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AI ARMS RACE |
EVENING · CHIPS |
Knox Bennett, Lead Strategist, Strategic Compute · September 14, 2026 |
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TONIGHT'S BEAT — CHIPS |
Analog and photonics, not the accelerator |
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MarketBeat, September 12. STMicroelectronics CFO Lorenzo Grandi, at a Citi conference, said AI data-center revenue should exceed $1 billion this year and rise well above $2 billion in 2027. The same MarketBeat piece. Connectivity products (silicon photonics, microcontrollers, BiCMOS chips used in optical transceivers) about 80 percent of next year's data-center billings. The other 20 percent is thermal and power. Book-to-bill well above 1x. Strong bookings, lean inventory. Power for 800-volt architectures becomes meaningful after 2028. You Don't Have to Bet Everything on Tesla The humanoid robot race is exploding. A new briefing names 6 robotics stocks and ETFs already giving investors exposure. Paid advertisement from Elite Trade Media LLC. Investing involves risk including loss of principal. (From Elite Trade Club)
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STMicroelectronics did not print a GPU guide. |
It printed the layer around the GPU. |
Lorenzo Grandi, Citi, September 12, via MarketBeat. STM. AI data-center revenue past $1 billion this year, well above $2 billion next. |
I care about that number because of the mix, not because it is large. |
Connectivity is about 80 percent of next year's data-center billings. Silicon photonics. Microcontrollers. BiCMOS chips inside optical transceivers. Thermal and power take the remaining 20 percent. The accelerator names are not in that mix. |
"The booking is still very strong." Book-to-bill well above 1x. Inventories lean. Demand running ahead of capacity. Customers asking for long-term agreements, some with cash advances. |
That is a supplier describing a seat inside the rack. |
The power piece is later. STM is building for 800-volt architectures. Grandi said power-related revenue becomes meaningful after 2028. Near term, the growth is connectivity. If you hear "$2 billion" and map it onto an accelerator, you have the wrong layer. |
Would you actually underwrite another GPU day, or would you underwrite the analog, photonics, and power silicon that has to sit next to the thing everyone already owns? |
PIC100 is the photonics platform he pointed at. He did not give a share figure. He said the company believes it has a leading position. Treat that as a claim, not a census. |
Grandi said the booking tape has not really moved since the second-quarter print. Book-to-bill still above 1x. Distributor inventory still lean, especially on industrial. Some of those industrial parts are out to 50 weeks. Analog tightness does not wait on a lab essay about training cadence. |
The cash-advance long-term agreements are the tell. Customers are locking volume and price because they cannot pull the parts off a shelf. That is a manufacturing seat inside the rack, not another accelerator slide. |
STM says the 300-millimeter line can add photonics capacity and, if the mix shifts, run other products on the same tools. Flexibility is not a guide. It is how you underwrite the layer that sits around someone else's GPU. |
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$2 billion, 80 percent connectivity |
Exceed $1 billion this year, well above $2 billion in 2027. Four-fifths of next year's DC billings are connectivity. One-fifth is thermal and power. |
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800 volts is the later print |
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THE LONG GAME |
A GPU does not run on a slide. It runs on power stages, sensing, and the optical bits that get the answer off the board. Those parts do not care which lab published a cadence note over the weekend. They care whether the rack is still being built. Grandi's bookings say that seat is still being filled. |
Watch whether the 2027 path still prints above $2 billion. Watch whether connectivity stays near 80 percent or the 800-volt book pulls forward. Watch analog lead times. Grandi said some industrial products are out to 50 weeks. |
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MarketBeat, September 12. Grandi at Citi: AI DC revenue past $2 billion in 2027, connectivity about 80 percent of the mix. |
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YOU'RE EARLY. KEEP IT THAT WAY. |
The gauge held 70. The $2 billion path is analog, photonics, and power around the GPU, not another accelerator print. Forward this to one person who still thinks this is only a chip-guide story. |
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The gauge held 70. Same sessionless print as this morning. |
Knox Bennett, Lead Strategist, Strategic Compute |
P.S. If the scarce layer is the silicon around the GPU, do you sit with another accelerator headline or with analog and photonics on a $2 billion path? Reply and tell me. |
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