Semis Industry Overview and TSMC Company Deep Dive - Any other Resources?

Two very strong write-ups which are very useful to get up to speed on semis

https://www.generativevalue.com/p/an-overview-of-the-semiconductor

https://paripassu.substack.com/p/tsmc-deep-dive

Trying to get up to speed on the sector. Anyone have any other resources they have used? 

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It doesn’t get better than the SemiAnalysis and Fabricated Knowledge substacks (linked below)! They are both pricey ($500/yr, $40/month) but the free SemiAnalysis articles are great and I think the Fabricated Knowledge subscription is worth it. There is some great stuff on YouTube as well (both TSMC specific and broader semi.)

I like to read industry research reports/conference papers too.

 

I second this^^! I learned pretty much everything in the beginning by just Googling the 1000 words I didn’t understand while reading transcripts etc. Keep a section in your notes for definitions (I’m in a student-run fund so we actually turn that into a glossary and throw it into the appendix of our deck which is helpful as well)

 

Would love to hear what other people think, but I would say pretty seriously? I don’t always trust his opinion on which given company or stock is going to “win” but really admire his technical knowledge.

 

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