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NEWS TAKE: China's Optical Ban, Volta's $10B Anthropic Deal, AMD's Earnings
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Austin Lyons and Vik Sekar break down three stories that hit semis last week. They analyze a proposed US ban on Chinese optical transceivers that threatens to cut off 50% of the global supply, the market's reaction to AMD's surprise $800M CapEx spend despite strong earnings, and how a new company called Volta Infrastructure landed a $10B compute deal with Anthropic by pioneering a new financial model for AI. Key Takeaways: - The proposed ban on Chinese optical transceivers is based on a flawe...