June 19, 2025 10:22 AM GMT Semiconductor Production Equipment | Japan US-China Decoupling and SPE Stock Picking Texas Instruments has decided on the heaviest investment in domestic legacy semiconductor production ever in light of the Trump administration's manufacturing repatriation policy. NVIDIA is to exclude China sales from guidance. We identify SPE stocks likely to benefit from ongoing global decoupling. Key Takeaways TI announces large-scale investment in US: Texas Instruments (covered by Joseph Moore ...

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD -0.20%) has built a sizable AI accelerator business over the past few years, but it's a drop in the bucket compared with market leader Nvidia (NVDA 0.87%). While Nvidia's data center segment generated more than $39 billion in revenue during the most recent quarter alone, AMD managed just $5 billion in AI accelerator revenue in all of 2024.AMD's latest Instinct MI350X and MI355X graphics processing units (GPUs) are powerful, delivering four times the AI compute performance and 35 ...

How quickly can we stand up uh more and better chip production in the US. For sure. Look, it's a huge priority for us to get geographic diversity. It's a big priority to get um more manufacturing in the US.I think we've seen um some big strides. So, uh, the progress that's been made, um, on the silicon side, for example, in Arizona with, you know, TSMC's, um, you know, new investments as well as some of their announcements. We have some of our trips running there right now, and they look really, really good ...

Core Insights - Intel's first-quarter earnings report showed flat revenue year over year at $12.7 billion, exceeding analysts' estimates by $390 million, but adjusted EPS fell 28% to $0.13, despite beating consensus forecasts by $0.13 [1][2] - For the second quarter, Intel expects revenue to decline between 3% to 13% year over year, with an adjusted EPS of zero, missing the consensus forecast of $0.07 [2][4] - Intel's market share in the x86 CPU market has significantly declined from 82.5% in Q3 2016 to 58.2% in Q2 2025, while AMD's share increased from 17.5% to 40.3% during the same period [4][5] Company Performance - Intel's annual revenue decreased from $55.87 billion in 2014 to $54.23 billion in 2024, while its stock price fell 34% over the past decade, contrasting with the S&P 500's 160% increase [7] - AMD's stock surged 3,950% during the same period, driven by strategic leadership and engineering improvements [7] Strategic Direction - New CEO Lip-Bu Tan plans to enhance engineering capabilities, develop CPUs with integrated AI features, and expand the foundry business, dismissing rumors of selling its foundries or becoming a fabless chipmaker [8][9] - Intel aims to streamline operations and divest noncore assets, including the programmable chipmaker Altera, while ramping up its 18A process node for the Panther Lake CPU launch in late 2025 [9][10] Challenges Ahead - Intel's near-term outlook remains bleak, with expectations that new chips will not significantly boost revenue or profits [10] - The company plans to lay off around 20% of its staff to cut costs and is outsourcing some production to TSMC, raising concerns about its ability to recover [10][11] - Intel faces additional challenges from tariffs, export curbs, and competition from TSMC, complicating its recovery efforts against AMD [12] Competitive Landscape - Intel's losses in mobile, discrete GPU, and core CPU markets highlight deep-rooted issues, contrasting with AMD's consistent leadership under a single CEO [13] - Despite potential optimism from contrarian investors regarding Tan's leadership, there are currently no signs of recovery for Intel against AMD in the x86 CPU market [14]