Antonio Linares
"AMD’s Free Cash Flow Is About to Explode"
11/5/2025, 1:53:26 PM
Economic Summary
- AMD's free cash flow per share is inflecting upward driven by its chiplet platform and ability to mix compute engines, implying improving unit economics and TCO advantages (AMD).
- AI is becoming distributed (not just large data centers), and persistent AI scaling laws—if they continue—are expected to exponentially increase compute demand and firms' earning power, benefiting chip and software providers like AMD and Palantir (AMD, PLTR).
- A key macro risk is human psychology: bearish sentiment and valuation fears can cause corrections; if scaling persists, physical constraints (energy, raw materials) could become meaningful bottlenecks for hardware expansion.
Bullish
- AMD chiplet platform and FPGAs enable distributed AI and rising free cash flow per share.
- AI scaling laws (accelerating demand, cited doubling cadence) drive exponential revenue and earnings.
- Palantir software increases customer top line and margins, expanding monetization.
Bearish
- Market psychology and bubble fears could trigger sharp sell-offs despite strong fundamentals.
- Valuation concerns and skepticism ('too good to be true') may pressure stock prices.
- Scaling AI may create resource and energy constraints that limit hardware growth.
Bullish tickers
AMDPLTRNVDA
Bearish tickers
AMDNVDAPLTR
AMD
Bullish
Chiplet platform, mix-and-match compute engines, and FPGA-enabled client devices drive distributed AI adoption, rising data-center and client revenue, and higher free cash flow per share.
Bearish
Main risks are market psychology, valuation/bubble concerns, and potential resource/energy constraints despite strong fundamentals.
NVDA
Bullish
Dominant in large data-center GPUs with very high performance moving-electron capabilities, strong position for centralized AI workloads.
Bearish
Monolithic GPUs may face thermodynamic and deployment limits in distributed/edge AI, making them less nimble for some workloads.
PLTR
Bullish
Software increases customers' top line and margins, suggesting strong enterprise value creation and revenue expansion potential.
Bearish
Exposed to market sentiment and valuation swings; downside not deeply discussed in the transcript.
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