Data-center CPU market expansion refined to $32.5-$60 billion by 2030 — CPUs as indispensable control layer orchestrating multi-step agentic logic, managing conditional branching, and coordinating vast arrays of specialized smaller AI models.

Data-center CPU market expansion refined to $32.5-$60 billion by 2030 — CPUs as indispensable control layer orchestrating multi-step agentic logic, managing conditional branching, and coordinating vast arrays of specialized smaller AI models. | Next MS AlphaWise CIO survey

Key catalyst: Next MS AlphaWise CIO survey

Watch events: Intel / AMD data-center CPU revenue trajectories; NVIDIA Vera launch

Intel Gaudi + AMD Turin, NVIDIA Vera, plus Grace/Rubin CPU investments accelerating 2025-2026. Morgan Stanley CIO survey confirming CPU reallocation.

Beneficiaries (21)

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  "context": "Refinement of CMQ_045 ($10-$100B range) with tighter MS 2026 model. Couples with CMQ_030, CMQ_044 (CPU:GPU ratios).",
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