Taiwan Tech Focused Senior Analyst

Patrick Liao

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Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) / Equity Bottom-Up

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC)

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We think SMIC is likely to reach the high-end of 1Q22 guidance, which was US$1,817~1,849mn/36~38% respectively.
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We think SMIC is likely to reach ~US$1,926mn/39% for revenue/GM respectively in 2Q22.
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<li>SMIC cannot have the EUV machine because of the Wassenaar Arrangement. Therefore, SMIC has to optimize its operation and to expand 28nm and above technologies.</li>
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We think SMIC is likely to reach the high-end of 1Q22 guidance, which was US$1,817~1,849mn/36~38% respectively.


We think SMIC is likely to reach ~US$1,926mn/39% for revenue/GM respectively in 2Q22.

SMIC cannot have the EUV machine because of the Wassenaar Arrangement. Therefore, SMIC has to optimize its operation and to expand 28nm and above technologies.


SMIC (981.HK): 2Q22 Preview- We Estimate Around 5% Growth Could Be the Case

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

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) - ADR

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<li>TSMC decided to notify clients that it will raise wafer price about 6% from the beginning of 2023.</li>
<li>It's believed the Fabless company's margin could be raised too much, which is considered to be abnormal.</li>
<li>There are too many factors influencing the market right now, like the inflation, geopolitical confrontation,  Russia-Ukraine war, supply-chain risks, and etc.</li>
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TSMC decided to notify clients that it will raise wafer price about 6% from the beginning of 2023.
It's believed the Fabless company's margin could be raised too much, which is considered to be abnormal.
There are too many factors influencing the market right now, like the inflation, geopolitical confrontation,  Russia-Ukraine war, supply-chain risks, and etc.


TSMC (TSM.US; 2330.TT): Further Wafer Price Raise About 6% from the Beginning of 2023

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<li>The revenue/ GM/ OPM/ EPS/ ROE is USD$17.57b/ 55.6%/ 45.6%/ NT$7.82/ 36.2% in 1Q22. The revenue/ GMO/ OPM is US$17.6-18.2bn/ 56-58%/ OPM: 45-47% in 2Q22 guidance.</li>
<li>Moving into 2Q22, TSMC expects their business to be supported by HPC, Automotive related demands, partially offset by smartphone seasonality.</li>
<li>The HPC platform is the strongest growing platform and the largest contribution to TSMC’s growth in 2022.</li>
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The revenue/ GM/ OPM/ EPS/ ROE is USD$17.57b/ 55.6%/ 45.6%/ NT$7.82/ 36.2% in 1Q22. The revenue/ GMO/ OPM is US$17.6-18.2bn/ 56-58%/ OPM: 45-47% in 2Q22 guidance.
Moving into 2Q22, TSMC expects their business to be supported by HPC, Automotive related demands, partially offset by smartphone seasonality.
The HPC platform is the strongest growing platform and the largest contribution to TSMC’s growth in 2022.


TSMC (TSM.US; 2330.TT): 1Q22 Beats Our Forecast; 2Q22 Revenue Is in Line, and GM/OPM Beats Forecast

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<li>SMIC will spend ~US$5bn in Capex in 2022, of which only the Beijing Fab is 12”, and Shenzhen and Tianjin are 8” Fabs.</li>
<li>SMIC has three major trends: 1) the local demand is booming rapidly, 2) Auto, industry and others have developed actively, and 3) Huawei's event had made a great impact.</li>
<li>We note SMIC's capacity of each Fab is an estimation because 1) the local governments’ subsidies are somewhat complicated, and 2) it is involved with three local governments in 2022.</li>
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SMIC will spend ~US$5bn in Capex in 2022, of which only the Beijing Fab is 12”, and Shenzhen and Tianjin are 8” Fabs.
SMIC has three major trends: 1) the local demand is booming rapidly, 2) Auto, industry and others have developed actively, and 3) Huawei's event had made a great impact.
We note SMIC's capacity of each Fab is an estimation because 1) the local governments’ subsidies are somewhat complicated, and 2) it is involved with three local governments in 2022.


SMIC (981.HK): Local Demand Is Very Strong, but EUV Embargo Is Constrained Technical Growth Still.

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<li>We believe TSMC shall decide whether to raise wafer price in one, or two month.</li>
<li>To our understanding, Intel has gotten the wafer allocation from TSMC for the next two years.</li>
<li>To our understanding, MediaTek is the first client to perform 4nm production, although the booking quantity is less than Apple iPhone.</li>
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We believe TSMC shall decide whether to raise wafer price in one, or two month.
To our understanding, Intel has gotten the wafer allocation from TSMC for the next two years.
To our understanding, MediaTek is the first client to perform 4nm production, although the booking quantity is less than Apple iPhone.


TSMC (TSM.US; 2303.TT): TSMC Shall Decide Whether to Raise Wafer Price in One, or Two Month.

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