Managing Director, Zero One, Zero One

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Managing Director, Zero One

Zero One

Founded in 2015, Zero One produces independent investment research and provides corporate finance advisory services with a focus on both listed and private technology companies. Founder Vincent Fernando has over 20 years of experience in US and Asia capital markets.

Independent Investment Research

Equity Bottom-Up

Hon Hai Precision Industry / Equity Bottom-Up

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. provides electronic manufacturing services for computers, communications, and consumer electronic products.  The Company's business operations include desktop and notebook PC assembly, connector production, cable assembly, PCB assembly, handset manufacturing, networking equipment, and other consumer electronic devices manufacturing.

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<li>Mike Sayre previously co-founded KABAM Robotics, the Singapore-founded autonomous-robot business that operates as the advanced-engineering arm of Taiwan-listed PATEC Group (Patec Precision Industry (2236 TT)).</li>
<li>For Physical AI, the missing layer is a tactile-force data engine, not more compute. Billions are flowing into vision-only training, but high-fidelity interaction-force data that vision-language-tactile models need is scarce.</li>
<li>Taiwan already dominates the mechanical layers a robot needs to move and act. The sim-to-real gap is widest on contact physics -- sensors for material compliance, friction, and tactile feedback.</li>
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Mike Sayre previously co-founded KABAM Robotics, the Singapore-founded autonomous-robot business that operates as the advanced-engineering arm of Taiwan-listed PATEC Group (Patec Precision Industry (2236 TT)).
For Physical AI, the missing layer is a tactile-force data engine, not more compute. Billions are flowing into vision-only training, but high-fidelity interaction-force data that vision-language-tactile models need is scarce.
Taiwan already dominates the mechanical layers a robot needs to move and act. The sim-to-real gap is widest on contact physics -- sensors for material compliance, friction, and tactile feedback.


TechChain Insights Q&A: 'Force Blindness' Is Physical AI's Bottleneck - More Important Than Compute

United Microelectron Sp Adr / Equity Bottom-Up

United Microelectronics Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets integrated circuits (ICs) and related electronic products.  The Company's main products are consumer electronic ICs, memory ICs, personal computer peripheral ICs, and communication ICs.

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<li><strong>SemiQA is building a new class of analog, neuromorphic AI chips for the edge, with mass production in Taiwan.</strong></li>
<li>SemiQA's analog chip designs enable in-memory computing; doing the AI math inside the memory itself. This cuts power usage by 90% and reduces latency.</li>
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<strong>Analog edge-AI thesis and the case for non-TSMC chip fabs.</strong> Because SemiQA's analog approach does not chase leading-edge transistor density, SemiQA builds on mature, specialty fabs like UMC, Global Foundries.</li>
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SemiQA is building a new class of analog, neuromorphic AI chips for the edge, with mass production in Taiwan.
SemiQA's analog chip designs enable in-memory computing; doing the AI math inside the memory itself. This cuts power usage by 90% and reduces latency.

Analog edge-AI thesis and the case for non-TSMC chip fabs. Because SemiQA's analog approach does not chase leading-edge transistor density, SemiQA builds on mature, specialty fabs like UMC, Global Foundries.


TechChain Insights: SemiQA's Analog Chips Cut Power Usage by 90% and Use Non-TSMC Mature Node Fabs

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) - ADR / Equity Bottom-Up

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. manufactures integrated circuits based on its proprietary designs.  The Company offers a comprehensive set of integrated circuit fabrication processes to manufacture CMOS logic, mixed-mode, volatile and non-volatile memory and BiCMOS chips.  Taiwan Semiconductor is an affiliate of Philips Electronics N.V.

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) - ADR (TSM US)

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) - ADR

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<li>TSMC: +11.5% Premium; Taiwan Relative Bullishness is Opportunity to Long the ADR Spread</li>
<li>UMC: -3.7% Discount; Persisting Discount = Opportunity to Long the ADR Spread</li>
<li>ASE: -1.6% Discount; Persisting Below Zero... Another Opportunity Long the ADR Spread</li>
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TSMC: +11.5% Premium; Taiwan Relative Bullishness is Opportunity to Long the ADR Spread
UMC: -3.7% Discount; Persisting Discount = Opportunity to Long the ADR Spread
ASE: -1.6% Discount; Persisting Below Zero... Another Opportunity Long the ADR Spread


Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: Taiwan Domestic Investors' Relative Bullishness Is an Opportunity

MediaTek Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions. The company provides SOC system solutions for wireless communications, high-definition TV, optical storage, DVD and Blu-ray products.

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<li>NeuralSpike, an independent edge-AI partner whose optimization tools are chip-agnostic, still defaults to MediaTek's Genio because of its edge AI ecosystem partnership and faster Mediatek engineer access shortens development.</li>
<li>MediaTek investing in its ecosystem: NeuralSpike built Genio reference work for MediaTek itself, including 80+ FPS visual data segmentation on Genio 500 and a barcode-free checkout PoC on AIoT i500.</li>
<li>MediaTek's Smart Edge segment — which houses Genio — its fastest-growing in 1Q26 (+23% QoQ). Expect edge-to-cloud agentic AI  headlines for Mediatek at Computex in Taipei next week.</li>
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NeuralSpike, an independent edge-AI partner whose optimization tools are chip-agnostic, still defaults to MediaTek's Genio because of its edge AI ecosystem partnership and faster Mediatek engineer access shortens development.
MediaTek investing in its ecosystem: NeuralSpike built Genio reference work for MediaTek itself, including 80+ FPS visual data segmentation on Genio 500 and a barcode-free checkout PoC on AIoT i500.
MediaTek's Smart Edge segment — which houses Genio — its fastest-growing in 1Q26 (+23% QoQ). Expect edge-to-cloud agentic AI  headlines for Mediatek at Computex in Taipei next week.


TechChain Insights Q&A: Where Mediatek Partner Neuralspike Sees Edge AI Demand Right Now

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<li>TSMC: +10.2% Premium; Below -1 SD Band; Long the ADR Spread</li>
<li>UMC: -8.3% Discount; Below -1 SD Band; Long the ADR Spread</li>
<li>ASE: -11.3% Discount; Below -1 SD Band; Long the ADR Spread</li>
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TSMC: +10.2% Premium; Below -1 SD Band; Long the ADR Spread
UMC: -8.3% Discount; Below -1 SD Band; Long the ADR Spread
ASE: -11.3% Discount; Below -1 SD Band; Long the ADR Spread


Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC, UMC, ASE and ChipMOS All Signal Long the ADR Spread

Zero One
Independent Investment Research

TechChain Insights Q&A: 'Force Blindness' Is Physical AI's Bottleneck - More Important Than Compute

Mike Sayre co-founded KABAM Robotics, the advanced-engineering arm of Taiwan-listed PATEC Group. The missing layer in robotics now is tactile...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

TechChain Insights: SemiQA's Analog Chips Cut Power Usage by 90% and Use Non-TSMC Mature Node Fabs

SemiQA is revolutionizing AI chips for the edge with analog designs, reducing power usage by 90% and latency, while utilizing non-TSMC mature node...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: Taiwan Domestic Investors' Relative Bullishness Is an Opportunity

We analyze the premium and discount levels of dual-listed Taiwan companies, suggesting potential spread trading levels based on historical trends.

Vincent Fernando, CFA

TechChain Insights Q&A: Where Mediatek Partner Neuralspike Sees Edge AI Demand Right Now

NeuralSpike partners with MediaTek for faster development access and optimization tool. MediaTek's Smart Edge segment sees significant growth,...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC, UMC, ASE and ChipMOS All Signal Long the ADR Spread

We analyze the premium and discount levels of dual-listed Taiwan companies, suggesting potential spread trading levels based on historical trends.

Vincent Fernando, CFA

TechChain Insights Q&A: 'Force Blindness' Is Physical AI's Bottleneck - More Important Than Compute

​Mike Sayre co-founded KABAM Robotics, the advanced-engineering arm of Taiwan-listed PATEC Group. The missing layer in robotics now is tactile...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

TechChain Insights: SemiQA's Analog Chips Cut Power Usage by 90% and Use Non-TSMC Mature Node Fabs

​SemiQA is revolutionizing AI chips for the edge with analog designs, reducing power usage by 90% and latency, while utilizing non-TSMC mature node...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: Taiwan Domestic Investors' Relative Bullishness Is an Opportunity

We analyze the premium and discount levels of dual-listed Taiwan companies, suggesting potential spread trading levels based on historical trends.

Vincent Fernando, CFA

TechChain Insights Q&A: Where Mediatek Partner Neuralspike Sees Edge AI Demand Right Now

​NeuralSpike partners with MediaTek for faster development access and optimization tool. MediaTek's Smart Edge segment sees significant growth,...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC, UMC, ASE and ChipMOS All Signal Long the ADR Spread

We analyze the premium and discount levels of dual-listed Taiwan companies, suggesting potential spread trading levels based on historical trends.

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Mike Sayre co-founded KABAM Robotics, the advanced-engineering arm of Taiwan-listed PATEC Group. The missing layer in robotics now is tactile...

SemiQA is revolutionizing AI chips for the edge with analog designs, reducing power usage by 90% and latency, while utilizing non-TSMC mature node...

NeuralSpike partners with MediaTek for faster development access and optimization tool. MediaTek's Smart Edge segment sees significant growth,...