I know many people disagree with my title, “How Important is China to Apple? Apple Can’t Do It Without China.” However, it’s a fact, and you can’t say for sure.
Category: Geopolitics
What does book “Chip War” talk about?
The book “Chip War” has attracted great attention in the past two or three years. I personally think there are several reasons
Why China monopolize rare earths supply? Top rare earths companies
International Energy Agency shows that China accounts for 61% of global rare earth mineral production, but controls 92% of global production at the processing stage. According to a 2025 report by the United States Geological Survey, the United States will rely on China for 70% of its rare earth compound and metal imports between 2020 and 2023.
TSMC risks and disadvantages in Taiwan
In the past, when TSMC was smaller, the operational risks and disadvantages faced by TSMC were not strictly examined. But as chips become more and more important, when “165 billions investment, TSMC moat and competitiveness is fragile”, the operational risks and disadvantages faced by TSMC have been fully exposed.
How is SMIC after US embargo?
SMIC after US embargo, forced to use DVU, SMIC adopted the N+2 process and was able to produce advanced AI chips for China withou EUV. The yield rate of Ascend 910C made by SMIC has increased from 20% a year ago to 40% that can make money.
165 billions investment proved TSMC moat and competitiveness is fragile
Anyone who believes TSMC moat or competitiveness is a day dreamer. Once US takes action, investors will know whether TSMC has a wide enough corporate moat or competitiveness.
Why was ASML founded?
In 1984, Philips spun off its photolithography division and became ASML. Due to backward technology, the EUV lithography machine that Intel has developed for many years has not yet been launched, and it has been decided not to have an EUV lithography machine made by an American company.
Why is TSMC valuation much lower than US peers?
When large-scale investment institutions in the United States consider the TSMC valuation, they use the perspective and starting point of the United States to compare TSMC with its local semiconductor peers in the United States
ByteDance, TikTok’s parent comapny, the world’s most valuable unicorn
It is generally believed that Xing Wang of Meituan, Colin Huang of Pinduoduo, Yiming Zhang of ByteDance, the world’s most valuable unicorn, and Wei Cheng of Didi are the third generation of Chinese Internet entrepreneurs.
How does Onto make money? Advanced packaging beneficiary
Advanced chip manufacturing processes will make packaging and testing more and more difficult than previous mature processes. Onto provides yield improvement tools for HBM necessary for advanced packaging and artificial intelligence chips.