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Ian King

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Bloomberg Tech
Meta to Spend Billions on AMD Gear, AI Scare Trade Continues

All boats are floating.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta to Spend Billions on AMD Gear, AI Scare Trade Continues

Everybody's benefiting from the same massive spending in equal measure.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta to Spend Billions on AMD Gear, AI Scare Trade Continues

I guess what would change that would be if NVIDIA does not hit those targets, does not exceed those targets.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta to Spend Billions on AMD Gear, AI Scare Trade Continues

That, I think, would change the conversation considerably.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta to Spend Billions on AMD Gear, AI Scare Trade Continues

I mean, again, you have to go back to the percentages, the growth percentages.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta to Spend Billions on AMD Gear, AI Scare Trade Continues

At the moment, both of them would say, you know, this isn't about competition.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta to Spend Billions on AMD Gear, AI Scare Trade Continues

This is about there's so much demand.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta to Spend Billions on AMD Gear, AI Scare Trade Continues

A company like Meta, which makes its own chips, is buying from both of us.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta to Spend Billions on AMD Gear, AI Scare Trade Continues

That would be the answer.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta to Spend Billions on AMD Gear, AI Scare Trade Continues

But ultimately, when the market slows down, and you can be the judge of when that happens, then we'll see the market share shift because then it'll really matter.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta to Spend Billions on AMD Gear, AI Scare Trade Continues

Yeah.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta to Spend Billions on AMD Gear, AI Scare Trade Continues

Again, we asked Lisa about this, and she said that it, this is Lisa Sue, the CEO, and she said this is different than the open air ideal.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta to Spend Billions on AMD Gear, AI Scare Trade Continues

The open air ideal is a slightly different arrangement.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta to Spend Billions on AMD Gear, AI Scare Trade Continues

That is a company, obviously, that is seeking liquidity.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta to Spend Billions on AMD Gear, AI Scare Trade Continues

Meta clearly does not.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta to Spend Billions on AMD Gear, AI Scare Trade Continues

need liquidity.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta to Spend Billions on AMD Gear, AI Scare Trade Continues

This is just a way of showing Meta's commitment to what they're doing.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta to Spend Billions on AMD Gear, AI Scare Trade Continues

You've got to remember that, you know, AMD is only a couple of generations into being any type of presence at all in this market.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta to Spend Billions on AMD Gear, AI Scare Trade Continues

So if a big buyer of this stuff comes along and says, oh, we like your gear.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta to Spend Billions on AMD Gear, AI Scare Trade Continues

Oh, guess what?