Taiwan Tech Focused Senior Analyst

Patrick Liao

Equity Bottom-Up

Vanguard Intl Semiconductor / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Vanguard announce the establishment of a 12” Fab in Singapore with 60% stake, with Nxp Semiconductors Nv (NXPI US) will invest remaining 40%.  </li>
<li>The nodes produced will span from 40nm to 130nm, encompassing mixed-signal, PMIC, and analog ICs to support automotive, industrial, consumer, and mobile applications.  </li>
<li>Vanguard will uphold a healthy cash balance, along with large debt and a follow-up cash offering.</li>
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Vanguard announce the establishment of a 12” Fab in Singapore with 60% stake, with Nxp Semiconductors Nv (NXPI US) will invest remaining 40%.  
The nodes produced will span from 40nm to 130nm, encompassing mixed-signal, PMIC, and analog ICs to support automotive, industrial, consumer, and mobile applications.  
Vanguard will uphold a healthy cash balance, along with large debt and a follow-up cash offering.


Vanguard (5347.TT): Setup 12" Fab in Singapore With 60% Stake, with NXP Investing Remaining 40%.

Semiconductor & Technology Specialist, Ingenuity

William Keating

Semiconductor & Technology Specialist

Ingenuity

Our focus is exclusively on in-depth research & consulting in the broader semiconductor industry. We focus on the key players, namely Intel, Micron, Qualcomm, Apple, Samsung, NVIDIA, AMD, TSMC & Global Foundries - as well as some of the lesser known, but nonetheless critical, companies such as ASML (for EUV), Mellanox, Cavium, Xilinx etc. We specialise in their products, roadmaps, process technologies, competitive advantages & threats etc. We also help our clients understand the implications of new and emerging technologies, e.g. 3D X-Point, 3D NAND, Carbon Nanotubes, Autonomous Driving, Graphene, Silicon Photonics, Wafer-Level Optics, Artificial Intelligence, FPGA, GPU, ASIC etc. 

Semiconductor Analysis & Research

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Silicon Box January series B funding round in January 2024 pushed the advanced packaging startup into Unicorn status with a &gt;$1 billion valuation</li>
<li>In addition to their Singapore based 70,000 sq metre facility, they announced a second, $3.6 billion investment in Italy in March 2024</li>
<li>Despite their unicorn status and being in business for nigh on three years, we still have no specifics on the precise nature of the advanced packaging technology they are offering</li>
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Silicon Box January series B funding round in January 2024 pushed the advanced packaging startup into Unicorn status with a &gt;$1 billion valuation
In addition to their Singapore based 70,000 sq metre facility, they announced a second, $3.6 billion investment in Italy in March 2024
Despite their unicorn status and being in business for nigh on three years, we still have no specifics on the precise nature of the advanced packaging technology they are offering


Tracking developments across tech supply chains, Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Tracking developments across tech supply chains

Hon Hai Precision Industry / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>SK Hynix leads in next-gen HBM innovation, setting pace with Indian startup FermionIC aiming for market domination.</li><li>AMD releases new processors for data centers and PCs promising improved performance and efficiency with Instinct, Ryzen, and EPYC.</li><li>India partners with Taiwan for semiconductor ecosystem development, while Russia plans to produce 350nm chips with self-developed EUV machines in 2024.</li></ul>

SK Hynix leads in next-gen HBM innovation, setting pace with Indian startup FermionIC aiming for market domination.AMD releases new processors for data centers and PCs promising improved performance and efficiency with Instinct, Ryzen, and EPYC.India partners with Taiwan for semiconductor ecosystem development, while Russia plans to produce 350nm chips with self-developed EUV machines in 2024.

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (04-Jun-2024): Chinese semiconductors & tech.

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 foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of May 31st which has an aggregated holding worth USD4,207.5bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD14,520mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight foreign changes in Realtek Semi, Mediatek, Synnex Tech Intl, Asustek Computer, Tripod Tech, TSMC, Hon Hai, Yang Ming Marine, Novatek, Evergreen Marine.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of May 31st which has an aggregated holding worth USD4,207.5bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD14,520mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight foreign changes in Realtek Semi, Mediatek, Synnex Tech Intl, Asustek Computer, Tripod Tech, TSMC, Hon Hai, Yang Ming Marine, Novatek, Evergreen Marine.


TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (May 31st): TSMC, Hon Hai, Yang Ming Marine, Novatek, Evergreen Marine

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

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<li>Global MSCI indexes (MSCI ACWI, ACWI ex-US, EAFE, and EM) are pulling back following recent breakouts to multi-year highs. Europe, Japan also pulling back to uptrend supports.</li>
<li>Short-Term supports to watch-discussed in our May 23, 2024 Int'l Compass-include $110.50 on ACWI-US, $53.50 on ACWX-US, $80 on EFA-US, and $41-42 on EEM-US; buy this pullback. </li>
<li>As long as these supports hold, we anticipate significantly higher prices ahead. Combination of supports holding and healthy market dynamics continues to validate our bullish outlook on global equities.</li>
</ul>


Global MSCI indexes (MSCI ACWI, ACWI ex-US, EAFE, and EM) are pulling back following recent breakouts to multi-year highs. Europe, Japan also pulling back to uptrend supports.
Short-Term supports to watch-discussed in our May 23, 2024 Int'l Compass-include $110.50 on ACWI-US, $53.50 on ACWX-US, $80 on EFA-US, and $41-42 on EEM-US; buy this pullback. 
As long as these supports hold, we anticipate significantly higher prices ahead. Combination of supports holding and healthy market dynamics continues to validate our bullish outlook on global equities.


Buy the Pullback; Market Dynamics Remain Healthy; Buys in Tech, Discretionary, Healthcare, Utilities

Taiwan

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. manufactures and markets integrated circuits. The Company provides the following services: wafer manufacturing, wafer probing, assembly and testing, mask production, and design services. TSMC's ICs are used in computer, communication, consumer electronics, automotive, and industrial equipment industries.

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Vanguard (5347.TT): Setup 12" Fab in Singapore With 60% Stake, with NXP Investing Remaining 40%.

Vanguard and Nxp Semiconductors to establish 12" Fab in Singapore for diverse IC production, with Vanguard maintaining majority stake.

Patrick Liao

Silicon Box Or Silicon Black Box?

Silicon Box, the Singapore-based advanced packaging startup launched in 2021, reached Unicorn status with their Series B in Jan '24. Yet the...

William Keating

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (04-Jun-2024): Chinese semiconductors & tech.

China's semiconductor industry advances as SK Hynix leads in innovation, AMD releases new processors, Indian startup FermionIC aims for market...

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (May 31st): TSMC, Hon Hai, Yang Ming Marine, Novatek, Evergreen Marine

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in TSMC, Hon Hai, Yang Ming Marine, Novatek,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Buy the Pullback; Market Dynamics Remain Healthy; Buys in Tech, Discretionary, Healthcare, Utilities

Buy the Pullbacks in $EFA $ACWX as they hold above $80 and $53.50 supports; Europe and Japan also buyable pullbacks to uptrend supports; Market...

Vermilion Research

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Vanguard (5347.TT): Setup 12" Fab in Singapore With 60% Stake, with NXP Investing Remaining 40%.

​Vanguard and Nxp Semiconductors to establish 12" Fab in Singapore for diverse IC production, with Vanguard maintaining majority stake.

Patrick Liao

Silicon Box Or Silicon Black Box?

Silicon Box, the Singapore-based advanced packaging startup launched in 2021, reached Unicorn status with their Series B in Jan '24. Yet the...

William Keating

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (04-Jun-2024): Chinese semiconductors & tech.

China's semiconductor industry advances as SK Hynix leads in innovation, AMD releases new processors, Indian startup FermionIC aims for market...

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (May 31st): TSMC, Hon Hai, Yang Ming Marine, Novatek, Evergreen Marine

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in TSMC, Hon Hai, Yang Ming Marine, Novatek,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Buy the Pullback; Market Dynamics Remain Healthy; Buys in Tech, Discretionary, Healthcare, Utilities

Buy the Pullbacks in $EFA $ACWX as they hold above $80 and $53.50 supports; Europe and Japan also buyable pullbacks to uptrend supports; Market...

Vermilion Research

Vanguard and Nxp Semiconductors to establish 12" Fab in Singapore for diverse IC production, with Vanguard maintaining majority stake.