Xi Niu Cai Jing·2025-06-04 02:46Core Viewpoint - The recent merger between Haiguang Information and Zhongke Shuguang is a significant event in the semiconductor industry, marking a shift from fragmented competition to a more systematic approach in domestic computing power, potentially creating a giant with a market value of nearly 400 billion yuan covering the entire industry chain from chip design to server manufacturing and computing power services [2][3]. Group 1: Merger Details - Haiguang Information plans to merge with Zhongke Shuguang through a share swap, which will enhance the domestic server CPU market share, where Haiguang holds 53.6% and ranks first, while also having over 30% of the domestic GPU market, ranking second [3]. - The merger is expected to accelerate the domestic replacement process, leveraging Zhongke Shuguang's strengths in high-end computing, storage, security, and data centers [3]. Group 2: Market Impact - The combination of Haiguang's DCU chips with Zhongke Shuguang's liquid-cooled servers is anticipated to improve cost-effectiveness and challenge the market shares of international giants like NVIDIA and AMD in AI training [3][4]. - The merger may gradually erode the market share of Intel and AMD in China, where their combined market share exceeds 70%, due to the technological synergy and ecosystem created by the new entity [4]. Group 3: Industry Chain Effects - The merger will likely compress the market bargaining power of mid-tier foundries, as the new entity will create a complete ecosystem that reduces reliance on external partners [5]. - Foundries like Hon Hai (Foxconn) and Quanta Computer may face declining bargaining power and profit margins due to the integrated ecosystem formed by the merger [5][9]. Group 4: Cloud Computing Sector - The merger could lead to price wars in the cloud computing sector, as the new entity may offer competitive mixed cloud solutions, potentially increasing pressure on third-party cloud service providers like UCloud and QingCloud [10][12]. - Despite the growth in revenue driven by the demand for computing power, net profits in the cloud computing market have not kept pace, indicating a challenging environment for existing players [11][12].