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>NVIDIA’s AI Factory Buildout Signals Multi-Year Demand for Taiwan’s Supply Chain</li>
<li>TSMC’s Growth Outlook De-Risked by NVIDIA's Smooth Transition to GB300</li>
<li>NVIDIA's Networking Segment Surge Expands System-Level Product Integration Opportunity for Taiwan Ecosystem</li>
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NVIDIA’s AI Factory Buildout Signals Multi-Year Demand for Taiwan’s Supply Chain
TSMC’s Growth Outlook De-Risked by NVIDIA's Smooth Transition to GB300
NVIDIA's Networking Segment Surge Expands System-Level Product Integration Opportunity for Taiwan Ecosystem


NVIDIA Results: Taiwan Take-Aways -- Demand Visibility Implies Strength for Key Suppliers

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

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) - ADR

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<li>TSMC: 24.5% Premium; Near Level to Open Fresh Short of ADR Spread</li>
<li>ASE: +5.7% Premium; Good Level to Short the ADR Spread</li>
<li>ChipMOS: -1.7% Discount; Near Discount Level to Go Long the ADR Spread</li>
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TSMC: 24.5% Premium; Near Level to Open Fresh Short of ADR Spread
ASE: +5.7% Premium; Good Level to Short the ADR Spread
ChipMOS: -1.7% Discount; Near Discount Level to Go Long the ADR Spread


Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC and ASE Premiums Near Spead Short Levels

AI | Semiconductors | Commodities, Mint Finance

Raghav Vashisht

AI | Semiconductors | Commodities

Deep Fundamental Analysis

Mint Finance

Mint Finance's investment research blends deep fundamental analysis with technical & quant insights. Investment strategies straddle across multiple asset classes with risk management embedded into every trade to deliver an outsized reward-to-risk ratio.

Mint Finance's research is centered around three key themes. First, energy transition and climate change. Second, artificial intelligence. Third, shifting world order with its impact across politics and monetary economics.

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<li>Apple, Qualcomm, and Tesla are all hiring for EMIB-class advanced packaging, signalling an industry shift toward tech where Intel holds a structural edge.</li>
<li>Intel’s “packaging-first” strategy outlined last year is now visible in real customer activity; foundry share will be won through packaging long before leading-edge wafers.</li>
<li>With TSMC carrying excess capacity, IFS enters a rare window where early 18A traction and EMIB pull-through can create a credible path to 14A volume wins.</li>
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Apple, Qualcomm, and Tesla are all hiring for EMIB-class advanced packaging, signalling an industry shift toward tech where Intel holds a structural edge.
Intel’s “packaging-first” strategy outlined last year is now visible in real customer activity; foundry share will be won through packaging long before leading-edge wafers.
With TSMC carrying excess capacity, IFS enters a rare window where early 18A traction and EMIB pull-through can create a credible path to 14A volume wins.


IFS Comeback: Apple, Qualcomm, and Tesla Validating Intel’s Packaging Advantage

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>Fresh on the heels of his podcast meltdown, Mr. Altman has had to scramble to walk back his CFO's assertion that a potential federal bailout was on her agenda.</li>
<li>One of Mr. Altman's revenue generating ideas is to lease AI compute directly to others. Of course, that's compute capacity he can't afford to purchase in the first place. </li>
<li>Mr. Altman wants OpenAI to be all things to all people all at once. That's a strategy that rarely ends well. Let's see..</li>
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Fresh on the heels of his podcast meltdown, Mr. Altman has had to scramble to walk back his CFO's assertion that a potential federal bailout was on her agenda.
One of Mr. Altman's revenue generating ideas is to lease AI compute directly to others. Of course, that's compute capacity he can't afford to purchase in the first place. 
Mr. Altman wants OpenAI to be all things to all people all at once. That's a strategy that rarely ends well. Let's see..


OpenAI. Is The Narrative Slowly Disintegrating ?

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of Nov 14th. The aggregated holding was USD1,348.9bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD1,286mln. We tabulate the league tables for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight changes of foreign holdings in TSMC, Cleanaway, Hon Hai Precision, Delta Electronics, MediaTek, Cleanaway, TSMC, Hon Hai Precision, Delta Electronics, Mediatek.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of Nov 14th. The aggregated holding was USD1,348.9bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD1,286mln. We tabulate the league tables for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight changes of foreign holdings in TSMC, Cleanaway, Hon Hai Precision, Delta Electronics, MediaTek, Cleanaway, TSMC, Hon Hai Precision, Delta Electronics, Mediatek.


TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Nov 14th): TSMC, Cleanaway, Hon Hai Precision, Delta Electronics

Taiwan

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. manufactures integrated circuits based on its proprietary designs.  The Company offers a comprehensive set of integrated circuit fabrication processes to manufacture CMOS logic, mixed-mode, volatile and non-volatile memory and BiCMOS chips.  Taiwan Semiconductor is an affiliate of Philips Electronics N.V.

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) - ADR (TSM US)

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TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) - ADR (TSM US)

NVIDIA Results: Taiwan Take-Aways -- Demand Visibility Implies Strength for Key Suppliers

NVIDIA's expansion and smooth transition to new products signal long-term demand for Taiwan's supply chain and growth opportunities for TSMC.

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC and ASE Premiums Near Spead Short Levels

We analyze the premium and discount levels of dual-listed Taiwan companies, suggesting potential spread trading levels based on historical trends.

Vincent Fernando, CFA

IFS Comeback: Apple, Qualcomm, and Tesla Validating Intel’s Packaging Advantage

Intel's packaging-first strategy is gaining traction, with a potential for winning foundry share with early 18A traction, EMIB adoption, and...

Mint Finance

OpenAI. Is The Narrative Slowly Disintegrating ?

Mr. Altman wants OpenAI to be all things to all people all at once. That's a strategy that rarely ends well. Let's see..

William Keating

TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Nov 14th): TSMC, Cleanaway, Hon Hai Precision, Delta Electronics

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in TSMC (2330 TT), Cleanaway (8422 TT), Hon Hai...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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NVIDIA Results: Taiwan Take-Aways -- Demand Visibility Implies Strength for Key Suppliers

​NVIDIA's expansion and smooth transition to new products signal long-term demand for Taiwan's supply chain and growth opportunities for TSMC.

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC and ASE Premiums Near Spead Short Levels

We analyze the premium and discount levels of dual-listed Taiwan companies, suggesting potential spread trading levels based on historical trends.

Vincent Fernando, CFA

IFS Comeback: Apple, Qualcomm, and Tesla Validating Intel’s Packaging Advantage

Intel's packaging-first strategy is gaining traction, with a potential for winning foundry share with early 18A traction, EMIB adoption, and...

Mint Finance

OpenAI. Is The Narrative Slowly Disintegrating ?

Mr. Altman wants OpenAI to be all things to all people all at once. That's a strategy that rarely ends well. Let's see..

William Keating

TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Nov 14th): TSMC, Cleanaway, Hon Hai Precision, Delta Electronics

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in TSMC (2330 TT), Cleanaway (8422 TT), Hon Hai...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

NVIDIA's expansion and smooth transition to new products signal long-term demand for Taiwan's supply chain and growth opportunities for TSMC.