Recent #server market news in the semiconductor industry

2 months ago

➀ The server market grew 91% year-over-year in Q4 2024, with revenue reaching a record $77.3 billion. Revenue from x86 servers increased 59.9% to $54.8 billion, and non-x86 servers increased 262.1% to $22.5 billion. Servers with embedded GPUs saw a 192.6% year-over-year growth.

➁ Nvidia dominated the server GPU market with over 90% of shipments with embedded GPUs in 2024Q4. The adoption of servers with embedded GPUs by hyperscalers and cloud service providers has been a significant driver of market growth.

➂ The U.S. was the second fastest-growing region in the server market, with China also experiencing significant growth. Dell Technologies and Supermicro tied for the number one position in the market, followed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IEIT Systems, and Lenovo.

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4 months ago

➀ Intel has delayed the release of its key data center processor, Clearwater Forest, to the first half of 2026 due to massive losses and challenges with packaging technology.

➁ The delay is seen as a setback for Intel's competitive position in the data center market and its efforts to regain market share.

➂ Intel's financial results revealed significant losses, with the company investing heavily in new fabs and production capacity in the U.S.

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5 months ago
1. Super Micro Computer's shares have lost much of its early 2024 gains but sentiment improved after the firm submitted a compliance plan to Nasdaq. 2. The company faces strong growth prospects in the liquid-cooled server racks market, driven by AI applications and data center CapEx spending. 3. Risks remain due to financial reporting delays and a potential delisting, but a moderate P/E ratio offers a revaluation opportunity if issues are resolved.
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8 months ago
1. Super Micro Computer's shares have crashed following a DOJ probe into its accounting practices; 2. Despite the investigation, the company's strong business and server market potential make it an attractive investment; 3. The recent stock split and low valuation present a unique buying opportunity; 4. The DOJ probe has created a negative sentiment, but it's seen as an investment opportunity; 5. SMCI has a strong long-term EPS growth outlook, outperforming Nvidia or AMD.
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9 months ago
➀ Nee Guohua emphasized that the integration of RISC-V and Chiplet will promote the innovation of DSA (Domain Specific Architecture) and lead to the 'Hardware Defined by Demand' era; ➁ The level of China's chip design has reached the world's advanced level in digital chips, but there is still a gap in analog chips; ➂ Scientists must not only have solid professional knowledge but also be brave in innovation and willing to take responsibility; ➃ RISC-V, as an emerging open instruction set architecture, is gaining global attention and is expected to promote innovation with its openness, efficiency, flexibility, low power consumption, modularity, and scalability; ➄ Chiplet technology, which encapsulates multiple pre-designed small chips into a complete SoC, is introduced to lower design complexity and cost while improving performance and flexibility; ➅ DSA (Domain Specific Architecture) computing architecture, characterized by customized design to better meet specific needs, shows great potential in emerging fields such as AI and IoT; ➆ The integration of RISC-V, extended instruction sets, Chiplet, and interconnect technologies in DSA new servers is expected to replace traditional X86 servers in terms of cost-performance and energy consumption, thus promoting the transformation and development of the Chinese server market; ➇ In the new era of 'Hardware Defined by Demand', hardware design will no longer rely solely on traditional standardized and generalized approaches but will be more closely integrated with actual application needs.
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