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Nicolas Baratte

Nicolas Baratte has been a financial analyst since 2000, covering the Technology sector in Asia mostly, and Global Tech in a couple of jobs. Nicolas has worked on the sell-side for JPMorgan, CLSA and Macquarie. On the buy-side for a Tiger fund and Prudential. Nicolas has covered Asian semiconductors, Asian hardware and components, and the global Semi supply chain. In addition to stock coverage, he also publishes research on sectors as that often shows clearer trends and pinpoints the inflection points in a sharper way. Nicolas lives mostly in Taiwan, sometimes in France and is in New York regularly.

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<li>TSMC: on track to ahead of schedule to start its 2nm fabs installations. Production planed for late 2025, revenues early 2026. Side benefits from Samsung closing some Foundry capacity.</li>
<li>SK Hynix: the HBM roadmap is accelerating. HBM3e 12H seeing order surge. HBM3e 16H qualification early 2025.</li>
<li>Samsung: after the Semi profit crash in 3Q, rumors of shutting down some Foundry capacity. SK Hynix HBM news flow suggests that SK Hynix’s lead is increasing.</li>
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TSMC: on track to ahead of schedule to start its 2nm fabs installations. Production planed for late 2025, revenues early 2026. Side benefits from Samsung closing some Foundry capacity.
SK Hynix: the HBM roadmap is accelerating. HBM3e 12H seeing order surge. HBM3e 16H qualification early 2025.
Samsung: after the Semi profit crash in 3Q, rumors of shutting down some Foundry capacity. SK Hynix HBM news flow suggests that SK Hynix’s lead is increasing.


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