EP 286: NVIDIA Earnings: Market Reactions and the Future of AI Infrastructure
On this episode of The Six Five Pod, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman discuss the latest tech news stories that made headlines. This week's handpicked topics include:Â The Decode US, Saudi tout new business deals at investment forum https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/saudi-crown-prince-seeks-burnish-image-with-corporate-americas-top-executives-2025-11-19/ AMD, Cisco, and HUMAIN to form joint venture to deliver world-leading AI infrastructure https://newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/a/y2025/m11/amd-cisco-and-humain-to-form-joint-venture-to-deliver-world-leading-ai-infrastructure.html Adobe, Qualcomm partner with Humain on generative AI for Middle East https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/adobe-qualcomm-partner-with-humain-generative-ai-middle-east-2025-11-19/ Qualcomm to open engineering hub in Saudi Arabia, part of a series of AI deals in kingdom https://finance.yahoo.com/news/qualcomm-to-open-engineering-hub-in-saudi-arabia-part-of-a-series-of-ai-deals-in-kingdom-180008935.html Elon Musk's xAI will be first customer for Nvidia-backed data center in Saudi Arabia https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/musks-xai-will-be-customer-for-nvidia-data-center-in-saudi-arabia.html Microsoft, Nvidia to invest in Anthropic as Claude maker commits $30 billion to Azure https://finance.yahoo.com/news/anthropic-commits-30-billion-microsoft-150718625.html https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/microsoft-nvidia-anthropic-announce-partnership/ https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1990802932602999149 https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1990822426884682020 https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1990865570242187267 Microsoft Ignite - Announcements https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-at-microsoft-ignite-2025-all-the-intelligent-cloud-news-explained/ https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1990845768178282745 https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1990859751006351461 https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1990861596558774469 https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1990848107223933309?s=20 Google Gemini 3 Launch https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-3/ https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1990875878549512251 https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1991150119891223015 Yann LeCun Leaving Meta https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-ai-yann-lecun-llm-world-model-intelligence-criticism-2025-11Â Pat & Dan interview with Yann LeCun at last year's Davos: https://youtu.be/0gmDufvWlWEÂ Cloudflare resolves outage that caused widespread internet disruptions, taking down X, ChatGPT for some users https://www.yahoo.com/news/article/cloudflare-resolves-outage-that-caused-widespread-internet-disruptions-taking-down-x-chatgpt-for-some-users-141316666.html OpenText World 2025 - Recap https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1990806348393554203 https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1990805006661136469 Supercompute 2025 - Recap https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1991231108646678537?s=20 The Flip: Can Google unseat OpenAI as the new benchmark of AI? (The Flip) Bulls & Bears Delayed September report shows U.S. added 119,000 jobs, more than expected; unemployment rate at 4.4% https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/jobs-report-september-2025.html Fed minutes show divide over October rate cut and cast doubt about December https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/fed-minutes-october-2025.html Lenovo Earnings https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/q2-fy-2025-26/ NVIDIA Earnings https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/tech/nvidia-earnings-ai-bubble-fears https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1990526850171613211 https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1990538832295702574 https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1991156846900515130 https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1991544029675135247?s=20 https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1991540564794220778?s=20 Amazon Raises $15 Billion in First US Bond Sale in Three Years https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-kicks-off-first-us-132051192.html Databricks in talk to raise at $130B valuation https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/databricks-reportedly-in-talks-to-raise-funding-at-a-130b-valuation/ Â
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EP 287: The AI Cloud Shake-Up: AWS's New Silicon, NVIDIA's Strategy & Apple's Innovation Question
On this episode of The Six Five Pod, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman discuss the latest tech news stories that made headlines. This week's handpicked topics include: THE DECODE AWS re:Invent - Recap https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/top-announcements-of-aws-reinvent-2025/?sc_channel=sm&sc_publisher=TWITTER&sc_country=global&sc_geo=GLOBAL&sc_outcome=awareness&linkId=884155717 https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1995522287374848501 https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1995887913088024903 https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1995892836135567462 https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1995894725002609067 https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1995899055176909140 https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1995891537520341282 https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1995526650596032958 https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1995886428111466567 https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1995886972917956992 https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1995890114850160839 https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1995890899575050436 https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1995891581241754056 https://x.com/FuturumEquities/status/1995889087304401066 AWS & Google Collaboration on Multicloud Networking https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/networking/aws-and-google-cloud-collaborate-on-multioud-networking https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1995490114013987115 https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1995495191374131705 https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1995495197141295182 AWS announces new capabilities for its AI agent builder https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/02/aws-announces-new-capabilities-for-its-ai-agent-builder/? Amazon previews 3 AI agents including "Kiro" that can code on its own for days https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/02/amazon-previews-3-ai-agents-including-kiro-that-can-code-on-its-own-for-days/? Amazon releases an impressive new AI chip and teases an Nvidia-friendly roadmap https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/02/amazon-releases-an-impressive-new-ai-chip-and-teases-a-nvidia-friendly-roadmap/ Amazon to let cloud clients customize AI models midway through training for $100,000 a year https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/02/amazon-nova-forge-lets-clients-customize-ai-models-for-100000-a-year.html Nvidia News NVIDIA and Synopsys Announce Strategic Partnership to Revolutionize Engineering and Design https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-and-synopsys-announce-strategic-partnership-to-revolutionize-engineering-and-design https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1995485878186308079 Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang talks chip restrictions with Trump, blasts state-by-state AI regulations https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/03/nvidias-jensen-huang-talks-chip-controls-with-trump-hits-regulation.html Apple Design Executive Alan Dye Poached by Meta in Major Coup https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-03/apple-design-executive-alan-dye-poached-by-meta-in-major-coup https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1996331399926988944?s=20 Microsoft denies report of lowering targets for AI software sales growth https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-lowers-ai-software-sales-quota-customers-resist-new-products-2025-12-03/ Original The Information article: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-lowers-ai-software-sales-quotas-customers-resist-newer-products?utm_campaign=Editorial&utm_content=Exclusive&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_source=twitter https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1996268011041472937?s=20 https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1996286385695981617?s=20 Marvell to acquire Celestial AI for as much as $5.5 billion https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/02/mrvl-earnings-q3-2026-acquires-celestial-ai.html Why Intel's Onshore Chip Production Is So Important for U.S. Industrial Policy https://moorinsightsstrategy.com/analyst-insight-why-intels-onshore-chip-production-is-so-important-for-u-s-industrial-policy/ MIS & TFG analysts at HPE Discover in Barcelona (Dave, Will Townsend, Ryan Shrout) https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7402028871396790272/ THE FLIP The Flip: Is the Trump Administration's Pivot to Robotics a Smart Next Move After AI? https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1996221671028777041?s=20  BULLS AND BEARS November private payrolls unexpectedly fell by 32,000, led by steep small business job cuts, ADP reports https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/03/adp-jobs-report-november-2025-private-payrolls-unexpectedly-fell-by-32000-.html Marvell Earnings https://investor.marvell.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/999/marvell-technology-inc-reports-third-quarter-of-fiscal-year-2026-financial-results https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1995989717943537943?s=20 https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1996616081000087747?s=20 Salesforce Earnings https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/03/salesforce-crm-q3-earnings-report-2026.html https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1996328491659542667?s=20 https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1996620195062837565?s=20 HPE Earnings https://investors.hpe.com/~/media/Files/H/HP-Enterprise-IR/documents/q4-2025/q4-2025-earnings-press-release.pdf https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hpe-forecasts-weak-quarterly-revenue-211059252.html Dell Earnings https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/dell-technologies-delivers-third-quarter-fiscal-2026-financial-results-2025-11-25 Pure Storage Earnings https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/pstg-q3-earnings-lag-despite-solid-revenues-stock-upbeat-view https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1996623201607020695?s=20 Anthropic reportedly preparing for one of the largest IPOs ever in race with OpenAI https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/03/anthropic-claude-reportedly-preparing-ipo-race-openai-chatgpt-ft-wilson-sonsini-goodrich-rosati.html https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1996044632871010316?s=20 Â
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The Six Five Pod | EP 285: AMD's $100B Data Center Vision, SoftBank's $5B Nvidia Exit, Government Shutdowns and GPU Shortages
On this episode of The Six Five Pod, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman discuss the tech news stories that made headlines this week. The handpicked topics for this week are:  AMD Financial Analyst Day Breakdown: AMD presents long-term growth projections with over 35% revenue CAGR. Pat & Dan discuss AMD's 10-15% GPU market share projection, emphasizing Lisa Su's track record of execution and credibility.  SoftBank's Strategic Repositioning: SoftBank sold its entire stake in Nvidia for $US5.83 billion ($8.9 billion). Masayoshi Son, Chairman of Japan's SoftBank Group plans to reallocate capital to OpenAI and other AI infrastructure investments. Hosts discuss the potential of ARM-based AI chip development.  Anthropic's Infrastructure Investment: New $50 billion data center construction commitment with FluidStack. Claude Code is driving significant revenue and a path to 2028 profitability. Comparison with OpenAI's infrastructure strategy and independence goals.  Cloud Infrastructure and Capacity Deals: Nebius secures $3 billion deal with Meta for GPU capacity. Meta's strategy of risk-sharing and outsourcing during demand peaks.  The Depreciation Debate: Patrick argues there's a 6-year depreciation period for GPUs based on historical usage patterns, citing continued use of A-, V-, and H-series GPUs. Questions are raised about reticle limits and performance scaling sustainability.  Government Shutdown Resolution: Senate votes to reopen government after 43-day closure, leaving in its wake and estimated $11 billion permanent economic loss and $16 billion in missed wages. Hosts break down the market's mixed response with AI sector concerns overshadowing the reopening.  Cisco Earnings Analysis: Beat on revenue and earnings with solid enterprise performance. AI infrastructure orders are expected to triple to $3 billion in 2026. Hyperscale AI orders are at $1.3 billion with a strong growth trajectory.  CoreWeave Market Position: Stock down 33% from three-month peak, but still up 16% over six months. Data center build-out delays appear to be impacting capacity and revenue projections.  Applied Materials Performance: Beat expectations despite revenue decline from the China market loss. Future growth potential from TSMC, Intel, and Samsung US expansion. For a deeper dive into each topic, please click on the links above. Be sure to subscribe to The Six Five Pod so you never miss an episode.
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The Six Five Pod | EP 284: From TPUs to Trillion-Dollar Pay: Google's Ironwood Launch, AMD, Qualcomm, AWS Deal and the Race for AI Compute
On this episode of The Six Five Pod, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman discuss the latest tech news stories that made headlines. This week's handpicked topics include:  OpenAI signs a 7-year, $38B cloud deal with AWS to secure massive GPU capacity and diversify beyond Microsoft. Announced Nov 3 (Pat) https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1985358316592079054?s=20 https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1985352179444863072?s=20 U.S. to block Nvidia's scaled-down AI chips to China; Nvidia CEO says there are "no active discussions" to sell Blackwell there. Nov 7. (Dan) https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1986380431260815544?s=20 https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1985690392239513969?s=20 Microsoft's UAE Nvidia AI chip deal: Microsoft secured U.S. government approval to ship 60,000 Nvidia AI chips to the UAE, with a broader $9.7 billion contract for AI cloud services. (Dan) Google makes Ironwood TPUs generally available and adds new Axion Arm VMs for inference-heavy workloads. Announced Nov 6 (Pat) https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1986854566835748959?s=20 Kimi 2 Thinking costs $4.6M Dan https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1986930007554531470?s=20 Cheap MacBook (pat) https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1985774551318368696?s=20 Bulls & Bears Arm Earnings https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1986771536960008301 https://investors.arm.com/static-files/bde7f15e-4bc8-4524-a0e9-e016889b520d https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1986203347439824919 AMD Earnings https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1985979219352908272 https://ir.amd.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1265/amd-reports-third-quarter-2025-financial-results https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1985822986063266013 https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1985835687309165063 https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1985895752372289986 Qualcomm Earnings https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1986764581293977813 https://investor.qualcomm.com/news-events/press-releases/news-details/2025/Qualcomm-Earnngs-Release-Available-on-Companys-Investor-Relations-Website-c44bca3cf/default.aspx https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1986185406744871045 Coherent Earnings https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1986774118985794034 https://www.coherent.com/news/press-releases/first-quarter-fiscal-year-2026-results https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1986205975171190977 Lattice Semiconductor Earnings https://x.com/PatrickMoorhead/status/1985983349916143977 https://x.com/danielnewmanUV/status/1985475655241232529 Â
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EP 283: Mag 7 Earnings: Meta's Capex, AWS Comeback, NVIDIA GTC 2025, and Apple's iPhone Miss
On this episode of The Six Five Pod, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman discuss the tech news stories that made headlines this week. The handpicked topics for this week are: Â Key Takeaways from NVIDIA GTC and Infrastructure Build-Out: Jensen Huang's keynote delivery. Nvidia's co-architecture approach to power systems, water systems, and manufacturing. Partnerships with Vertiv, Siemens, and GE Vernova for infrastructure development. Key partnership announcements from NVIDIA to build seven supercomputers, competing with AMD's dominance. Â OpenAI and Microsoft Partnership Restructuring: Microsoft's $12-13 billion investment for 50/50 partnership structure. Renegotiation allowing OpenAI conversion to a for-profit entity. Microsoft's potential 27% ownership stake valued at approximately $270 billion. Sam Altman's equity position and IPO preparation for a potential trillion-dollar valuation. Â Qualcomm's AI Chip Launch: AI 200 and AI 250 announcement driving 20% stock price surge. Strong Wall Street reaction despite limited technical details available. Credible entry into the data center market with scale-up methodology. 2027 timeline for scale-up technologies, including NVLink adoption. Â DOE Supercomputer Partnerships: AMD's billion-dollar partnership for two additional supercomputers. Continued dominance in high-performance computing with 64-bit precision. U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright's recent recognition from both NVIDIA's Jensen Huang and AMD's Lisa Su. Highlights of government investments towards winning science across multiple domains. Â AWS Anthropic Trainium Partnership: A one-million Trainium chips commitment from Anthropic. Validation of AWS's custom silicon strategy. Recognition that all available chips are selling in the current market. Multi-generation improvement trajectory similar to Google's TPU. Â Google Public Sector Event Highlights: Google's military and government sector transformation under Google Cloud CEO, Thomas Kurian. Impressive Gemini for Government agent demonstrations. Seven-minute agent creation showcasing platform capabilities. On-premise GDC deployment with Lockheed Martin for air-gapped AI. Â Government Stakes Debate: Discussion of AI, quantum, rare earth minerals, and chip manufacturing. Â Federal Reserve Rate Cut: Fed Chairman Powell's extensive data center commentary. Â OpenAI Valuation: A trillion-dollar IPO valuation deemed "completely bonkers." Â ServiceNow Earnings, Alphabet/Google Earnings, Meta Earnings: Unpacking tech's earnings season. Â Microsoft Azure: 40% Azure growth with $400 billion booked business. For a deeper dive into each topic, please click on the links above. Be sure to subscribe to The Six Five Pod so you never miss an episode.
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