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.
Category: Geopolitics
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.
Charlie Munger, a great investor worth remembering
Buffett said: “Because Munger… made me go from an orangutan to a human being, if I didn’t know him, I would be much poorer than I am now!” Buffett said in a statement on Charlie Munger’s death: “Without Charlie’s inspiration, wisdom and Without participation, Berkshire would not be where it is today.”
How does Micron make money? What investors should know?
Micron Technology is currently the only major manufacturer in the United States in the main semiconductor field of memory chips. It is extremely important to the United States.
Top five semiconductor equipment providers
In Q1 2024, the revenue of top five semiconductor equipment providers decreased by 9% year-on-year