Semiconductors

Report · March 17, 2025

A Deeper Look at Grace – NVIDIA’s Custom Arm-based Super Chip

Executive Summary Custom CPU development is essential for maximizing the efficiency and performance of accelerated computing architectures. NVIDIA’s strategic approach to CPU design, specifically its purpose-built Arm-based CPUs, delivers significant competitive advantages by addressing the limitati

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Report · January 10, 2025

CES 2025: Nvidia Blackwell RTX & Project Digits

What’s Important: DLSS 4 introduces Multi Frame Generation, exclusive to RTX 50 Series GPUs, increasing frame rates up to 8x. A new transformer-based AI model replaces the convolutional neural network, improving stability, motion clarity, and reducing ghosting. Enhanced Ray Reconstruction is compati

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Report · November 1, 2024

More Core, More Power: The Apple M4 Pro Advantage

Key Takeaways: Focus on performances cores for CPU and increased memory bandwidth. Several configurations available for the M4 series chips: M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max. CPU core count varies from 8 to 16 cores, with combinations of performance and efficiency cores, but focus on performance cores at high

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Report · March 1, 2024

The Imperative for AI-First Semiconductor Designs

In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI), the demand for computational power is outstripping the capabilities of traditional semiconductor architectures. This surge necessitates a paradigm shift towards special-purpose and AI-first designs, as exemplified by groundbreaking i

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Report · February 23, 2024

Intel IFS Connect: Positioning Intel Foundry for the AI Systems Era

Intel hosted an event, which was essentially the Intel Foundry coming out party.  It is a historic event and a critical part of the puzzle for the Intel turnaround story. Key Takeaways Intel Foundry Looks best positioned for “systems” manufacturing which encompasses chipsets/advanced packaging Micro

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Report · January 25, 2024

Intel Earnings Note & Postive IFS News

Intel announced earnings today that despite the weak guide sets them up for a strong 2024 and the full road to recovery and leadership looks to continue to be clear. Key Takeaways Continued execution of 5 nodes in 4 years remains on track Product recovery in data center and client leads to strong pr

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Report · January 18, 2024

TSMC Earnings Sets Stage for Strong 2024

TSMC latest earnings commentary provides a positive outlook for the semiconductor industry in 2024. Key Takeaways Revenue Growth Forecast: TSMC expects 2024 to be a year of healthy growth with a projected increase in revenue of low-mid 20% in US$ terms. This growth is expected to outperform the wide

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Report · November 13, 2023

Arm’s Latest Earnings: Things Learned and What’s Significant

What’s Significant Despite a beat, Arm’s stock was down after hours. One of the main challenges we feel facing investors is Arm is better evaluated on a yearly basis and not a quarterly one. Investors were negative due to a lower-guide for the next quarter which hinges solely on the timing of a cust

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Report · October 25, 2023

Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit: Oryon Sets the Table for PCs with AI

What’s Significant Qualcomm has finally shared extensive details of their Oryon custom architecture purpose-built to take Arm-based Windows PCs to the next level. This is a result of years of work via their acquisition of Nuvia, and represents a significant moment for Qualcomm as they return to a pr

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Report · October 24, 2023

Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit: What’s new with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Today at Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm announced their 2024 flagship mobile chipset: Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Below is our thoughts on what is significant and a recap of the main announcements. What’s Significant: Gen AI is being a popular marketing term and also a differentiating factor for a lot of consu

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Report · October 24, 2023

Research Note: Our View on Report Nvidia and AMD Arm PC Chips

The recent report from Reuters about Nvidia looking to make a push with an Arm PC chip has been a long time coming. We have known about Nvidia’s interests in this space for several years as a part of a broader CPU roadmap on Arm moving from data center to PC.  The report also highlights…

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Report · October 20, 2023

Arm Embraces the Custom Silicon Trend with Arm Total Design

One of the biggest trends we have continued to reference is the move to custom silicon by numerous names in big tech. Almost every major player in technology has some aspect of custom silicon, and you would be hard-pressed to find a product or category in tech that is built purely from off-the-shelf

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