Managing Director, Zero One, Zero One

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Managing Director, Zero One

Equity Bottom-Up

Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Wave of earnings this week -- AMD, Qualcomm, Apple internationally... and Delta, Advantech, Innolux, Winbond, Realtek, plus others in Taiwan.</li>
<li>We visited Micron’s A3 fab in Taiwan; SK Hynix gives strongest comments yet on Memory turn-around; Long Nanya Tech on DRAM turn-around.</li>
<li>Intel results readthrough: PC cycle improving and could be accelerated by AI-demand... We continue to see Elan Micro as a laggard play on rallying PC names.</li>
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Wave of earnings this week -- AMD, Qualcomm, Apple internationally... and Delta, Advantech, Innolux, Winbond, Realtek, plus others in Taiwan.
We visited Micron’s A3 fab in Taiwan; SK Hynix gives strongest comments yet on Memory turn-around; Long Nanya Tech on DRAM turn-around.
Intel results readthrough: PC cycle improving and could be accelerated by AI-demand... We continue to see Elan Micro as a laggard play on rallying PC names.


Taiwan Tech Weekly: Wave of Taiwan Earnings Plus AMD & Apple; AI Accelerating DRAM & PC Recovery

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<li>We had a call with ChipMOS management about their latest long-term R&amp;D efforts and drivers. </li>
<li>We see many of the company's key clients' businesses turning a corner, hence see these developments likely to benefit ChipMOS.</li>
<li>The company will be reporting earnings on August 3rd, we have an Outperform rating for the shares. Could see some continued margin weakness, however we believe forward outlook is improving.</li>
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We had a call with ChipMOS management about their latest long-term R&amp;D efforts and drivers. 
We see many of the company's key clients' businesses turning a corner, hence see these developments likely to benefit ChipMOS.
The company will be reporting earnings on August 3rd, we have an Outperform rating for the shares. Could see some continued margin weakness, however we believe forward outlook is improving.


ChipMOS: Results Ahead & Key Clients for Display and Memory Signal a Turn Around Is Happening

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>Chip revenues have been up for two months in a row.  Could this be the start of a trend?</li>
<li>Commodity prices indicate that the "Collapse" phase of a price downturn has ended, and that prices will now follow costs</li>
<li>DRAM and NAND makers should remain unprofitable until mid 2024, although their revenues can begin to steadily rise.  Other chip makers will do better.</li>
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Chip revenues have been up for two months in a row.  Could this be the start of a trend?
Commodity prices indicate that the "Collapse" phase of a price downturn has ended, and that prices will now follow costs
DRAM and NAND makers should remain unprofitable until mid 2024, although their revenues can begin to steadily rise.  Other chip makers will do better.


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 short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Jun 16th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD15.6bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Inventec, Quanta Computer, Walsin Lihwa, Asia Vital, Sanyang Motor, Winbond Elec, Synnex Tech Intl.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Jun 16th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD15.6bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Inventec, Quanta Computer, Walsin Lihwa, Asia Vital, Sanyang Motor, Winbond Elec, Synnex Tech Intl.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Jun 16th): Inventec, Quanta Computer, Walsin Lihwa, Asia Vital

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<li>The steep part of the chip collapse has run its course, and prices are now following cost</li>
<li>Revenues will rise once demand growth fully offsets price decreases, probably in the fourth quarter</li>
<li>The market will regain profitability only after a new shortage develops, which may be the middle of 2024</li>
</ul>


The steep part of the chip collapse has run its course, and prices are now following cost
Revenues will rise once demand growth fully offsets price decreases, probably in the fourth quarter
The market will regain profitability only after a new shortage develops, which may be the middle of 2024


Taiwan

Winbond Electronics Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells integrated circuits (IC) and related products.  The Company sells its products in Taiwan, the United States, and Hong Kong.

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Winbond Electronics (2344 TT)

Taiwan Tech Weekly: Wave of Taiwan Earnings Plus AMD & Apple; AI Accelerating DRAM & PC Recovery

Wave of Taiwan earnings this week with Delta, Advantech, Innolux, Winbond, Realtek, Elan, ChipMOS plus others in Taiwan. Also -- We visited...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

ChipMOS: Results Ahead & Key Clients for Display and Memory Signal a Turn Around Is Happening

We had a call with ChipMOS management about the company's latest long-term research efforts and drivers. The shares appear well supported into an...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Encouraging Signs in Recent Semi Stats

The chip market is giving signs of a recovery which will see rising revenues but should remain unprofitable for commodity players until mid-2024. ...

Jim Handy

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Jun 16th): Inventec, Quanta Computer, Walsin Lihwa, Asia Vital

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Inventec, Quanta Computer, Walsin Lihwa, Asia...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Where Are We in the Semiconductor Cycle?

Will the semiconductor market turn around? Revenues are likely to regain modest growth in the fourth quarter, but profits shouldn't return until...

Jim Handy

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