Taiwan Tech Focused Senior Analyst

Patrick Liao

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>The key question is whether demand for PMICs is genuinely improving. Our answer is "Yes!"</li>
<li>Both <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/united-microelectron-sp-adr" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11540:1" rel="noopener">United Microelectron Sp Adr (UMC US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vanguard-international-semi" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16011:1" rel="noopener">Vanguard Intl Semiconductor (5347 TT)</a> have announced price increases for 8-inch wafer capacity, suggesting that supply remains tight.</li>
<li>In addition, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/texas-instruments-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18804:1" rel="noopener">Texas Instruments (TXN US)</a> recently announced PMIC price increases, which suggests that supply constraints are becoming more widespread across the industry. </li>
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The key question is whether demand for PMICs is genuinely improving. Our answer is "Yes!"
Both United Microelectron Sp Adr (UMC US) and Vanguard Intl Semiconductor (5347 TT) have announced price increases for 8-inch wafer capacity, suggesting that supply remains tight.
In addition, Texas Instruments (TXN US) recently announced PMIC price increases, which suggests that supply constraints are becoming more widespread across the industry. 


Silergy (6415.TT): Demand of PMIC IC Shall Be Uprising Since 2H26

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

Index Rebalance

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<li>There are 18 adds and 18 deletes for the TIP Customized Taiwan Select High Dividend Index in June. The TIP Taiwan Select High Dividend ETF has an AUM of US$16.9bn.</li>
<li>The ETF has started trading the stocks and is expected to continue trading for the next 7 trading days.</li>
<li>The adds are outperforming the deletes today and that trend could continue for the next few days as the ETF trades the stocks.</li>
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There are 18 adds and 18 deletes for the TIP Customized Taiwan Select High Dividend Index in June. The TIP Taiwan Select High Dividend ETF has an AUM of US$16.9bn.
The ETF has started trading the stocks and is expected to continue trading for the next 7 trading days.
The adds are outperforming the deletes today and that trend could continue for the next few days as the ETF trades the stocks.


TIP Customized Taiwan Select High Dividend Index Rebalance: US$13.6bn Trade over the Next Week

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

United Microelectron Sp Adr / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li><strong>SemiQA is building a new class of analog, neuromorphic AI chips for the edge, with mass production in Taiwan.</strong></li>
<li>SemiQA's analog chip designs enable in-memory computing; doing the AI math inside the memory itself. This cuts power usage by 90% and reduces latency.</li>
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<strong>Analog edge-AI thesis and the case for non-TSMC chip fabs.</strong> Because SemiQA's analog approach does not chase leading-edge transistor density, SemiQA builds on mature, specialty fabs like UMC, Global Foundries.</li>
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SemiQA is building a new class of analog, neuromorphic AI chips for the edge, with mass production in Taiwan.
SemiQA's analog chip designs enable in-memory computing; doing the AI math inside the memory itself. This cuts power usage by 90% and reduces latency.

Analog edge-AI thesis and the case for non-TSMC chip fabs. Because SemiQA's analog approach does not chase leading-edge transistor density, SemiQA builds on mature, specialty fabs like UMC, Global Foundries.


TechChain Insights: SemiQA's Analog Chips Cut Power Usage by 90% and Use Non-TSMC Mature Node Fabs

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, 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

Zhongji Innolight   / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, both the HK listings managed to do well over the past week.</li>
<li>On the placement front, there were a number of placements done across the region</li>
</ul>


Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPO front, both the HK listings managed to do well over the past week.
On the placement front, there were a number of placements done across the region


Aequitas ECM Weekly (18 May 2026)- Innolight, Top Numerical, Hitachi Machinery, Kiraboshi, Alchip

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) / Equity Bottom-Up

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) (TSM US)

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing)

<ul>
<li>Global Expansion &amp; Operations : A total of 18 fabs are currently under construction or expansion worldwide, including 5 advanced packaging facilities.</li>
<li>Advanced Process Roadmap (N2 / A14 / A12): N2 Performance: First-year output is expected to exceed N3’s first year by 45%.</li>
<li>Next-Gen Technology: CFET-based SRAM cell area is 30% smaller than nanosheet designs.</li>
</ul>


Global Expansion &amp; Operations : A total of 18 fabs are currently under construction or expansion worldwide, including 5 advanced packaging facilities.
Advanced Process Roadmap (N2 / A14 / A12): N2 Performance: First-year output is expected to exceed N3’s first year by 45%.
Next-Gen Technology: CFET-based SRAM cell area is 30% smaller than nanosheet designs.


TSMC (2330.TT; TSM.US): 2026 Symposium Held on May 14

Taiwan

Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation offers integrated circuit foundry services.  The Company manufactures 0.18um logic, mixed-signal, analog, high voltage, low power, CMOS RF, flash, embedded memory, and bipolar CMOS DMOS semiconductors.

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Vanguard Intl Semiconductor (5347 TT)

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Patrick Liao

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There are 18 adds and 18 deletes for the index. Estimated one-way turnover is 40.6% resulting in a round-trip trade of US$13.6bn. Adds are...

Brian Freitas

TechChain Insights: SemiQA's Analog Chips Cut Power Usage by 90% and Use Non-TSMC Mature Node Fabs

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Vincent Fernando, CFA

Aequitas ECM Weekly (18 May 2026)- Innolight, Top Numerical, Hitachi Machinery, Kiraboshi, Alchip

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

TSMC (2330.TT; TSM.US): 2026 Symposium Held on May 14

Global expansion in semiconductor manufacturing includes 18 fabs under construction, with advanced packaging facilities and next-gen technology...

Patrick Liao

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Silergy (6415.TT): Demand of PMIC IC Shall Be Uprising Since 2H26

​Silergy's share price drops 10% due to recent rally correction, tight supply indicated by price increases from UMC US, Vanguard Intl...

Patrick Liao

TIP Customized Taiwan Select High Dividend Index Rebalance: US$13.6bn Trade over the Next Week

There are 18 adds and 18 deletes for the index. Estimated one-way turnover is 40.6% resulting in a round-trip trade of US$13.6bn. Adds are...

Brian Freitas

TechChain Insights: SemiQA's Analog Chips Cut Power Usage by 90% and Use Non-TSMC Mature Node Fabs

​SemiQA is revolutionizing AI chips for the edge with analog designs, reducing power usage by 90% and latency, while utilizing non-TSMC mature node...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Aequitas ECM Weekly (18 May 2026)- Innolight, Top Numerical, Hitachi Machinery, Kiraboshi, Alchip

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

TSMC (2330.TT; TSM.US): 2026 Symposium Held on May 14

​Global expansion in semiconductor manufacturing includes 18 fabs under construction, with advanced packaging facilities and next-gen technology...

Patrick Liao

Silergy's share price drops 10% due to recent rally correction, tight supply indicated by price increases from UMC US, Vanguard Intl...

SemiQA is revolutionizing AI chips for the edge with analog designs, reducing power usage by 90% and latency, while utilizing non-TSMC mature node...

Global expansion in semiconductor manufacturing includes 18 fabs under construction, with advanced packaging facilities and next-gen technology...