

Industry Trends - Nvidia is set to launch the Spectrum-XGS Ethernet DCI product at HotChip 2025, aimed at connecting geographically dispersed data centers to create a 1 billion watt AI super factory, which implies over 660,000 GPUs assuming a single GPU power of 1.5 kW [2][3] - The Spectrum-XGS product addresses the limitations of traditional scale-up and scale-out approaches due to power and physical space constraints in data centers, utilizing core algorithms, hardware collaboration, and software optimization to solve communication delays, congestion, and synchronization issues in cross-regional GPU clusters [2][3] - Initial users of the Spectrum-XGS will include CoreWeave, with potential support for Oracle and SoftBank's Stargate project, indicating a significant acceleration in DCI construction [2][3] Product Developments - The release of DeepSeek V3.1 on August 21 brings enhancements in hybrid inference architecture, improved reasoning efficiency, and better performance in tool usage and agent tasks compared to the previous version [3] - DeepSeek V3.1 is optimized for the next generation of domestic chips, particularly focusing on the FP8 precision, showcasing a significant performance improvement in programming and search agents [3] - The market anticipates advancements in chip performance under chiplet architecture and enhanced soft-hard collaboration, suggesting that domestic chips may evolve from being merely functional to being highly efficient [3] Market Performance - The overall market showed mixed results during the week of August 18-22, 2025, with the Sci-Tech Innovation Board index rising by 13.31%, the Shenwan Communication index by 10.84%, and the ChiNext index by 5.85% [4] - The top three performing sectors were the Internet of Things (+17.5%), optical modules (+16.3%), and cloud computing (+14.0%) [4] - Notable individual stock performances included ZTE Corporation, Gaolan Co., Cambridge Technology, and Heertai, with increases of +32.21%, +24.75%, +23.65%, +20.55%, and +17.41% respectively [4]