AMD, Intel, And Nvidia: Which Is The Best Chip Stock?

Summary

• AMD's recent CPU and GPU offerings have been more competitive with Intel and NVIDIA's products.
• AMD’s EPYC server chips have proved to be comparable or even superior to certain Intel chips and have led to AMD gaining server CPU market share.
• Even so, Intel is the leader in the processor market and holds long-term advantages over AMD in R&D, marketing, and pricing.
• Nvidia is ahead of AMD in GPU technology and is leveraging its GPUs into adjacent end markets such as artificial intelligence.

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Intel (INTC) was once the microchip industry equivalent of the Colossus of Rhodes, a monument to the power of Moore’s law. However, the firm stumbled with its 10-nanometer process, and recently announced its 7-nm process will be delayed until 2023.

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