CEO / Founder, Crea8

Kim-Hwa Lim

CEO / Founder

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Crea8

Crea8 blends AI-driven precision, big data scalability, and rigorous quantitative frameworks with seasoned human insight. By extracting actionable intelligence from vast global datasets, we eliminate emotional bias and deliver optimal risk-adjusted returns. Our hybrid approach uncovers hidden market efficiencies and ensures your capital is dynamically positioned across markets.

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul><li>Dividend is a key component of overall returns.</li><li>The strategy seeks to invest in high dividend stocks globally.</li><li>By adopting a portfolio of stocks instead of individual stocks, the strategy is diversified across countries and industries; and optimised with respect to their expected risks and returns.</li></ul>

Dividend is a key component of overall returns.The strategy seeks to invest in high dividend stocks globally.By adopting a portfolio of stocks instead of individual stocks, the strategy is diversified across countries and industries; and optimised with respect to their expected risks and returns.

Semiconductor & Technology Specialist, Ingenuity

William Keating

Semiconductor & Technology Specialist

Ingenuity

Our focus is exclusively on in-depth research & consulting in the broader semiconductor industry. We focus on the key players, namely Intel, Micron, Qualcomm, Apple, Samsung, NVIDIA, AMD, TSMC & Global Foundries - as well as some of the lesser known, but nonetheless critical, companies such as ASML (for EUV), Mellanox, Cavium, Xilinx etc. We specialise in their products, roadmaps, process technologies, competitive advantages & threats etc. We also help our clients understand the implications of new and emerging technologies, e.g. 3D X-Point, 3D NAND, Carbon Nanotubes, Autonomous Driving, Graphene, Silicon Photonics, Wafer-Level Optics, Artificial Intelligence, FPGA, GPU, ASIC etc. 

Semiconductor Analysis & Research

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>On April 2, 2026, a bipartisan group of US lawmakers introduced H.R. 8170, the Multilateral Alignment of Technology Controls on Hardware Act, or the MATCH Act. </li>
<li>Three weeks later, on April 22, the House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced it in what lawmakers called ”the largest significant export control mark-up in the history of Congress.”</li>
<li>If enacted, the immersion DUV ban will deal a serious blow to China's semiconductor ambitions in the medium term. It will also greatly accelerate Chinese efforts to develop their own... </li>
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On April 2, 2026, a bipartisan group of US lawmakers introduced H.R. 8170, the Multilateral Alignment of Technology Controls on Hardware Act, or the MATCH Act. 
Three weeks later, on April 22, the House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced it in what lawmakers called ”the largest significant export control mark-up in the history of Congress.”
If enacted, the immersion DUV ban will deal a serious blow to China's semiconductor ambitions in the medium term. It will also greatly accelerate Chinese efforts to develop their own... 


US Semiconductor China Export Restrictions. Game, Set & Now Let's Try MATCH!

Equity Long-Short, Semiconductors, Fabricated Knowledge

Douglas O'Laughlin

Equity Long-Short, Semiconductors

Fabricated Knowledge

Learn more about the world's most important manufactured product. Meaningful insight, timely analysis, and an occasional investment idea.

<ul><li>This is a very light note, given time constraints. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-28/us-readies-china-chip-curbs-that-stop-short-of-earlier-proposals?embedded-checkout=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener">It's rumored that on Monday, we will have new export controls</a>, which seem to be massively light.</li><li>Importantly, they are going to exclude CXMT altogether.</li><li>History is a pretty good guide. Almost every single export restriction has led to bad returns prior, bad returns on the week off, and positive returns almost 100% of the time 6 months after for SOXX. This applies doubly to Semicap.</li></ul>

This is a very light note, given time constraints. It's rumored that on Monday, we will have new export controls, which seem to be massively light.Importantly, they are going to exclude CXMT altogether.History is a pretty good guide. Almost every single export restriction has led to bad returns prior, bad returns on the week off, and positive returns almost 100% of the time 6 months after for SOXX. This applies doubly to Semicap.

Happy Thanksgiving Semicap & Semiconductors

Semiconductors, Memory and SSDs Specialist, Objective Analysis

Jim Handy

Semiconductors, Memory and SSDs Specialist

Objective Analysis

Objective Analysis offers third-party independent market research and data for the semiconductor industry and investors in the semiconductor industry.

Semiconductors, Memory and SSDs

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<li>August's WSTS semiconductor revenues registered a record high of more than $53 billion</li>
<li>Nobody seemed to notice, including the organization making the announcement</li>
<li>There's valid concern that the market is on the verge of a collapse, and this may be overshadowing record sales</li>
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August's WSTS semiconductor revenues registered a record high of more than $53 billion
Nobody seemed to notice, including the organization making the announcement
There's valid concern that the market is on the verge of a collapse, and this may be overshadowing record sales


Semis Just Broke a Record.  Why Did Nobody Notice?

China New Economy Equity Analyst, Blue Lotus Research Institute

Robert McKay

China New Economy Equity Analyst

China growth and global non-US Internet equities

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Blue Lotus Research is a Hong Kong Type 4 Licensed investment advisory firm focusing on Chinese growth equities and global non-US Internet equities

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<li>In the past four quarters, Chinese companies bought 65+ ArF (Argon Fluoride) Immersion lithography machines, some capable of overlay precision as fine as 1.5nm overlay for Self-Aligned Double/Quadruple/Octuple Patterning (SAD/Q/OP);</li>
<li>The race is between Chinese foundries to put these lithography machines to meet the raging demand of AI, which looks optimistic in the medium term, despite short-term challenges;</li>
<li>The race is also among the global semiconductor industry to meet the demand for testing the limit of AI's scaling law. So far the balance tips in <strong>disfavor</strong> of China. </li>
</ul>


In the past four quarters, Chinese companies bought 65+ ArF (Argon Fluoride) Immersion lithography machines, some capable of overlay precision as fine as 1.5nm overlay for Self-Aligned Double/Quadruple/Octuple Patterning (SAD/Q/OP);
The race is between Chinese foundries to put these lithography machines to meet the raging demand of AI, which looks optimistic in the medium term, despite short-term challenges;
The race is also among the global semiconductor industry to meet the demand for testing the limit of AI's scaling law. So far the balance tips in disfavor of China. 


China's Near-Term Semiconductor Bottleneck Isn't ASML

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Applied Materials, Inc. develops, manufactures, markets, and services semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment and related spare parts for the worldwide semiconductor industry.  The Company's customers include semiconductor wafer and integrated circuit manufacturers, flat panel liquid crystal displays, solar photovoltaic cells and modules and other electronic devices manufacturers.

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Dividend is a key component of overall returns. The strategy seeks to invest in high dividend stocks globally. By adopting a portfolio of stocks...

Crea8

US Semiconductor China Export Restrictions. Game, Set & Now Let's Try MATCH!

If enacted, the immersion DUV ban will deal a serious blow to China's semiconductor ambitions in the medium term. It will also greatly accelerate...

William Keating

Happy Thanksgiving Semicap & Semiconductors

This is a very light note, given time constraints. It's rumored that on Monday, we will have new export controls, which seem to be massively...

Fabricated Knowledge

Semis Just Broke a Record. Why Did Nobody Notice?

August's semiconductor revenues hit a record high of over $53 billion, but concerns about a potential market collapse are overshadowing the...

Jim Handy

China's Near-Term Semiconductor Bottleneck Isn't ASML

China's semiconductor bottleneck isn't lithography tools in the near term, it is etchers. We see ST pressure, MT opportunity and LT challenge from...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

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Global Income Portfolio (14-Sep-2026)

Dividend is a key component of overall returns. The strategy seeks to invest in high dividend stocks globally. By adopting a portfolio of stocks...

Crea8

US Semiconductor China Export Restrictions. Game, Set & Now Let's Try MATCH!

If enacted, the immersion DUV ban will deal a serious blow to China's semiconductor ambitions in the medium term. It will also greatly accelerate...

William Keating

Happy Thanksgiving Semicap & Semiconductors

This is a very light note, given time constraints. It's rumored that on Monday, we will have new export controls, which seem to be massively...

Fabricated Knowledge

Semis Just Broke a Record. Why Did Nobody Notice?

​August's semiconductor revenues hit a record high of over $53 billion, but concerns about a potential market collapse are overshadowing the...

Jim Handy

China's Near-Term Semiconductor Bottleneck Isn't ASML

China's semiconductor bottleneck isn't lithography tools in the near term, it is etchers. We see ST pressure, MT opportunity and LT challenge from...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

August's semiconductor revenues hit a record high of over $53 billion, but concerns about a potential market collapse are overshadowing the...