Shanxi Securities·2025-06-19 08:28Investment Rating - The report maintains an "Outperform" rating for the communication industry, indicating an expected performance exceeding the benchmark index by more than 10% [1][41]. Core Insights - AMD has launched the MI350 series GPUs and showcased plans for the MI400 series, intensifying competition among the "AI Triad" in North America [2][14]. - The data center AI accelerator market is projected to grow over 60% annually, reaching $500 billion by 2028, with inference market growth expected to outpace training [2][14]. - The report highlights the ongoing valuation recovery in the overseas computing chain, driven by improved earnings confidence for 2026 and a return of value funds [3][15]. - The GTC Paris summit emphasized the importance of sovereign AI and industrial cloud as significant growth areas for computing power in Europe [4][15]. - The report suggests focusing on companies within the computing power supply chain, particularly in edge computing and endpoint devices [5][16]. Summary by Sections Industry Dynamics - AMD's MI350 series features 185 billion transistors and 288GB HBM3e, with performance improvements over the MI300 series exceeding 100% [2][14]. - The MI350X and MI355X GPUs demonstrate up to 35 times the inference performance of the MI300X [2][14]. - The report notes that the European market is becoming a key area for AI deployment, with significant investments in sovereign AI systems [4][15]. Mergers and Acquisitions - East Mountain Precision announced plans to acquire Source Photonics for up to $629 million, indicating a trend of consolidation in the optical communication sector [5][16][17]. - Source Photonics reported a revenue of 2.93 billion and a net profit of 400 million for 2024, with a 32% year-on-year growth in Q1 revenue [7][17]. Market Performance - The overall market saw a decline during the week of June 9-13, 2025, with the communication index dropping by 0.78% [8][18]. - The optical module sector showed resilience with a weekly increase of 3.12%, indicating strong performance amidst broader market challenges [8][18].