Public funding and strategic programs could expand GFS’s addressable capacity while silicon photonics creates a meaningful growth option.
The expansion is distant, while valuation increasingly depends on silicon photonics execution amid doubts about competitive capability.
The company is cited as a competitor to TSEM in silicon photonics foundry, but the analyst dismisses its material as "retarded and beyond redemption."
The company announced a Japan-funded initiative worth up to $21 billion to provide technology and operate two new fabs in Malta, New York, significantly expanding capacity.
The first new fab is targeting a 2029 opening, with a second potentially adding another $10 billion in funding and approximately 900,000 wafers of annual capacity each.
The company received significant funding from Japan, up to $21 billion, for two new fabs in Malta, NY, with the US taking a ~4% stake, indicating strong governmental support and expansion.
BNP Paribas downgraded the stock, indicating that the bull case increasingly relies on silicon photonics scaling from approximately $400-500 million this year to a $1 billion run-rate before 2028.
BNP downgraded the stock, noting that the bull case increasingly relies on silicon photonics scaling from ~$400-500M this year to a ~$1B run-rate before 2028, implying significant execution risk.
The stock was among some of the weaker names.
Other negative tea leaves: GFS with a shooting star, WOLF new highs then finishing near lows today.
The company followed through positively on recent news regarding Trump Quantum.
The company showed a 'shooting star' candlestick pattern, indicating a potential reversal after hitting new highs.
Other negative tea leaves: GFS with a shooting star, WOLF new highs then finishing near lows today.
The company is receiving significant funding from the U.S. government for quantum computing initiatives.
Cantor published a positive note suggesting Silicon Photonics could exceed $1B in revenue by 2028.
MU +1% as Asian press reported Hynix raising HBM prices Al names broadly lower: NVDA -1%; AMD -1.49; AVGO -1.69; ANET -2%; ARM -29 AMD -1.4%; AVGO -1.69/; ANET -2%; ARM -2%/ TXN+1.4% as heard chatter about potential px hikes GFS -9% after guiding lower SOFT...
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