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Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

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<ul><li>Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has surged to the top of AI-related downloads on both domestic and overseas iOS App Stores over the weekend, showcasing its super-efficient open-source model (~10k A100) running on a cost-effective compute infrastructure. </li><li>This milestone has immediately ignited intense debate around the trade-offs between big and small models, open vs. closed-source approaches, and cost-efficient vs. premium infrastructure.</li><li>The impact of DeepSeek’s emergence has also sent shockwaves across global markets. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has surged to the top of AI-related downloads on both domestic and overseas iOS App Stores over the weekend, showcasing its super-efficient open-source model (~10k A100) running on a cost-effective compute infrastructure. This milestone has immediately ignited intense debate around the trade-offs between big and small models, open vs. closed-source approaches, and cost-efficient vs. premium infrastructure.The impact of DeepSeek’s emergence has also sent shockwaves across global markets. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Semiconductors - Thematic Investing and Megatrends: Views on DeepSeek

<ul><li>After two years of significant investments in AI infrastructure, investors are counting 2025 to be a transformational year for AI.</li><li>As market leaders will continue to deploy a large amount of capital in AI infrastructure buildout to widen their competitive moats, new themes in the downstream are rising, including AI agents, humanoid robots, robotaxi, etc.</li><li>We remain bullish on AI demand. We continue to rank AI theme as our top pick for 2025. Market leaders will continue to enjoy the AI tailwind beyond 2025.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

After two years of significant investments in AI infrastructure, investors are counting 2025 to be a transformational year for AI.As market leaders will continue to deploy a large amount of capital in AI infrastructure buildout to widen their competitive moats, new themes in the downstream are rising, including AI agents, humanoid robots, robotaxi, etc.We remain bullish on AI demand. We continue to rank AI theme as our top pick for 2025. Market leaders will continue to enjoy the AI tailwind beyond 2025.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Semiconductors -Stargate Poised to Accelerate Global AI Arms Race

<ul><li>On 10 October 2024, AMD (AMD US, NR) launched its latest AI accelerator, the Instinct MI325X, aimed at competing directly with H200 from Nvidia (NVDA US, NR) that will ship by 4Q24.</li><li>AMD also introduced MI350 that targets Nvidia’s Blackwell series during the event, but MI350 will not enter mass production until 2H25. Lisa Su, the CEO of AMD, projected the data center AI accelerator TAM to grow at 60%+ CAGR, reaching US$500bn by 2028, a significant increase from prior estimates (US$400bn by 2027E in early-2024).</li><li>The event did not offer too much surprise to investors. Some details we noticed include: 1) Meta Llama 405B model now runs exclusively on MI300X for all live traffic. This implies AMD gains better traction at Meta. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

On 10 October 2024, AMD (AMD US, NR) launched its latest AI accelerator, the Instinct MI325X, aimed at competing directly with H200 from Nvidia (NVDA US, NR) that will ship by 4Q24.AMD also introduced MI350 that targets Nvidia’s Blackwell series during the event, but MI350 will not enter mass production until 2H25. Lisa Su, the CEO of AMD, projected the data center AI accelerator TAM to grow at 60%+ CAGR, reaching US$500bn by 2028, a significant increase from prior estimates (US$400bn by 2027E in early-2024).The event did not offer too much surprise to investors. Some details we noticed include: 1) Meta Llama 405B model now runs exclusively on MI300X for all live traffic. This implies AMD gains better traction at Meta. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Semiconductors - AMD “Advancing AI” event

<ul><li>Year to date, the internet sector has pulled back after rapid rallies buoyed by improved sentiment and short-term fund inflows, in line with our previous expectation.</li><li>From a full-year perspective, given the rate cut cycle has not yet started and liquidity remains tight, we suggest focusing on: 1) companies capable of boosting shareholder returns or maintaining decent returns, supported by solid fundamentals (strong competitive advantages, steady growth in core business, and stable profitability) and committed to enhancing shareholder returns (also depends on management's willingness), such as Alibaba, Tencent, and NetEase;</li><li>2) companies whose new businesses have significant market potential and are poised to bring considerable capital gains in the long run, particularly from overseas expansion and AI-related initiatives, such as Pinduoduo, Tencent, Alibaba, and Trip.com</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Year to date, the internet sector has pulled back after rapid rallies buoyed by improved sentiment and short-term fund inflows, in line with our previous expectation.From a full-year perspective, given the rate cut cycle has not yet started and liquidity remains tight, we suggest focusing on: 1) companies capable of boosting shareholder returns or maintaining decent returns, supported by solid fundamentals (strong competitive advantages, steady growth in core business, and stable profitability) and committed to enhancing shareholder returns (also depends on management's willingness), such as Alibaba, Tencent, and NetEase;2) companies whose new businesses have significant market potential and are poised to bring considerable capital gains in the long run, particularly from overseas expansion and AI-related initiatives, such as Pinduoduo, Tencent, Alibaba, and Trip.comContent is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Internet - 1Q24 recap & our three stock-picking ideas

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<ul><li>Nvidia hosted GTC 2024 this morning, showcasing its latest developments in various sectors, including healthcare, auto, and quantum computing, along with the introduction of the most powerful GPU architecture named Blackwell, featuring 208bn transistors and using a 4nm process from TSMC.</li><li>The Blackwell GPU consists of two reticle-sized chips, each with 104bn transistors, connected by NVLink 5.0 interconnects that join them seamlessly.</li><li>The first Blackwell chip is called GB200 and is planned for shipment later in 2024. When comparing to its predecessor, H100, as well as competing products from AMD, Intel, and others, the new Blackwell GPU accelerators are poised to offer a huge upgrade for AI companies.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Nvidia hosted GTC 2024 this morning, showcasing its latest developments in various sectors, including healthcare, auto, and quantum computing, along with the introduction of the most powerful GPU architecture named Blackwell, featuring 208bn transistors and using a 4nm process from TSMC.The Blackwell GPU consists of two reticle-sized chips, each with 104bn transistors, connected by NVLink 5.0 interconnects that join them seamlessly.The first Blackwell chip is called GB200 and is planned for shipment later in 2024. When comparing to its predecessor, H100, as well as competing products from AMD, Intel, and others, the new Blackwell GPU accelerators are poised to offer a huge upgrade for AI companies.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

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Semiconductors - Thematic Investing and Megatrends: Views on DeepSeek

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has surged to the top of AI-related downloads on both domestic and overseas iOS App Stores over the weekend, showcasing...

CMB International

Semiconductors -Stargate Poised to Accelerate Global AI Arms Race

We remain bullish on AI demand. We continue to rank AI theme as our top pick for 2025. Market leaders will continue to enjoy the AI tailwind beyond...

CMB International

Semiconductors - AMD “Advancing AI” event

On 10 October 2024, AMD (AMD US, NR) launched its latest AI accelerator, the Instinct MI325X, aimed at competing directly with H200 from Nvidia...

CMB International

Internet - 1Q24 recap & our three stock-picking ideas

Year to date, the internet sector has pulled back after rapid rallies buoyed by improved sentiment and short-term fund inflows, in line with our...

CMB International

Semi - Nvidia GTC 2024: A Quick Take

Nvidia hosted GTC 2024 this morning, showcasing its latest developments in various sectors, including healthcare, auto, and quantum computing

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