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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<li>SK Hynix Expects 100% HBM Revenue Growth in 2025E After a Massive 2024 -- Which Means Traditional DRAM Doesn't Matter as Much Anymore</li>
<li>DeepSeek Market Fears -- A Problem for HBM &amp; Enterprise SSD Memory?</li>
<li>AI Industry Opportunities Are Not a Fixed Size Pie -- Will DeepSeek Impact HBM DRAM TAM? Why We Don't Think So</li>
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SK Hynix Expects 100% HBM Revenue Growth in 2025E After a Massive 2024 -- Which Means Traditional DRAM Doesn't Matter as Much Anymore
DeepSeek Market Fears -- A Problem for HBM &amp; Enterprise SSD Memory?
AI Industry Opportunities Are Not a Fixed Size Pie -- Will DeepSeek Impact HBM DRAM TAM? Why We Don't Think So


Memory Monitor: Is DeepSeek a Problem for SK Hynix & Micron's HBM DRAM Growth?

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

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>A new AI platform named DeepSeek threatens today's Large Language Model status quo</li>
<li>Certain chip companies have become over-dependent on AI, including Nvidia, Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron, and their stock has tumbled</li>
<li>It's too early to tell what will occur over the long term</li>
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A new AI platform named DeepSeek threatens today's Large Language Model status quo
Certain chip companies have become over-dependent on AI, including Nvidia, Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron, and their stock has tumbled
It's too early to tell what will occur over the long term


External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

<ul><li>Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has surged to the top of AI-related downloads on both domestic and overseas iOS App Stores over the weekend, showcasing its super-efficient open-source model (~10k A100) running on a cost-effective compute infrastructure. </li><li>This milestone has immediately ignited intense debate around the trade-offs between big and small models, open vs. closed-source approaches, and cost-efficient vs. premium infrastructure.</li><li>The impact of DeepSeek’s emergence has also sent shockwaves across global markets. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has surged to the top of AI-related downloads on both domestic and overseas iOS App Stores over the weekend, showcasing its super-efficient open-source model (~10k A100) running on a cost-effective compute infrastructure. This milestone has immediately ignited intense debate around the trade-offs between big and small models, open vs. closed-source approaches, and cost-efficient vs. premium infrastructure.The impact of DeepSeek’s emergence has also sent shockwaves across global markets. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Semiconductors - Thematic Investing and Megatrends: Views on DeepSeek

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

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<li>President Donald Trump announced the Stargate Project, a new company which intends to invest $500 billion over four years building new AI infrastructure for OpenAI in the United States.</li>
<li>Elon Musk is miffed, Microsoft says they "approved" the project and have a new Right of First Refusal agreement in place with OpenAI. </li>
<li>Stargate is exclusively for OpenAI and the press release states that its mission is to provide a strategic capability to protect the national security of America and its allies.</li>
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President Donald Trump announced the Stargate Project, a new company which intends to invest $500 billion over four years building new AI infrastructure for OpenAI in the United States.
Elon Musk is miffed, Microsoft says they "approved" the project and have a new Right of First Refusal agreement in place with OpenAI. 
Stargate is exclusively for OpenAI and the press release states that its mission is to provide a strategic capability to protect the national security of America and its allies.


Stargate. It's Not All About You Microsoft. Or You Either Elon

<ul><li>After two years of significant investments in AI infrastructure, investors are counting 2025 to be a transformational year for AI.</li><li>As market leaders will continue to deploy a large amount of capital in AI infrastructure buildout to widen their competitive moats, new themes in the downstream are rising, including AI agents, humanoid robots, robotaxi, etc.</li><li>We remain bullish on AI demand. We continue to rank AI theme as our top pick for 2025. Market leaders will continue to enjoy the AI tailwind beyond 2025.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

After two years of significant investments in AI infrastructure, investors are counting 2025 to be a transformational year for AI.As market leaders will continue to deploy a large amount of capital in AI infrastructure buildout to widen their competitive moats, new themes in the downstream are rising, including AI agents, humanoid robots, robotaxi, etc.We remain bullish on AI demand. We continue to rank AI theme as our top pick for 2025. Market leaders will continue to enjoy the AI tailwind beyond 2025.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Semiconductors -Stargate Poised to Accelerate Global AI Arms Race

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NVIDIA Corporation designs, develops, and markets three dimensional (3D) graphics processors and related software.  The Company's products provide interactive 3D graphics to the mainstream personal computer market.

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Vincent Fernando, CFA

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Jim Handy

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CMB International

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Stargate is effectively positioning Open AI as a strategic capability to protect the national security of America and its allies.Yikes, how did...

William Keating

Semiconductors -Stargate Poised to Accelerate Global AI Arms Race

We remain bullish on AI demand. We continue to rank AI theme as our top pick for 2025. Market leaders will continue to enjoy the AI tailwind beyond...

CMB International

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Memory Monitor: Is DeepSeek a Problem for SK Hynix & Micron's HBM DRAM Growth?

​SK Hynix predicts 100% HBM revenue growth in 2025E, signaling a shift away from traditional DRAM importance. DeepSeek fears raise concerns for HBM...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Semiconductor's Over-Dependency on AI

​The emergence of DeepSeek AI platform threatens current Large Language Models, causing stock tumbles for chip companies like Nvidia and Samsung....

Jim Handy

Semiconductors - Thematic Investing and Megatrends: Views on DeepSeek

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has surged to the top of AI-related downloads on both domestic and overseas iOS App Stores over the weekend, showcasing...

CMB International

Stargate. It's Not All About You Microsoft. Or You Either Elon

Stargate is effectively positioning Open AI as a strategic capability to protect the national security of America and its allies.Yikes, how did...

William Keating

Semiconductors -Stargate Poised to Accelerate Global AI Arms Race

We remain bullish on AI demand. We continue to rank AI theme as our top pick for 2025. Market leaders will continue to enjoy the AI tailwind beyond...

CMB International

SK Hynix predicts 100% HBM revenue growth in 2025E, signaling a shift away from traditional DRAM importance. DeepSeek fears raise concerns for HBM...

The emergence of DeepSeek AI platform threatens current Large Language Models, causing stock tumbles for chip companies like Nvidia and Samsung....