UNITED STATES DOLLARS AND SILVER: SERVER CPU DEMAND REMAINS STRONG AND IS EXPECTED TO GROW AT A COMPOUND RATE OF 37.1 PER CENT OVER FIVE YEARS

ON 15 JULY, A RECENT STUDY BY THE UNITED STATES BANK OF AMERICA NOTED THAT THE DEMAND FOR CPUS ON SERVERS REMAINED STRONG IN 2026, CLOUD COMPUTING MANUFACTURERS CONTINUED TO EXPAND CAPITAL SPENDING AND SMART AI APPLICATIONS CONTRIBUTED TO THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER AND VALUE OF CPU CONFIGURATIONS IN DATA CENTRES. THE BANK EXPECTS THAT THE GLOBAL CPU MARKET SIZE WILL INCREASE FROM $35.2 BILLION IN 2025 TO $17.1 BILLION IN 2030, WITH A FIVE-YEAR COMPOUND GROWTH RATE OF 37.1 PER CENT, UP FROM $125 BILLION PREVIOUSLY PROJECTED。