cloud firms delivering on artificial intelligence as investment capital spending on AI...

The Bid

Intel. Could Things Get Any Worse? You Bet. Here's How.

Class action lawsuits, key BoD resignation, recriminations, an open door for hostile takeovers and revisionist commentary from the CEO. Yes, things...

William Keating

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

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