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>Silicon wafer area shipments in Q324 amounted to 3,214 million square inches (MSI), up 5.9% QoQ and up 6.8% YoY,</li>
<li>Q324 saw the combined revenues from the top four players in the segment reaching $2.5 billion, up 0.5% QoQ and up 6.5% YoY</li>
<li>Top 4 EBIT amounted to just $337 million, up 1.5% QoQ but down 38.9% YoY.</li>
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Silicon wafer area shipments in Q324 amounted to 3,214 million square inches (MSI), up 5.9% QoQ and up 6.8% YoY,
Q324 saw the combined revenues from the top four players in the segment reaching $2.5 billion, up 0.5% QoQ and up 6.5% YoY
Top 4 EBIT amounted to just $337 million, up 1.5% QoQ but down 38.9% YoY.


Silicon Wafers Q324 Area Shipments, Revenue, EBIT, Outlook & More

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<li>Seven Taiwan semi companies from our list of sixteen are now showing negative YoY monthly growth as of September 2024, up from just three a month earlier</li>
<li>Companies with a strong exposure to the AI Acceleration market are on track for strong revenue growth YoY in 2024. ASPEED is on track to double revenues this year. </li>
<li>For many of the remainder, what tepid growth they had been experiencing may be starting to stall. Watch this space. </li>
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Seven Taiwan semi companies from our list of sixteen are now showing negative YoY monthly growth as of September 2024, up from just three a month earlier
Companies with a strong exposure to the AI Acceleration market are on track for strong revenue growth YoY in 2024. ASPEED is on track to double revenues this year. 
For many of the remainder, what tepid growth they had been experiencing may be starting to stall. Watch this space. 


Taiwan Semi Monthly Tracker Red Flags Double MoM In September 2024

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

APAC IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wistron-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2189:1" rel="noopener">Wistron Corp (3231 TT)</a> is raising around US$1.5bn, selling 250m shares via a GDR offering. Proceeds will be used to procure raw materials overseas.</li>
<li>Similar to previous GDR listings, the firm has undergone a long drawn out process prior to launching the deal, having to jump through a number of board/shareholder/regulatory approval loops.</li>
<li>In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.</li>
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Wistron Corp (3231 TT) is raising around US$1.5bn, selling 250m shares via a GDR offering. Proceeds will be used to procure raw materials overseas.
Similar to previous GDR listings, the firm has undergone a long drawn out process prior to launching the deal, having to jump through a number of board/shareholder/regulatory approval loops.
In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.


Aequitas: Wistron Corp GDR - Another Well Flagged US$1.5bn GDR, Similar to Its Previous Offering

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/luxnet-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3293:1" rel="noopener">Luxnet Corp (4979 TT)</a> is looking to raise up to US$158m in its upcoming global depository receipts (GDRs) offering.</li>
<li>On 22nd July 2026, LuxNet announced that it had received its board’s approval to sell around 6-8m common shares via a GDR offering.</li>
<li>Similar to previous GDR listings, the deal is a long drawn out process with the firm required to jump through a number of board/shareholder/regulatory approval loops.</li>
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Luxnet Corp (4979 TT) is looking to raise up to US$158m in its upcoming global depository receipts (GDRs) offering.
On 22nd July 2026, LuxNet announced that it had received its board’s approval to sell around 6-8m common shares via a GDR offering.
Similar to previous GDR listings, the deal is a long drawn out process with the firm required to jump through a number of board/shareholder/regulatory approval loops.


Aequitas: LuxNet GDR Early Look - Smallest Offering in the GDR Pipeline This Year

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<li>During Q224, the top 4 silicon wafer manufacturers saw their revenues increase 12.3% QoQ to ~$2.5 billion. This was down 3% YoY.</li>
<li>Silicon wafer area shipments in Q224 amounted to 3,035 million square inches (MSI), an increase of 7.1% QoQ but a decline of 8.9% YoY.</li>
<li>The Silicon wafer segment is entering a recovery phase.</li>
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During Q224, the top 4 silicon wafer manufacturers saw their revenues increase 12.3% QoQ to ~$2.5 billion. This was down 3% YoY.
Silicon wafer area shipments in Q224 amounted to 3,035 million square inches (MSI), an increase of 7.1% QoQ but a decline of 8.9% YoY.
The Silicon wafer segment is entering a recovery phase.


Silicon Wafers. Recovery Is Nigh Yet Valuations Have Slumped To 5 Year Lows. But Why?

Taiwan

Globalwafers Co., Ltd. specializes in silicon wafer manufacturing and also provides solar wafers and crystal rods. The Company possesses a complete production line from ingot growth, slicing, etching, diffusion, polishing to epitaxy. Their products include Epi wafers, polished wafers, etched wafers, ultra thin wafers and deep diffusion wafers.

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Globalwafers (6488 TT)

Silicon Wafers Q324 Area Shipments, Revenue, EBIT, Outlook & More

Q324 silicon wafer area shipments in 3,214 MSI , +5.9% QoQ & +6.8% YoY. Top 4 revenues $2.5 billion, +0.5% QoQ & + 6.5% YoY. Top 4 EBIT $337...

William Keating

Taiwan Semi Monthly Tracker Red Flags Double MoM In September 2024

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William Keating

Aequitas: Wistron Corp GDR - Another Well Flagged US$1.5bn GDR, Similar to Its Previous Offering

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Aequitas: LuxNet GDR Early Look - Smallest Offering in the GDR Pipeline This Year

LuxNet Corp (4979 TT) is looking to raise up to US$158m in its upcoming global depository receipts (GDRs) offering. As per the firm, proceeds will...

Akshat Shah

Silicon Wafers. Recovery Is Nigh Yet Valuations Have Slumped To 5 Year Lows. But Why?

Silicon wafer area shipments increased 7.1% QoQ in Q224 while revenues of the top 4 players increased 12.3%. The segment is finally recovering but...

William Keating

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