Asia and Global Semiconductor and Tech Research

Andrew Lu

Equity Bottom-Up

<h2>What's new?</h2><p>Following South Korean Fair Trade Commission fined US$853mn on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/969" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:969:1">Qualcomm Inc (QCOM US)</a> for violating antitrust laws (please see "<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/kftc-fined-qualcomm-for-violating-antitrust-laws-positive-to-customers-and-competitors" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:7896">KFTC Fined Qualcomm for Violating Antitrust Laws; Positive to Customers and Competitors"</a> dated 28 December 2016) and U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint on 18 Jan 2017 against Qualcomm in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California, Taiwan Fair Trade Commission has decided to fine Qualcomm for NT$23.4bn (US$774mn) or EPS…</p>

What's new?Following South Korean Fair Trade Commission fined US$853mn on Qualcomm Inc (QCOM US) for violating antitrust laws (please see "KFTC Fined Qualcomm for Violating Antitrust Laws; Positive to Customers and Competitors" dated 28 December 2016) and U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint on 18 Jan 2017 against Qualcomm in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California, Taiwan Fair Trade Commission has decided to fine Qualcomm for NT$23.4bn (US$774mn) or EPS…

Taiwan FTC Fines Qualcomm for US$774mn; Endless Lawsuit

Thematic Investing in Tech and Media, CM Research

Cyrus Mewawalla

Thematic Investing in Tech and Media

Thematic TMT investing

CM Research

CM Research is an independent research house based in London, England. We provide global thematic research in the Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) sectors. 

Our focus is on disruptive technologies: how will they unfold; which industries will be impacted; and who will be the ultimate winners and losers. 

Our aim is to help investors predict share prices and corporate executives stay one step ahead of the technology trends that are shaping their industry. 

We research technology investment themes in detail and then feed the results into a scorecard system to quantify the impact of several conflicting themes on individual stocks. 

Recent themes covered include internet TV, the Internet of Things, Big Data, Mobile payments, crowdfunding, artificial intelligence, the cloud, software defined networking and Generation Hashtag.

We cover the top 500 global TMT stocks by market capitalisation and several technology start-ups and pre-IPO companies too. 

In 2015, CM Research analysts outperformed the Bloomberg Benchmark Analyst Index - which measures how good analysts are at predicting stock prices - by 7.1%.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<p>This reports looks at the key trends driving stocks in the global semiconductor industry, identifying winners and losers.</p><p>It is extracted from CM Research's "Tech and Media Trends 2018" report, which covers the top 600 TMT stocks globally and all the investment themes driving their earnings. Using our unique "thematic engine", we quantify the impact of these themes on each of our 18 TMT subsectors, of which semiconductors is one.</p>

This reports looks at the key trends driving stocks in the global semiconductor industry, identifying winners and losers.It is extracted from CM Research's "Tech and Media Trends 2018" report, which covers the top 600 TMT stocks globally and all the investment themes driving their earnings. Using our unique "thematic engine", we quantify the impact of these themes on each of our 18 TMT subsectors, of which semiconductors is one.

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

MSCI Emerging Markets Index / Technical Analysis

<p><strong>BRIC markets are outperforming broad EM. </strong>The BRIC/EM ratio is rounding to two year highs. All four member countries are attractive for separate reasons.  This week's “EM Leaders” highlights several attractive themes including: tech stocks, especially semis, construction/farm machinery names and  a selection of consumer stocks across the BRICs markets.</p>

BRIC markets are outperforming broad EM. The BRIC/EM ratio is rounding to two year highs. All four member countries are attractive for separate reasons.  This week's “EM Leaders” highlights several attractive themes including: tech stocks, especially semis, construction/farm machinery names and  a selection of consumer stocks across the BRICs markets.

Event-Driven

<h2><strong>From Lattice to Imagination<br></strong></h2><p>9 days after US President <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/id/1252249" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a> blocked a Chinese-backed Canyon Bridge Capital Partners from buying <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/7855" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7855:1">Lattice Semiconductor Corp (LSCC US)</a>, a tier three FPGA/PLD semiconductor vendor, for security risk, Canyon Bridge/CBFI investment is changing its target to acquire a troubled <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/24156" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24156:1">Imagination Technologies Group (IMG LN)</a> (agreed by the board of directors of Imagination) for £550mn or 41.6% premium price of 182 pence per share over the latest closing.</p><p><a href="https://www.imgtec.com/news/press-release/recommended-cash-acquisition-of-imagination-technologies-group-plc-by-cbfi-investment-limited-22-september-2017/" target="_blank">https://www.imgtec.</a>…</p>

From Lattice to Imagination 9 days after US President Donald Trump blocked a Chinese-backed Canyon Bridge Capital Partners from buying Lattice Semiconductor Corp (LSCC US), a tier three FPGA/PLD semiconductor vendor, for security risk, Canyon Bridge/CBFI investment is changing its target to acquire a troubled Imagination Technologies Group (IMG LN) (agreed by the board of directors of Imagination) for £550mn or 41.6% premium price of 182 pence per share over the latest closing.https://www.imgtec.…

From Lattice to Imagination; Canyon Bridge Is Desperate

Himax Technologies Inc Adr / Equity Bottom-Up

<h2>What triggers our idea?</h2><p>Among all of the new features we have highlighted in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/666" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:666:1">Apple Inc (AAPL US)</a> new iPhone X (please see "<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/apple-new-iphones-and-watch-3-all-new-features-are-in-the-price" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:13541">Apple New IPhones and Watch 3: All New Features Are in the Price?</a> " dated 13 September 2017), TrueDepth camera system for Face ID should be the most wanted feature to drive iPhone X outselling iPhone 8/8 plus for easy unlock, increase security, Animoji on live, and rising augmented reality (AR) applications. Although this won't happen soon, we expect 3D face ID to replace…</p>

What triggers our idea?Among all of the new features we have highlighted in Apple Inc (AAPL US) new iPhone X (please see "Apple New IPhones and Watch 3: All New Features Are in the Price? " dated 13 September 2017), TrueDepth camera system for Face ID should be the most wanted feature to drive iPhone X outselling iPhone 8/8 plus for easy unlock, increase security, Animoji on live, and rising augmented reality (AR) applications. Although this won't happen soon, we expect 3D face ID to replace…

Himax - What if 50% of Android Smartphones Need Face ID by 2021?

Taiwan

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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Taiwan FTC Fines Qualcomm for US$774mn; Endless Lawsuit

What's new?Following South Korean Fair Trade Commission fined US$853mn on Qualcomm Inc (QCOM US) for violating antitrust laws (please see "KFTC...

Andrew Lu

Semiconductor Industry Trends

This reports looks at the key trends driving stocks in the global semiconductor industry, identifying winners and losers.It is extracted from CM...

CM Research

BRIC Markets Lead EM Higher

BRIC markets are outperforming broad EM. The BRIC/EM ratio is rounding to two year highs. All four member countries are attractive for separate...

Vermilion Research

From Lattice to Imagination; Canyon Bridge Is Desperate

From Lattice to Imagination9 days after US President Donald Trump blocked a Chinese-backed Canyon Bridge Capital Partners from buying Lattice...

Andrew Lu

Himax - What if 50% of Android Smartphones Need Face ID by 2021?

What triggers our idea?Among all of the new features we have highlighted in Apple Inc (AAPL US) new iPhone X (please see "Apple New IPhones and...

Andrew Lu

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