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1. Taiwan Tech Weekly: TSMC a Hidden Capacity Risk for Apple; Memory Pair Long/Short Opportunity
- Hidden Risk for Apple? — TSMC’s Potential 2nm Capacity Bottlneck
- Long/Short SK Vs. Nanya: AI Memory Leadership to Outperform Legacy DRAM’s Final Cyclical Peak
- Himax (HIMX US, Long): Management Call Confirms 2026 Mass-Production Readiness; Increasing Forecasts
2. Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC Spread Rebounds into Short Territory; ChipMOS & CHT Opportunities
- TSMC: +26.3% Premium; Rebounded Back to a Level One Can Short the Spread
- ChipMOS: -2.6% Discount; Opportunity to Go Long the ADR Spread
- CHT: -0.9% Discount; Opportunity to Go Long the ADR Spread
3. Himax (HIMX US, Long): Management Call Confirms 2026 Mass-Production Readiness; Increasing Forecasts
- Management Call — Increased Clarity on Co-Packaged Optics Rollout with Nvidia
- Positioning Inside the TSMC CoWoS / CPO Supply Chain — Margin Accretive Mix Effects; Low Capital Intensity.
- HIMX — Increasing Our Long-Term Forecasts, Reiterate Structural Long Rating
4. Long/Short SK Vs. Nanya: AI Memory Leadership to Outperform Legacy DRAM’s Final Cyclical Peak
- LONG SK Hynix (000660 KS) — Positioned for earnings growth durability through 2026E-2027E, anchored by high bandwidth memory (HBM), high-performance DDR5, and AI server memory content expansion.
- SHORT Nanya Technology (2408 TT) — Rallied sharply as older DDR4 memory prices spiked, driven by end-of-life supply behavior and panic-buying dynamics, which will normalize as the supply side responds.
- Large divergence in product mix quality and of consensus growth forecasts’ resilience to potential market swings favors a Long SK Hynix (000660 KS) vs. Short Nanya Technology (2408 TT) position.
