Investor darling Nvidia is dominating headlines as soon as once more after its earnings final week surpassed expectations on the again of the substitute intelligence increase. The chipmaker’s shares crossed $1,000 for the primary time final Wednesday and are up round 170% over the previous 12 months. Morgan Stanley notes that the response to Nvidia’s first quarter outcomes is “very telling on how a lot shopping for energy nonetheless exists available in the market.” “We’re removed from topping out on AI. This must be sufficient to maintain investor confidence in AI provide chain shares in Asia,” the funding financial institution’s analysts wrote in a Could 22 analysis observe. Corporations in Asia are set to get a lift within the second half of the 12 months as demand for Nvidia’s H100 GPUs (graphic processing models) and Hopper chip sequence grows. This presents an “enhancing revenue image for the Asia AI provide chain,” the analysts famous, including that “now’s the time to make the most of any potential pullback because the market rebalances.” Whereas a number of firms stand out nearly as good performs, the Wall Road financial institution mentioned it’s “most constructive” on shares regarding graphic processing models, excessive bandwidth reminiscence, customized chip design, manufacturing, testing and rail kits. Listed here are seven of Morgan Stanley’s overweight-rated shares to play these AI themes: Chubby-rated shares Amongst Morgan Stanley’s checklist of AI inventory alternatives are South Korean tech large SK Hynix and Taiwanese chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Firm. Each firms have made headlines previously 12 months and analysts are largely bullish on their prospects. Of the 39 analysts protecting SK Hynix, 35 have a purchase or obese score on the inventory, in keeping with FactSet knowledge, whereas 36 of 38 analysts protecting TSMC have a purchase or obese score on the inventory. SK Hynix shares are held within the iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (8.4% weight) and Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF (8.3% weight). Shares in TSMC are included within the iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF (25.1% weight) and Franklin FTSE Taiwan ETF (22.2% weight) Past the headline-makers, Morgan Stanley additionally sees potential in Japanese producer Advantest Corp . Shares within the firm are held within the Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Japan Fairness ETF (1.0% weight) and JPMorgan BetaBuilders Japan ETF (0.8%) Other than these firms, the Wall Road financial institution named Taiwanese semiconductor firms Alchip Applied sciences , Andes Know-how and AP Reminiscence Know-how , in addition to Japanese filtration providers supplier Micronics in its checklist of “AI beneficiaries,” giving every of them over 50% upside potential. — CNBC’s Michael Bloom contributed to this report.