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

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

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<li>Micron results this week. The company is likely to call a trough for memory prices and highlight its development of the next most advanced type of HBM DRAM for AI. </li>
<li>Taiwan's market fell, with previous AI-rally beneficiaries continuing to be some of the top losers. Interestingly, Taiwan AI-names outperformed Nvidia over the last three months.</li>
<li>Intel's Innovation Conference wrapped up last week, with its new Meteor Lake PC CPUs launching Dec 14th, which is positive for the PC supply chain. Intel shares fell slightly however.</li>
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Micron results this week. The company is likely to call a trough for memory prices and highlight its development of the next most advanced type of HBM DRAM for AI. 
Taiwan's market fell, with previous AI-rally beneficiaries continuing to be some of the top losers. Interestingly, Taiwan AI-names outperformed Nvidia over the last three months.
Intel's Innovation Conference wrapped up last week, with its new Meteor Lake PC CPUs launching Dec 14th, which is positive for the PC supply chain. Intel shares fell slightly however.


Taiwan Tech Weekly: Micron Results Ahead; Taiwan AI Plays Slump But Still Beat Nvidia Last 3 Months

China/Asia TMT

Shawn Yang

China growth and global non-US Internet equities

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Blue Lotus Research is a Hong Kong Type 4 Licensed investment advisory firm focusing on Chinese growth equities and global non-US Internet equities

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>We estimate that SMICs 7nm yield is &gt;70% with capacity of 19k 7nm wafers per month.  We expect SMIC will be able to ship 5nm by 2026 .</li>
<li>We expect Huawei’s wafer demand to reach 18k~ 7nm per month, which would have revenue gain of US$ 550mn~ per quarter to SMIC. We raise SMIC TP to HK$ 27.</li>
<li>We expect Huawei to reach 18% share of the China smartphone market in 2024. We expect Apple and Xiaomi’s China market share to decline by 2ppt and 0.8ppt YoY, respectively.</li>
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We estimate that SMICs 7nm yield is &gt;70% with capacity of 19k 7nm wafers per month.  We expect SMIC will be able to ship 5nm by 2026 .
We expect Huawei’s wafer demand to reach 18k~ 7nm per month, which would have revenue gain of US$ 550mn~ per quarter to SMIC. We raise SMIC TP to HK$ 27.
We expect Huawei to reach 18% share of the China smartphone market in 2024. We expect Apple and Xiaomi’s China market share to decline by 2ppt and 0.8ppt YoY, respectively.


[Blue Lotus Hardware Sector Update]: SMIC 7nm and 5nm Sufficient for Huawei Rejuvenation

Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

<ul><li>Apple Inc. managed to surpass the revenue and earnings expectations of analysts.</li><li>Apple has reported sales of $81.8 billion, which is higher than the company had anticipated.</li><li>With robust iPhone sales setting new quarterly total revenue highs in countries including India, Indonesia, Mexico, the Philippines, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates, Apple saw strong results in emerging markets continue.</li></ul>

Apple Inc. managed to surpass the revenue and earnings expectations of analysts.Apple has reported sales of $81.8 billion, which is higher than the company had anticipated.With robust iPhone sales setting new quarterly total revenue highs in countries including India, Indonesia, Mexico, the Philippines, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates, Apple saw strong results in emerging markets continue.

Apple Inc.: A Hot Product Lineup For 2024 & Beyond! – Major Drivers

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<li>Real Estate Industry Update: Property sales remain lukewarm in August, price declined marginally(/)</li>
<li>Real Estate Industry Update: Local media survey indicate China home purchase willingness increased in September post policy stimulus(+)</li>
<li>AAPL/JD: JD pre-registrations for iPhone 15 slightly lower than iPhone 14, and ASP largely unchanged (-)</li>
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Real Estate Industry Update: Property sales remain lukewarm in August, price declined marginally(/)
Real Estate Industry Update: Local media survey indicate China home purchase willingness increased in September post policy stimulus(+)
AAPL/JD: JD pre-registrations for iPhone 15 slightly lower than iPhone 14, and ASP largely unchanged (-)


China TMT Update-AAPL/JD/BEKE-Pre-Registrations for IPhone 15 Slightly Lower than IPhone 14

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<li>1810.HK/AAPL/981.HK: Local media reports that the Mate 60 series is planned to ship 20mn units (-/-/+)</li>
<li>HK700/HK1024/DOYU/BILI/IQ: Tencent announced its live broadcast rights holder for 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games. (+)/(-)/(-)/(-)/(-)</li>
<li>BABA/VIPS / PDD/ 3690.HK/ YSG/JD: Social retail consumption improved month-on-month (+/+/+/+/+/-)</li>
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1810.HK/AAPL/981.HK: Local media reports that the Mate 60 series is planned to ship 20mn units (-/-/+)
HK700/HK1024/DOYU/BILI/IQ: Tencent announced its live broadcast rights holder for 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games. (+)/(-)/(-)/(-)/(-)
BABA/VIPS / PDD/ 3690.HK/ YSG/JD: Social retail consumption improved month-on-month (+/+/+/+/+/-)


China TMT Update-1810.HK/AAPL/981.HK/HK700/HK1024/DOYU/BILI/IQ/BABA/VIPS/PDD/3690.HK/YSG/JD-Mate 60

United States

Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables and accessories, and sells a variety of related accessories. The Company also offers payment, digital content, cloud and advertising services. Apple Inc.'s customers are primarily in consumer, small & mid-sized business, education, enterprise and government markets worldwide.

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Taiwan Tech Weekly: Micron Results Ahead; Taiwan AI Plays Slump But Still Beat Nvidia Last 3 Months

Taiwan's market fell, with previous AI-rally beneficiaries continuing to be some of the top losers. Interestingly, Taiwan AI-names outperformed...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

[Blue Lotus Hardware Sector Update]: SMIC 7nm and 5nm Sufficient for Huawei Rejuvenation

We expect Huawei’s wafer demand to reach 18k~ 7nm per month, which would have revenue gain of US$ 550mn~ per quarter to SMIC. We raise SMIC TP to...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Apple Inc.: A Hot Product Lineup For 2024 & Beyond! – Major Drivers

Apple Inc. managed to surpass the revenue and earnings expectations of analysts. Apple has reported sales of $81.8 billion, which is higher than...

Baptista Research

China TMT Update-AAPL/JD/BEKE-Pre-Registrations for IPhone 15 Slightly Lower than IPhone 14

Property sales remain lukewarm in August; Local media survey indicate China home purchase willingness increased in September;AAPL/JD: JD pre...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

China TMT Update-1810.HK/AAPL/981.HK/HK700/HK1024/DOYU/BILI/IQ/BABA/VIPS/PDD/3690.HK/YSG/JD-Mate 60

Local media reports that the Mate 60 series is planned to ship 20mn units; Tencent announced its live broadcast rights holder for Asian Games;...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

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