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AI Inference

Custom silicon and connectivity for inference workloads.

0.392avg corr (252d)
9stocks
Weak co-movement

Stocks · key Fib levels

  • ALAB
    $430.86last
    $186.00fib
    anchored by Amazon AWS · Microsoft Azure · Google Cloud · Meta · NVIDIA · Dell · Supermicro
    • 2026 Q1: Scorpio P-Series PCIe Gen6 fabric switches sampling to hyperscalers; production ramp guided H2 2026.
    • 2025 Q4: Disclosed design wins on NVDA GB300 NVL72 platform - Aries + Scorpio attach.
    • 2025: Sole-source PCIe retimer on multiple AWS Trainium2 / Inferentia server SKUs.
    • 2025: COSMOS software suite extended to fleet-wide telemetry across all four product lines.
    • 2024 Q1: IPO at $36 (Mar 2024), priced above range; first pure-play AI interconnect public listing.
  • AMD
    $540.88last
    $253.00fib
    anchored by Microsoft · Meta · Oracle · OpenAI · Google · Amazon
    • 2024-12: $MSFT Azure ND MI300X VM series GA - first hyperscaler MI300 production deployment
    • 2025-02: $META disclosed MI300X internal inference workload at scale (Llama serving)
    • 2025-06: $ORCL OCI MI300X bare-metal instances live; multi-billion commitment disclosed
    • 2025-10: MI325X launch - 256GB HBM3E, shipping to hyperscaler anchors Q4 2025
    • 2026-Q1: MI350 series (CDNA4, 3nm) sampling; production ramp H2 2026
    • 2026-Q1: ZT Systems acquisition closed - rack-scale AI systems integration in-house
    • 2026-04: EPYC Turin (5th gen, Zen 5) shipping; cited in $ORCL, $GOOG, $AMZN earnings as standard fleet CPU
  • ARM
    $337.47last
    $185.00fib
    anchored by NVIDIA · Apple · AWS · Google · Microsoft · Meta · Qualcomm · MediaTek · Samsung
    • 2024-02 - Microsoft Cobalt 100 announced - first MSFT-custom Arm server CPU; Azure deployment broadens
    • 2024-04-09 - Google Axion (Arm v9) announced for GCP general-purpose compute
    • 2024-05 - Apple M4 launched (3nm, all-Arm v9 across M-series, A18 Pro across iPhone, S-chip across watch)
    • 2024-11 - AWS Graviton4 GA; Arm Neoverse V2 powers 50%+ of EC2 compute hours within targeted SKUs
    • 2025 - NVIDIA Grace + Blackwell shipping at scale (Arm v9 Neoverse V2 paired with every Blackwell GPU); Rubin generation continues the Arm pairing
    • 2025-09 - Google Axion GA on GCP
    • 2026-Q1 - Apple M5 (3nm successor, Arm v9.x) + A19 Pro launch maintain Apple's 100% Arm-silicon stack
    • 2026 - Compute Subsystems (CSS) chiplet IP in production-ready hyperscaler programs; royalty per AI accelerator unit rises as CSS-licensed designs ship
  • AVGO
    $369.34last
    $336.00fib
    anchored by Alphabet · Meta Platforms · Apple · undisclosed third hyperscaler
    • **Nov 2023** - Closed $69B VMware acquisition; began subscription conversion + portfolio trim
    • **Sep 2024** - Disclosed third large hyperscaler XPU customer in development (unnamed)
    • **Dec 2024** - Guided AI semi SAM to $60-90B by FY27 across 3 hyperscaler customers
    • **2024-2026** - $GOOGL TPU v5/v6/v7 silicon co-design (multi-generation)
    • **2024-2026** - $META MTIA v1/v2 inference + training silicon partner
    • **2026** - Multi-year $AAPL wireless component extension signed; RF baseline through FY28+
    • **Ongoing** - Tomahawk 5 (51.2T) shipping; Tomahawk 6 (102.4T) sampling for AI scale-out fabrics
  • CBRS
    $221.27last
    - fib
    $24.6B backlog750 MWanchored by G42 · MBZUAI (Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI) · OpenAI · Amazon Web Services
    • 2024-09 - First S-1 filed; later withdrawn after CFIUS opened a review of G42's minority stake
    • 2025-10 - CFIUS review concluded after G42 holding restructured to non-voting shares; path cleared for listing
    • 2025-12-24 - NVIDIA's $20B Groq asset/license acquisition (read-through: frontier inference market partitioning into a specialist tier; NVDA buying in rather than ceding the lane)
    • 2026-01-14 - OpenAI deal signed: 750 MW of low-latency compute through 2028. Initial press value $10B; subsequent MRA disclosures place binding commitments at >$20B with expansion provisions up to 2 GW by 2030
    • 2026-02 - Hiive private secondary implied ~$23B valuation (IPO 3 months later doubled this)
    • 2026-03-13 - AWS announced Cerebras as first cloud provider for disaggregated inference on Amazon Bedrock; Trainium + WSE pairing claims "5× more high-speed token capacity in the same hardware footprint"
    • 2026-05-13 - IPO priced $185 (above $150-160 range, walked up from original $115-125); book reportedly 20× oversubscribed
    • 2026-05-14 - Day 1 open $350, close $311.07 (+68.2%); $5.55B raised on 30M shares; $48.8B fully-diluted valuation; 2026's largest US tech IPO
    • 2026-Q3 (est) - Accelerated lockup: 60M+ shares unlock by Q2 2026 earnings release, ~2× IPO float hitting tape inside 90 days (vs standard 180-day expiry mid-November 2026)
    • Snapshot 2026-05-18: price ~$311, mcap ~$48.8B fully-diluted (~157M sh × $311), 2025 revenue $510M (+76% YoY from $290M), 2025 GAAP net income $237.8M but operating loss $145.9M
    • Customer concentration: G42 (24% of 2025 rev, was 85% in 2024) + MBZUAI (62%) = ~86% UAE-linked, both flagged as related parties in the S-1; apparent 2025 diversification away from G42 was reallocation between connected Abu Dhabi entities, not new customer acquisition
    • Backlog concentration: ~$24.6B disclosed, of which ~80% is OpenAI; revenue recognition gated by OpenAI's own datacenter buildout pace (power + zoning, not chips)
    • Setup tension: first specialist inference accelerator on the public tape, but the entire forward business is explained by three customers (G42, MBZUAI, OpenAI) through 2028; GAAP profitability is non-operating (the $237.8M net income line is not a sustainable run-rate while operating loss continues); fast lockup creates structural supply pressure ~Q3 2026; inference TAM is contestable and workload-specific (21× B200 advantage on Llama 3 70B reasoning doesn't generalize to training, embeddings, or image gen)
    • Editorial deep-dive: /articles/cerebras-cbrs-ipo
  • CRDO
    $259.09last
    $148.00fib
    anchored by Microsoft · Amazon Web Services · Intel Foundry · Samsung Foundry · TE Connectivity
    • **Microsoft** - anchor AEC customer; multi-year ramp into Azure AI back-end fabric; disclosed >40% of revenue concentration in FY25 10-K
    • **Amazon (AWS)** - second hyperscaler AEC design win; Trainium/Inferentia cluster fabric ramp through CY26
    • **Third US hyperscaler** - disclosed in FY26 guide as ramping; widely believed to be $META or $GOOGL
    • **Intel Foundry** - 5nm/3nm SerDes IP licensing engagement
    • **Samsung Foundry** - SerDes IP partnership on advanced nodes
    • **TE Connectivity** - joint AEC + connector reference designs for OCP/OAI form factors
  • INTC
    $127.02last
    $60.00fib
    anchored by Amazon Web Services · Microsoft · Dell · HP · Lenovo · Department of Defense · IBM Cloud
    • 2024-02: CHIPS Act award - $8.5B grant + $11B loan for Arizona/Ohio/New Mexico fabs
    • 2024-09: Amazon Web Services ($AMZN) - multi-year 18A custom AI fabric chip + Xeon 6 supply deal
    • 2024-09: Microsoft ($MSFT) - 18A custom chip design win (disclosed at Direct Connect 2024)
    • 2025-01: Department of Defense - Secure Enclave / RAMP-C trusted-fab Phase 3 award
    • 2025-Q2: Altera carve-out - Silver Lake acquires 51% at $8.75B EV
    • 2026-Q1: Gaudi 3 - IBM Cloud ($IBM) and Dell ($DELL) as launch infrastructure partners
  • MRVL
    $272.05last
    $126.00fib
    anchored by AWS · Microsoft · Google · Meta · Hyperscalers (undisclosed third + fourth)
    • 2021 - Inphi acquisition closed ($10B) - coherent-optical DSP leadership
    • 2024 - AWS Trainium2 + Trainium3 custom-silicon programs ramping
    • 2024 - Microsoft Maia 100 / successor program co-designed with Marvell
    • 2025 - Coherent-optical DSPs inside 800G + 1.6T pluggables shipping in volume
    • 2025-Q4 - Hyperscaler AI silicon revenue mix climbing; legacy networking mix shrinking as share of revenue
    • 2026-Q1 - Quarterly print; AI silicon revenue commentary the watch
    • 2026 - Multi-generation custom AI ASIC programs visible 2-3 years forward
  • RMBS
    $123.83last
    - fib
    anchored by Micron · SK Hynix · Samsung · AMD · Marvell
    • **2026-Q1**: DDR5 server chipset revenue at multi-year high; MRDIMM design wins ramping into 2H26.
    • **2026**: HBM4 controller IP licensed to multiple AI accelerator customers (undisclosed hyperscaler ASIC programs).
    • **2025**: PCIe 6.0 and CXL 3.0 controller IP shipped - qualified into early adopters.
    • **2025**: Security IP design wins in automotive ADAS and post-quantum crypto programs.
    • **Ongoing**: Patent license renewals with $MU, $SK Hynix, Samsung - royalty backbone.

Co-movement matrix (252d)

ALAB
AMD
ARM
AVGO
CBRS
CRDO
INTC
MRVL
RMBS
ALAB·0.440.390.470.290.610.330.440.47
AMD0.44·0.530.430.120.440.500.470.52
ARM0.390.53·0.50-0.060.380.380.490.53
AVGO0.470.430.50·0.180.530.340.460.43
CBRS0.290.12-0.060.18·0.100.290.230.21
CRDO0.610.440.380.530.10·0.360.400.46
INTC0.330.500.380.340.290.36·0.400.49
MRVL0.440.470.490.460.230.400.40·0.57
RMBS0.470.520.530.430.210.460.490.57·

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What are the top stocks in the AI Inference theme?
QuantAbundancia's AI Inference theme tracks 9 stocks ranked editorially: ALAB, AMD, ARM, AVGO, CBRS, CRDO, INTC, MRVL, RMBS.
Do AI Inference stocks move together?
The AI Inference theme has a 252-day average correlation of 0.39 across its members - weak co-movement. Editorial themes are narrative groupings, not capital-flow validated; tradability follows correlation, not the story.