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Semiconductors & Compute Silicon

Who designs, makes and equips the logic chips that do AI compute.

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Semiconductors · Thesis 03

Does the concentration of leading-edge chipmaking give TSMC pricing power over its customers?

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Semiconductors · Thesis 05

Will CoreWeave report year-over-year revenue growth below 30% in any quarter reported on or before 2027-12-31?

24 questions5 people
Semiconductors · Thesis 12

Will a panel-level or substrate-less advanced packaging line (CoPoS, CoWoP, or OSAT 310x310mm panel) reach announced mass production for an AI accelerator product by the end of 2027?

29 questions5 people
Semiconductors · Thesis 13

Will HBM supply, rather than advanced packaging capacity, be named by Nvidia or TSMC as the primary accelerator supply constraint in any 2027 earnings call?

28 questions6 people
Semiconductors · Thesis 15

Will Nvidia's reported GAAP gross margin fall below 70% in any fiscal quarter reported between 2026-11-15 and 2027-12-31?

15 questions4 people
Semiconductors · Thesis 16

Will Broadcom's AI semiconductor revenue for fiscal 2027 (ending ~Oct/Nov 2027), as reported in its quarterly and annual results, exceed $60 billion?

25 questions5 people
Semiconductors · Thesis 17

Will Nvidia's data center revenue growth rate fall below Broadcom's AI semiconductor revenue growth rate for four consecutive reported quarters ending on or before 2027-12-31?

20 questions7 people
Semiconductors · Thesis 46

Will Chinese-made AI chips dominate new accelerator capacity in mainland China by 2027?

15 questions5 people
Semiconductors · Thesis 47

Will a mainland Chinese foundry other than SMIC publicly confirm volume production at a 7nm-class (N+2) or better logic node before 2027-12-31?

17 questions4 people
Semiconductors · Thesis 48

Will US-headquartered frontier model providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta) still be unavailable for direct commercial service to mainland China customers as of 2027-09-30?

9 questions3 people
Semiconductors · Thesis 49

Will large software firms' gross margins drop a point or more by Q3 2027 while Nvidia's stays at or above 70%?

30 questions7 people
Semiconductors · Thesis 50

Will the PHLX Semiconductor Index (SOX) total return exceed the iShares Expanded Tech-Software ETF (IGV) total return over the period 2026-01-01 to 2027-09-30?

39 questions8 people
Semiconductors · Thesis 60

Will Amazon disclose by 2027-12-31 that its own AI chips lead a named AWS AI workload, or that AWS operating margin exceeds 38%?

7 questions6 people
Semiconductors · Thesis 61

Will Nvidia disclose in an SEC filing or earnings release, on or before 2027-06-30, that it recognized revenue from H200-class (or successor China-approved) data center GPU sales to customers in China?

6 questions4 people
Semiconductors · Part 01

Is the marginal buyer of AI compute real?

3 questions3 people
AI financing · Part 16

How much of the money buying AI chips was lent, guaranteed or invested by the companies selling them?

4 questions18 people

Open questions

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Semiconductors · settles Jan 1180 days
Will TSMC's December 2026 revenue be at least 30 percent higher than December 2025?
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If no

Customers limit the foundry's reach

No: customers push back or shift volume elsewhere, so December growth comes in below 30 percent.

If yes

The foundry sets the price

Yes: TSMC is the only real source of leading advantage chips, so customers pay up and growth stays at or above 30 percent through year end.

Semiconductors · settles Nov 1018 days
Did TSMC's October sales climb at least 45 percent above the same month last year?
4 people · 4 claims2 sides2 machines
If no

Customers limit the foundry's reach

Expects big customers to push back on price hikes or shift volume elsewhere, capping how fast TSMC's revenue can grow.

If yes

The foundry sets the price

Expects TSMC's near-monopoly on leading chips to let it keep raising prices and margins despite ramp costs and currency swings.

Semiconductors · settles Nov 1018 days
Did TSMC's October revenue grow at least 55 percent versus a year earlier?
4 people · 4 claims2 sides2 machines
If no

Customers limit the foundry's reach

Expects big customers to push back on price hikes or shift volume elsewhere, capping how fast TSMC's revenue can grow.

If yes

The foundry sets the price

Expects TSMC's near-monopoly on leading chips to let it keep raising prices and margins despite ramp costs and currency swings.

Semiconductors · settles Nov 1018 days
Did TSMC's October sales rise by 65 percent or more from a year before?
4 people · 4 claims2 sides2 machines
If no

Customers limit the foundry's reach

Expects big customers to push back on price hikes or shift volume elsewhere, capping how fast TSMC's revenue can grow.

If yes

The foundry sets the price

Expects TSMC's near-monopoly on leading chips to let it keep raising prices and margins despite ramp costs and currency swings.

Semiconductors · settles Dec 1048 days
Did TSMC's November revenue top last year's by 45 percent or more?
4 people · 4 claims2 sides2 machines
If no

Customers limit the foundry's reach

Expects big customers to push back on price hikes or shift volume elsewhere, capping how fast TSMC's revenue can grow.

If yes

The foundry sets the price

Expects TSMC's near-monopoly on leading chips to let it keep raising prices and margins despite ramp costs and currency swings.

Semiconductors · settles Dec 1048 days
Did TSMC's November sales grow at least 55 percent over the year before?
4 people · 4 claims2 sides2 machines
If no

Customers limit the foundry's reach

Expects big customers to push back on price hikes or shift volume elsewhere, capping how fast TSMC's revenue can grow.

If yes

The foundry sets the price

Expects TSMC's near-monopoly on leading chips to let it keep raising prices and margins despite ramp costs and currency swings.

Semiconductors · settles Dec 1048 days
Will TSMC's November 2026 revenue beat the same month last year by 65 percent or more?
4 people · 4 claims2 sides2 machines
If no

Customers limit the foundry's reach

No: customers can shift orders or push back on pricing, capping how fast TSMC's revenue can climb year over year.

If yes

The foundry sets the price

Yes: as the only real source of leading advantage chips, TSMC can keep pushing through price hikes and prepayments, so growth stays huge.

Semiconductors · settles Nov 1826 days
Will Nvidia's revenue grow at least 85 percent for the quarter ending October 25, 2026?
5 people · 5 claims2 sides2 machines
If no

Panel-level lines stay off the mass-production roadmap

No if packaging bottlenecks or a cooling order book slow growth below 85 percent versus a year earlier.

If yes

Advanced packaging capacity limits supply

Yes if AI chip demand keeps outrunning supply, pushing revenue growth to 85 percent or more versus a year earlier.

Semiconductors · settles Nov 1826 days
Will Nvidia's revenue double from a year earlier in the quarter ending October 25, 2026?
5 people · 5 claims2 sides3 machines
If no

Panel-level lines stay off the mass-production roadmap

Packaging capacity stays scarce and locked onto existing wafer based lines, so revenue growth slows from the prior blistering pace.

If yes

Advanced packaging capacity limits supply

Tight advanced packaging supply pushes buyers to panel formats, letting chip output and revenue keep scaling at a fast pace.

Semiconductors · settles Nov 1220 days
Will Applied Materials report revenue growth of 45% or more for the quarter ended October 2026 versus a year earlier?
5 people · 5 claims2 sides3 machines
If no

Panel-level lines stay off the mass-production roadmap

Expects suppliers to stay cautious on new capacity, keeping revenue growth from reaching the 45 percent mark.

If yes

Advanced packaging capacity limits supply

Expects a packaging capacity crunch to push customers to buy more tools, lifting year over year revenue growth past 45 percent.

Semiconductors · settles Nov 1220 days
Will Applied Materials revenue for the quarter ending October 25, 2026 be at least 52 percent higher than a year earlier?
5 people · 5 claims2 sides3 machines
If no

Panel-level lines stay off the mass-production roadmap

Expects scarce capacity to mostly raise prices and favor existing wafer based lines, keeping growth under the threshold.

If yes

Advanced packaging capacity limits supply

Expects tight advanced packaging capacity to push customers toward new formats, lifting demand and revenue growth past the threshold.

Semiconductors · settles Nov 1220 days
Will Applied Materials revenue for the quarter ending October 25, 2026 be at least 58 percent higher than a year earlier?
5 people · 5 claims2 sides3 machines
If no

Panel-level lines stay off the mass-production roadmap

Expects scarce capacity to mostly raise prices and favor existing wafer based lines, keeping growth under the higher threshold.

If yes

Advanced packaging capacity limits supply

Expects tight advanced packaging capacity to push customers toward new formats, lifting demand and revenue growth past the higher threshold.

Semiconductors · settles Nov 311 days
Will Advanced Micro Devices keep at least 51 percent of its revenue as gross profit for the quarter ending September 26, 2026?
6 people · 6 claims2 sides3 machines
If no

Memory supply, not packaging, becomes the named constraint

Yes if AMD's chip mix and pricing hold margins at 51 percent of revenue or higher.

If yes

Packaging, not memory, stays the named constraint

No if costs, discounts, or a cheaper product mix pull margins below 51 percent of revenue.

Semiconductors · settles Nov 311 days
Will Advanced Micro Devices keep at least 53 percent of its revenue as gross profit for the quarter ending September 26, 2026?
6 people · 6 claims2 sides3 machines
If no

Memory supply, not packaging, becomes the named constraint

Yes if AMD's chip mix and pricing hold margins at 53 percent of revenue or higher, matching its recent quarter.

If yes

Packaging, not memory, stays the named constraint

No if costs, discounts, or a cheaper product mix pull margins below 53 percent of revenue.

Semiconductors · settles Nov 311 days
Will Advanced Micro Devices keep at least 55 percent of its revenue as gross profit for the quarter ending September 26, 2026?
6 people · 6 claims2 sides3 machines
If no

Memory supply, not packaging, becomes the named constraint

Yes if AMD's chip mix and pricing push margins above its recent run rate to 55 percent of revenue or higher.

If yes

Packaging, not memory, stays the named constraint

No if costs, discounts, or a cheaper product mix keep margins below 55 percent of revenue.

Semiconductors · settles Nov 1826 days
Will Nvidia keep at least 73 percent of its revenue as gross profit for the quarter ending October 25, 2026?
6 people · 6 claims2 sides2 machines
If no

Memory supply, not packaging, becomes the named constraint

Yes if Nvidia's chip mix and pricing hold margins at 73 percent of revenue or higher.

If yes

Packaging, not memory, stays the named constraint

No if memory costs, discounts, or a cheaper product mix pull margins below 73 percent of revenue.