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.

Deep Fundamental Analysis

OpenAI, AMD Enter Into Strategic Partnership. Guys, This Is Getting Ridiculous!

Intel Q325. Solid Quarter But Still No Coherent AI Strategy & 18A Yields Won't Mature Until 2027

Intel: You’re Buying Hopes of a Better 2027

AMD Claims Its New GPU Is on Par with Nvidia, Its Software Platform ROCm Beats CUDA for Inference.

Primer: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD US) - Sep 2025

AI | Semiconductors | Commodities, Mint Finance

Raghav Vashisht

AI | Semiconductors | Commodities

Equity Bottom-Up

Advanced Micro Devices / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Nvidia and Intel’s surprise alliance may not taper ARM or even TSMC immediately, but it could marginalise AMD far sooner.</li>
<li>With tighter OEM budgets and “AI PC” branding pressure, AMD risks being boxed out of design wins across the client stack.</li>
<li>If Nvidia and Intel drive system-level costs-per-token down, AMD’s chips might find it hard to compete despite being performant.</li>
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Nvidia and Intel’s surprise alliance may not taper ARM or even TSMC immediately, but it could marginalise AMD far sooner.
With tighter OEM budgets and “AI PC” branding pressure, AMD risks being boxed out of design wins across the client stack.
If Nvidia and Intel drive system-level costs-per-token down, AMD’s chips might find it hard to compete despite being performant.


TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) - ADR (TSM US)

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) - ADR

The Intel-Nvidia Deal Could Outflank AMD Entirely