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
-0.13
hit rate
40%
mean α
-0.08%
signals 14d
22

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: 40% hit rate, -0.08% mean alpha, trader score -0.13. Their last-14d mentions, direction-adjusted, have moved +0.3% since posting (mean over 11 mentions with price data).

Recent signals15receipts included
date (PT)tickerauthorsentwhat they saidsince thenreceipt
2026-08-26·@tculpan·Sony's failure to capture the AI boom is presented as renewing the case for a breakup.·
2026-08-26·@tculpan·The author concludes Sony's AI and conglomerate strategy hurt investors but restructuring offers hope.·
2026-08-26·@tculpan·Mocks Sony's limited participation in the AI boom, but no supported public ticker is explicitly provided.·
2026-08-23·@tculpan·Expects AI and data centers to become a larger election issue due to local opposition.·
2026-08-23TSM@tculpan-0.15Severe flooding shuts southern Taiwan counties after an earlier drought threatened TSMC.-0.3%
2026-08-23·@tculpan·Argues current growth is inflation-driven and prices will fall when supply growth arrives.·
2026-08-23GOOGL@tculpan+0.15Compal reportedly won Google TPU server orders, with more cloud-provider orders expected.+0.5%
2026-08-21MU@tculpan-0.35Argues Micron's Boise investment promotion will not materially expand US memory production-3.5%
2026-08-20·@tculpan·Frames SK Hynix's matched U.S. fundraising and Korean buyback as a cross-border cash transfer.·
2026-08-20·@tculpan·Warns China's willingness to cut supply undermines prospects for peaceful Taiwan unification.·
2026-08-19·@tculpan·Reports a six-month Hiwin lead time as AI, robotics and optics drive machine-tool demand.·
2026-08-19MU@tculpan+0.40Describes Micron's opportunistic distressed acquisition of a partner in 2001.-0.5%
2026-08-19MU@tculpan+0.50Explains why Micron's TECH deal secured discounted chip supply and proved lucrative.-0.5%
2026-08-19000660.KS@tculpan-0.60Calls SK Hynix's proposed $29B buyback desperate and questions what management knows.·
2026-08-19MU@tculpan-0.10States Micron has little production in America, with Taiwan and Singapore its largest hubs.-0.5%

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.