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Raghav Vashisht

AI | Semiconductors | Commodities

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Mint Finance

Mint Finance's investment research blends deep fundamental analysis with technical & quant insights. Investment strategies straddle across multiple asset classes with risk management embedded into every trade to deliver an outsized reward-to-risk ratio.

Mint Finance's research is centered around three key themes. First, energy transition and climate change. Second, artificial intelligence. Third, shifting world order with its impact across politics and monetary economics.

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<li>Co-Packaged optics delivers real power savings, but removing the DSP transfers signal integrity, thermal management, and yield risk from a correctable chip onto the physical assembly; a less forgiving environment.</li>
<li>CPO adds irreplacibility as another constraint, turning a $300 module swap into a potential scrap event on a high-value assembly. This makes yield (and testing) the defining economic constraint.</li>
<li>The $20 billion by 2036 CPO market is not in dispute. But the investment opportunities are not uniformly distributed, spread across packaging, thermal architecture, and test infrastructure.  </li>
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Co-Packaged optics delivers real power savings, but removing the DSP transfers signal integrity, thermal management, and yield risk from a correctable chip onto the physical assembly; a less forgiving environment.
CPO adds irreplacibility as another constraint, turning a $300 module swap into a potential scrap event on a high-value assembly. This makes yield (and testing) the defining economic constraint.
The $20 billion by 2036 CPO market is not in dispute. But the investment opportunities are not uniformly distributed, spread across packaging, thermal architecture, and test infrastructure.  


[Part 1] Co-Packaged Optics: The Case For, and the Fine Print

Head of Research, Krungthai XSpring

Waraporn Wiboonkanarak

Head of Research

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Krungthai XSpring

Krungthai XSpring is a full service broker. The company provides a wide range of investment services such as Securities Brokerage, Derivative Agent Business, Securities Borrowing and Lending, Securities Trading, Underwriting, Financial Advisory, Wealth Advisory, Private Fund Management and International Markets Securities Trading. 

In terms of credibility, Fitch Ratings has assigned Krunghtai XSpring a long-term rating of AA- and a national short-term rating of F1+ with stable outlook.

<ul><li>We recommend taking profit on UNIQLO80 with a return of 17.5%, following a strong share price rally after better-than-expected results.</li><li>Management also provided a positive outlook, noting that cost pressures from the Middle East situation remain limited.</li><li>At the same time, we recommend opening positions in AMD80, ASML01, and GOOG80, which are DRs linked to leading global technology stocks.</li></ul>

We recommend taking profit on UNIQLO80 with a return of 17.5%, following a strong share price rally after better-than-expected results.Management also provided a positive outlook, noting that cost pressures from the Middle East situation remain limited.At the same time, we recommend opening positions in AMD80, ASML01, and GOOG80, which are DRs linked to leading global technology stocks.

KTX TACTICAL DR PICKS - April 16, 2026 (Eng.)

<ul><li>Recommendation to open investment positions in AMZN80 and AVGO80, which are Depositary Receipts (DRs) tracking leading U.S. technology stocks.</li><li>The KTX Tactical DR Port recorded an average total return decrease of -0.12% amid uncertainty regarding a ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran.</li><li>Based on our analysis using the KTX Baht Tracker, the baht has depreciated to an overly weak level.</li></ul>

Recommendation to open investment positions in AMZN80 and AVGO80, which are Depositary Receipts (DRs) tracking leading U.S. technology stocks.The KTX Tactical DR Port recorded an average total return decrease of -0.12% amid uncertainty regarding a ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran.Based on our analysis using the KTX Baht Tracker, the baht has depreciated to an overly weak level.

KTX Tactical DR Picks - April 10, 2026 (Eng.)

AI and Energy Infrastructure, Explained Plainly, The Physical Layer

The Physical Layer

AI and Energy Infrastructure, Explained Plainly

A journal on the physical constraints behind the AI buildout: power, grid connection, data centres, cooling and the supply chains that gate them. Written to be understood by anyone.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Lumentum makes the tiny lasers that turn data into light, so AI chips can talk to each other across a data centre.</li><li>Those lasers have to be grown on a fragile crystal that only a few factories in the world can work at volume, and demand is running well ahead of supply.</li><li>That is why Nvidia, a chip company, paid $2 billion to make sure Lumentum builds more of them.</li></ul>

Lumentum makes the tiny lasers that turn data into light, so AI chips can talk to each other across a data centre.Those lasers have to be grown on a fragile crystal that only a few factories in the world can work at volume, and demand is running well ahead of supply.That is why Nvidia, a chip company, paid $2 billion to make sure Lumentum builds more of them.

Nvidia paid Lumentum $2 billion for lasers, because silicon cannot make light

Podcast On the Business of Semiconductors, The Circuit

The Circuit

Podcast On the Business of Semiconductors

A Podcast On the Business of Semiconductors. With Jay Goldberg and Ben Bajarin

<ul><li>Broadcom had a strong quarter with strong guidance, including a doubling of AI revenue next year</li><li>CEO Hock Tan was in fine form, making fun of analysts and exuding confidence in the company's performance</li><li>CFO provided detailed explanations on margins and business strategies, showing a realistic and confident outlook for the future</li></ul><p><em>This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.</em></p>

Broadcom had a strong quarter with strong guidance, including a doubling of AI revenue next yearCEO Hock Tan was in fine form, making fun of analysts and exuding confidence in the company's performanceCFO provided detailed explanations on margins and business strategies, showing a realistic and confident outlook for the futureThis content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.

Ep 155: Broadcom/Marvell Earnings, Copper to Fiber, and Apple News!

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[Part 1] Co-Packaged Optics: The Case For, and the Fine Print

Co-Packaged optics offers power savings, but risks signal integrity and yield issues, making yield and testing the key economic constraints in the...

Mint Finance

KTX TACTICAL DR PICKS - April 16, 2026 (Eng.)

We recommend taking profit on UNIQLO80 with a return of 17.5%, following a strong share price rally after better-than-expected results.

Krungthai XSpring

KTX Tactical DR Picks - April 10, 2026 (Eng.)

Recommendation to open investment positions in AMZN80 and AVGO80, which are Depositary Receipts (DRs) tracking leading U.S. technology stocks.

Krungthai XSpring

Nvidia paid Lumentum $2 billion for lasers, because silicon cannot make light

Lumentum makes the tiny lasers that turn data into light, so AI chips can talk to each other across a data centre. Those lasers have to be grown...

The Physical Layer

Ep 155: Broadcom/Marvell Earnings, Copper to Fiber, and Apple News!

Overall, Hock Tan's optimistic and detailed presentation on Broadcom's strong quarterly results, future growth prospects, and focus on AI revenue...

The Circuit

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[Part 1] Co-Packaged Optics: The Case For, and the Fine Print

​Co-Packaged optics offers power savings, but risks signal integrity and yield issues, making yield and testing the key economic constraints in the...

Mint Finance

KTX TACTICAL DR PICKS - April 16, 2026 (Eng.)

We recommend taking profit on UNIQLO80 with a return of 17.5%, following a strong share price rally after better-than-expected results.

Krungthai XSpring

KTX Tactical DR Picks - April 10, 2026 (Eng.)

Recommendation to open investment positions in AMZN80 and AVGO80, which are Depositary Receipts (DRs) tracking leading U.S. technology stocks.

Krungthai XSpring

Nvidia paid Lumentum $2 billion for lasers, because silicon cannot make light

Lumentum makes the tiny lasers that turn data into light, so AI chips can talk to each other across a data centre. Those lasers have to be grown...

The Physical Layer

Ep 155: Broadcom/Marvell Earnings, Copper to Fiber, and Apple News!

Overall, Hock Tan's optimistic and detailed presentation on Broadcom's strong quarterly results, future growth prospects, and focus on AI revenue...

The Circuit

Co-Packaged optics offers power savings, but risks signal integrity and yield issues, making yield and testing the key economic constraints in the...