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<ul><li>This is our first report on independent semiconductor foundry, Tower Semiconductor.</li><li>The company reported its fourth-quarter and full-year financial results for 2023, with industry-wide slowdowns marking the past year and resulting in an annual revenue of $1.42 billion.</li><li>Despite this, there are clear indicators of market recovery observed by the company, with renewed demand across several key market segments as the company transitioned into 2024.</li></ul>

This is our first report on independent semiconductor foundry, Tower Semiconductor.The company reported its fourth-quarter and full-year financial results for 2023, with industry-wide slowdowns marking the past year and resulting in an annual revenue of $1.42 billion.Despite this, there are clear indicators of market recovery observed by the company, with renewed demand across several key market segments as the company transitioned into 2024.

Tower Semiconductor Ltd: Initiation Of Coverage - Will The Rebound in the Mobile Market & RF Infrastructure Catalyze Growth? - Major Drivers

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Key points (machine generated)<ul><li>Tower Semiconductor is currently undervalued and presents a compelling opportunity for long-term investors.</li><li>The stock is trading at just a quarter of the price Intel was willing to pay for it, indicating a lack of appreciation by the market.</li><li>The lack of coverage and silence during the Intel deal, as well as being an Israeli company, may deter some investors, but Tower has the potential for significant growth and ongoing capacity expansion projects, making it an attractive investment with the potential for a 3x return over the next three years.</li></ul>This article is sourced from an online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. This article was originally published 3 months ago on Value Investors Club.

Key points (machine generated)Tower Semiconductor is currently undervalued and presents a compelling opportunity for long-term investors.The stock is trading at just a quarter of the price Intel was willing to pay for it, indicating a lack of appreciation by the market.The lack of coverage and silence during the Intel deal, as well as being an Israeli company, may deter some investors, but Tower has the potential for significant growth and ongoing capacity expansion projects, making it an attractive investment with the potential for a 3x return over the next three years.This article is sourced from an online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. This article was originally published 3 months ago on Value Investors Club.

Tower Semiconductor Ltd (TSEM) - Wednesday, Oct 18, 2023

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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. 

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<li>The agreement helps Intel fill up some long-underutilised fab capacity at their Rio Rancho, New Mexico facility</li>
<li>Tower likely gets a bargain-basement opportunity to increase their percentage of 300mm wafer capacity</li>
<li>Tower's automotive business grew from 11% of revenues in 2022 to 19% of revenues in H1'23. Greater 300mm capacity will help them meet this demand once foundry starts to recover. </li>
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The agreement helps Intel fill up some long-underutilised fab capacity at their Rio Rancho, New Mexico facility
Tower likely gets a bargain-basement opportunity to increase their percentage of 300mm wafer capacity
Tower's automotive business grew from 11% of revenues in 2022 to 19% of revenues in H1'23. Greater 300mm capacity will help them meet this demand once foundry starts to recover. 


Intel's Deal With Tower Semi Is Basically A Rent-A-Fab Scheme

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Vincent Fernando, CFA

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TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) / Equity Bottom-Up

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) (TSM US)

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing)

<ul>
<li>Nvidia will report its earnings today U.S.-time, we outline the key Taiwan AI supply chain names to watch around the earnings.</li>
<li>TSMC has maintained its full-year revenue guidance despite media reports questioning whether a further downgrade was coming.</li>
<li>Hon Hai produces over 50% of Nvidia's AI hardware according to media reports.</li>
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Nvidia will report its earnings today U.S.-time, we outline the key Taiwan AI supply chain names to watch around the earnings.
TSMC has maintained its full-year revenue guidance despite media reports questioning whether a further downgrade was coming.
Hon Hai produces over 50% of Nvidia's AI hardware according to media reports.


Taiwan Tech Weekly: Key Supply Chain Names to Watch for Nvidia's Earnings Today

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<li>Tower to collect a cool $353 million termination fee from Intel</li>
<li>Intel claims its foundry ambition to become the global #2 by end of the decade remains unchanged</li>
<li>The key thing Intel needed from Tower was access to its broad, diverse portfolio of specialty process technologies. These will take Intel years to develop on their own.  </li>
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Tower to collect a cool $353 million termination fee from Intel
Intel claims its foundry ambition to become the global #2 by end of the decade remains unchanged
The key thing Intel needed from Tower was access to its broad, diverse portfolio of specialty process technologies. These will take Intel years to develop on their own.  


Israel

Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (TowerJazz) is an independent foundry providing semiconductor integrated circuits manufacturing & related design services. The Company manufactures wafers using its technologies & production capability and the proprietary designs of its customers. TowerJazz's integrated circuits are incorporated into a wide range of products in diverse markets.

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