Author

@tculpan tculpan

Veteran semiconductor journalist dissecting the Asia chip supply chain with primary scoops

Reports and analyzes the global semiconductor and AI-hardwar

trader score
+0.50
hit rate
55%
mean α
+0.39%
signals 14d
12

Grade = how their written analysis reads (A best). Trader score = how their last-20 timestamped calls performed vs SPY.

Their picks, scored

Across their last 20 scored bets: 55% hit rate, +0.39% mean alpha, trader score +0.50. Their last-14d mentions, direction-adjusted, have moved -0.3% since posting (mean over 6 mentions with price data).

Recent signals12receipts included
date (PT)tickerauthorsentwhat they saidsince thenreceipt
2026-07-02AAPL@tculpan-0.55Says Apple is insecure and struggling to stay relevant in the supply chain.
2026-07-02MU@tculpan+0.15Says Apple failed to limit Micron price rises because it lacks supply-chain leverage.
2026-07-02AAPL@tculpan-0.45Says Apple failed to limit Micron price rises because it lacks supply-chain leverage.
2026-07-01MU@tculpan-0.25Skeptical remark that Micron is afraid of antitrust suits.-5.5%
2026-07-01AAPL@tculpan-0.20Headline references Apple's chipflation dilemma.+4.8%
2026-07-01AAPL@tculpan-0.35Says Apple's device price hike is not pricing power, the exact opposite.+4.8%
2026-07-01AAPL@tculpan-0.30Apple raised device prices and blamed memory-chip makers; author says that is not real reason.+4.8%
2026-06-29·@tculpan·AI boom benefits air freight carriers; EVA cargo is 40% AI servers.·
2026-06-25MU@tculpan-0.25Criticizes Apple and Micron blaming each other over DRAM capacity decisions.-19.6%
2026-06-25AAPL@tculpan-0.25Criticizes Apple and Micron blaming each other over DRAM capacity decisions.+12.2%
2026-06-25·@tculpan·Mentions memory revenue ASP rise and TSMC price hikes, but no explicit ticker.·
2026-06-23·@tculpan·Exclusive says TSMC is raising prices on over 75% of wafer revenue base.·

Grade is our human read-worthiness rating; trader score is a rolling 20-bet hit-rate/alpha composite — different things, often disagreeing. “Since then” is direction-unaware in the table; the summary line above adjusts for which way they leaned.