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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Applied Materials delivered a strong quarterly performance and managed to surpass Wall Street expectations in terms of revenues as well as earnings.</li><li>Demand remains very high in cutting-edge foundry/logic, with customers vying for leadership and driving significant technological inflections that decide their respective competitive positions.</li><li>AMAT should have a strong resilience because of their substantial backlog, expanding service business, and strong customer demand for their leading technologies that support significant technological inflection points.</li></ul>

Applied Materials delivered a strong quarterly performance and managed to surpass Wall Street expectations in terms of revenues as well as earnings.Demand remains very high in cutting-edge foundry/logic, with customers vying for leadership and driving significant technological inflections that decide their respective competitive positions.AMAT should have a strong resilience because of their substantial backlog, expanding service business, and strong customer demand for their leading technologies that support significant technological inflection points.

Managing Director, Zero One, Zero One

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Managing Director, Zero One

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

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/applied-materials-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:283:1" rel="noopener">Applied Materials (AMAT US)</a>  guidance buoyed the overall industry, but negative Memory news from AMAT and Micron make <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nanya-technology-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3269:1" rel="noopener">Nanya Technology (2408 TT)</a> shares look at risk of near-term pullback.</li>
<li>Foreigners massively net-bought Taiwan over the last two weeks, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/united-microelectronics-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6450:1" rel="noopener">United Microelectronics Corp (2303 TT)</a> has been a major recipient of capital. ADR premium still has legs.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hon-hai-precision-industry-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:745:1" rel="noopener">Hon Hai Precision Industry (2317 TT)</a> received 100,000+ new worker applications but now has trouble finding space for them! We remain structurally bullish on the company.</li>
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Applied Materials (AMAT US)  guidance buoyed the overall industry, but negative Memory news from AMAT and Micron make Nanya Technology (2408 TT) shares look at risk of near-term pullback.
Foreigners massively net-bought Taiwan over the last two weeks, and United Microelectronics Corp (2303 TT) has been a major recipient of capital. ADR premium still has legs.

Hon Hai Precision Industry (2317 TT) received 100,000+ new worker applications but now has trouble finding space for them! We remain structurally bullish on the company.


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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>Semiconductor collapses like today's are led by memory chips, which are a commodity</li>
<li>The leading memory manufacturers: Samsung, SK hynix, Micron, and WDC, have announced their 3Q22 earnings, with only Kioxia remaining.  All have suffered substantial revenue declines.</li>
<li>Memory prices are dropping to cost, and should remain at cost until demand catches back up with supply in late 2023</li>
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Semiconductor collapses like today's are led by memory chips, which are a commodity
The leading memory manufacturers: Samsung, SK hynix, Micron, and WDC, have announced their 3Q22 earnings, with only Kioxia remaining.  All have suffered substantial revenue declines.
Memory prices are dropping to cost, and should remain at cost until demand catches back up with supply in late 2023


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Caixin Global

Articles from Caixin Global

Caixin is a media group dedicated to providing financial and business news through periodicals, online content, mobile apps, conferences, books and TV/video programs. Caixin aims to blaze a trail that helps traditional media prosper in the new media age through integrated multimedia platforms.

News from Caixin

<ul><li>The U.S government’s escalated chip export restrictions has triggered a sell-off of onshore Chinese semiconductor stocks as they are expected to prevent domestic chip manufacturers and designers from accessing key components.</li><li><p>The Biden administration issued a series of policies last week aimed at slowing Beijing’s push to develop its own chip industry, adding more companies to a trade blacklist and imposing new restrictions on related technologies.</p></li><li><p>The action is expected to dent production at China’s domestic semiconductor foundries, which rely on U.S. companies for some components, industry insiders said.</p></li></ul>

The U.S government’s escalated chip export restrictions has triggered a sell-off of onshore Chinese semiconductor stocks as they are expected to prevent domestic chip manufacturers and designers from accessing key components.The Biden administration issued a series of policies last week aimed at slowing Beijing’s push to develop its own chip industry, adding more companies to a trade blacklist and imposing new restrictions on related technologies.The action is expected to dent production at China’s domestic semiconductor foundries, which rely on U.S. companies for some components, industry insiders said.

Chinese Semiconductor Stocks Nosedive as U.S. Tightens Chip Export Controls

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<li>AMD and Samsung preliminary numbers disappoint, PC demand weakness cited.</li>
<li>U.S. issues broad new rules restricting technology sales to China, essentially removing China as a long-term demand driver for advanced products.</li>
<li>TSMC results coming out this week, expecting all-time high revenue.</li>
</ul>


AMD and Samsung preliminary numbers disappoint, PC demand weakness cited.
U.S. issues broad new rules restricting technology sales to China, essentially removing China as a long-term demand driver for advanced products.
TSMC results coming out this week, expecting all-time high revenue.


Taiwan Tech Weekly: Our Summary of Sweeping New China Restrictions, TSMC Results This Week

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Applied Materials, Inc. develops, manufactures, markets, and services semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment and related spare parts for the worldwide semiconductor industry.  The Company's customers include semiconductor wafer and integrated circuit manufacturers, flat panel liquid crystal displays, solar photovoltaic cells and modules and other electronic devices manufacturers.

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