Technology: Investors -- March 25, 2022

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Disruptive:

• EVs: link here. Scorecard. 
• graphite
  
• Chips: link here. Chips, semiconductor: link here.
• Pay: link here.
• COP26: coal is the transitional fuel.

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TSMC: sees demand spike for automobile chips thanks to Nvidia, Qualcomm, Intel, Tesla. 

• orders for automotive electronics chips accelerating at a faster-than-expected pace;
• TSMC: likely to benefit from several chip design companies;
• it appears we add Tesla (TSLA) to the "chip design" category
• TSMC: 90% share of the 7nm / 5nm foundry process segment
• TSMC: largest beneficiary of IDM: integrated device manufacturers stepping up their outsourcing of automotive MCUs (microcontroller units) and other chips to pure-play foundries
• TSMC: 70% of the total automotive chip orders placed by IDMs
• major IDMs have outsourced 15% of their automotive chip production; the proportion is poised to grow
• more at the link;

Apple subscription service: two links to same story from yesterday --

• from Yahoo!Finance: link here.
• from Bloomberg and a paywall: link here.

Pat on back, LOL: I first alerted readers to the possibility of an Apple subscription plan back in January, 2021, more than a year ago. Link here.

A bigger MacBoook Air? Link here.

Hotel rooms TVs: Apple TV+  and Philiips MediaSuite hospitality team up. Link here.

APPL: the bull case on Apple -- 70% higher from here -- Evercore ISI.

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