Managing Director, Zero One, Zero One

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Managing Director, Zero One

Zero One

Founded in 2015, Zero One produces independent investment research and provides corporate finance advisory services with a focus on both listed and private technology companies. Founder Vincent Fernando has over 20 years of experience in US and Asia capital markets.

Independent Investment Research

Equity Bottom-Up

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Sub-8nm foundry license mix surged from 47.6% to 79% in 1Q26, a real-time read on advanced-node platform demand across TSMC, Samsung, and the leading-edge foundry stack.</li>
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A Tier-1 US foundry engagement (likely Intel Foundry or TSMC Arizona in our view) could be confirmed 2Q26, a leading indicator of which US fab attracts external fabless customers first.</li>
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First 3nm royalties landed in 4Q25; sub-16nm royalty +~700% YoY in 1Q26, confirming the AI accelerator supply chain's transition to leading-edge nodes is now live.</li>
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Sub-8nm foundry license mix surged from 47.6% to 79% in 1Q26, a real-time read on advanced-node platform demand across TSMC, Samsung, and the leading-edge foundry stack.

A Tier-1 US foundry engagement (likely Intel Foundry or TSMC Arizona in our view) could be confirmed 2Q26, a leading indicator of which US fab attracts external fabless customers first.

First 3nm royalties landed in 4Q25; sub-16nm royalty +~700% YoY in 1Q26, confirming the AI accelerator supply chain's transition to leading-edge nodes is now live.


TechChain Insights Q&A: Inside TSMC, Intel and SMIC's Advanced-Node Pipeline - M31 (6643 TT)

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Nicholas Tan

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

Nexchip Semiconductor  / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nexchip-semiconductor-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40390:1" rel="noopener">Nexchip Semiconductor (688249 CH)</a>, aims to raise up to US$550m in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>It is a pure-play 12-inch wafer foundry providing comprehensive wafer fabrication services across mainstream technology nodes ranging from 150nm to 40nm, while steadily advancing 28nm platforms.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.</li>
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Nexchip Semiconductor (688249 CH), aims to raise up to US$550m in its H-share listing.
It is a pure-play 12-inch wafer foundry providing comprehensive wafer fabrication services across mainstream technology nodes ranging from 150nm to 40nm, while steadily advancing 28nm platforms.
In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.


Aequitas: Nexchip Semiconductor A/H Listing - Recently Listed A-Shares, Now Raising Again

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, DZT Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

DZT Research

DZT Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of STAR50 in the past month.</li>
<li>We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.</li>
<li>We highlighted EPS revision on Bestechnic, Xinjiang Daqo, UNITED NOVA TECHNOLOGY, TRINA SOLAR, CAMBRICON, JINKO SOLAR.</li>
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We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of STAR50 in the past month.
We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.
We highlighted EPS revision on Bestechnic, Xinjiang Daqo, UNITED NOVA TECHNOLOGY, TRINA SOLAR, CAMBRICON, JINKO SOLAR.


STAR50 Index Earning Revision (May): Bestechnic, Xinjiang Daqo, UNT, TRINA SOLAR

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

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<li>There are 9 companies that listed in August and September 2025 where the lock-up for cornerstone investors ends in the next 5 weeks.</li>
<li>The total lock-up expiry across companies is HK$50.3bn (US$6.45bn) with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zijin-gold-international" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45448:1" rel="noopener">Zijin Gold</a> making up the bulk of it. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/butong-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44212:1" rel="noopener">Butong</a> and Jiaxin International have a lock-up for pre-IPO investors too.</li>
<li>The cornerstone investor lock-up expiry will increase the number of free float shares between 29-78% and some of the stocks could come under pressure ahead of the expiry.</li>
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There are 9 companies that listed in August and September 2025 where the lock-up for cornerstone investors ends in the next 5 weeks.
The total lock-up expiry across companies is HK$50.3bn (US$6.45bn) with Zijin Gold making up the bulk of it. Butong and Jiaxin International have a lock-up for pre-IPO investors too.
The cornerstone investor lock-up expiry will increase the number of free float shares between 29-78% and some of the stocks could come under pressure ahead of the expiry.


HK: Cornerstone/Pre-IPO Lock-Up Expiries in Feb/March

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<li>We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of STAR50 in the past month.</li>
<li>We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.</li>
<li>We highlighted EPS revision on CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES, TRINA SOLAR, TRANSSION, Advanced Micro, MONTAGE TECHNOLOGY, JINKO SOLAR, MGI TECH.</li>
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We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of STAR50 in the past month.
We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.
We highlighted EPS revision on CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES, TRINA SOLAR, TRANSSION, Advanced Micro, MONTAGE TECHNOLOGY, JINKO SOLAR, MGI TECH.


STAR50 Index Earning Revision (Feb): CAMBRICON, TRINA SOLAR, TRANSSION, Advanced Micro

China

Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation operates integrated circuit production business. The Company manufactures 12 inch wafers and other products. Nexchip Semiconductor markets its products throughout China.

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Nexchip Semiconductor (688249 CH)

TechChain Insights Q&A: Inside TSMC, Intel and SMIC's Advanced-Node Pipeline - M31 (6643 TT)

Advanced-node platform demand on the rise, with sub-8nm licenses dominating 1Q26. Tier-1 US foundry engagement could be confirmed 2Q26, signaling...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Aequitas: Nexchip Semiconductor A/H Listing - Recently Listed A-Shares, Now Raising Again

Nexchip Semiconductor, aims to raise up to US$550m in its H-share listing. In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics...

Nicholas Tan

STAR50 Index Earning Revision (May): Bestechnic, Xinjiang Daqo, UNT, TRINA SOLAR

We analyzed STAR50's consensus for May 2026 and highlighted changes of EPS in Bestechnic, Xinjiang Daqo, UNITED NOVA TECHNOLOGY, TRINA SOLAR,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK: Cornerstone/Pre-IPO Lock-Up Expiries in Feb/March

Butong is down 12% today as the cornerstone investor shares become freely tradeable. Bigger cornerstone lock-up expiries this week for Chery Auto...

Brian Freitas

STAR50 Index Earning Revision (Feb): CAMBRICON, TRINA SOLAR, TRANSSION, Advanced Micro

We analyzed STAR50's consensus for Feb 2026 and highlighted changes of EPS in CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES, TRINA SOLAR, TRANSSION, Advanced Micro,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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