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Thanks Walter, always an interesting read.
Also, please thank Herman for taking the time to provide his knowledgeable and comforting updates :)
I always think back to JM from one of his earlier presentations (can't remember which one so hopefully it wasn't a dream) talking about late 2021 for LightWave commercialization which was later than he wanted or hoped but that is what they were aiming for. Based on everything that has gone on this past while, I have to imagine we are very close to the news we have all been waiting for. Fingers crossed it comes any day now to make 2022 dwarf 2021 in share price and excitement!
Cheers,
tcubed
This shows real time 'off exchange' (dark pool) trading as 43.19% today which is above the average of 33.97% in the last 30 days.
https://chartexchange.com/symbol/nasdaq-lwlg/stats/
To me, the latest trading action just shows we are preparing for the next level up. I believe it's coming soon :)
Cheers,
tcubed
Lol, yep.
As a PSA, there have been lots of free coins available in the PLusOne Showcase in the past few months where one could easily accumulate well over a thousand coins with no more effort than clicking virtual buttons daily. You can then promote your own messages and when you do, you lose about 30 percent of the coins you use towards that promotion leaving you free to use the remaining coins again for the same purpose.
On to LightWave, great post jeunke..
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=167428538
The fact that we had 2 nice releases to start off the first week of 2022 is encouraging and I sense there is a lot more to come in the near term. As several have said on here, we are Gold!
We always seem to be near the top of the most read ihub boards lately so there's lots of eyes on this prize and soon this rocket may very well launch beyond our dreams.
tcubed
Dark Pool Statistics
Someone shared the following link on this board a while back but it's worth reposting. It gives a nice daily and historical accounting of LWLG Dark Pool trading and more.
https://chartexchange.com/symbol/nasdaq-lwlg/stats/
Thanks for sharing Herman's report Walter.
I believe and hope 2022 will dwarf 2021 in regards to LightWave's stock value :)
Cheers,
tcubed
Thanks to all on this board for the passionate discussion and postings this week and especially much appreciation to those with voices of calm and reason.
Being on the cusp of a potentially once in a lifetime opportunity and having the fortitude to see it through can be stressful, especially with the addition of actions or information beyond our control and knowledge. I believe this week will soon be in the rear view mirror and we will continue on our trajectory for an exciting and bountiful 2022 and beyond!
Nothing has changed for me and my personal expectations are through the roof for LWLG.
In Lebby and the LightWave team I trust, unconditionally at this point including this most recent action. This trust is based based on my observations of the company over the past few years and that very much includes many of you knowledgeable investors that have graced this board with your wisdom over that time.
Cheers all,
tcubed
Same for me. No stress here, just letting it ride till LightWave is way closer to it's full potential, which in my mind, includes maybe a forward split or three and who knows, dividends!
Best case, a fortune, worst case, I'll be sitting next to some of you as the ship goes down in which case drinks will be on me :)
Kudos to those that can and do time the market but it's less stressful for me to just let it be. Whatever anyone's exit plan is, whether that time has come or years down the road, they should do well by LightWave Logic.
Cheers all and 2022 is going to be unbelievable if all the breadcrumbs are going in the direction we think they are :)
tcubed
Lightwave Logic added to S&P TMI Index Dec 20, 2021
Not sure if this was already discussed here (or what it really means, lol) but I haven't seen this noted anywhere else except on the following site.
https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/LIGHTWAVE-LOGIC-INC-120791540/news/Lightwave-Logic-Inc-NasdaqCM-LWLG-added-to-S-P-TMI-Index-37396248/
Just killing time on a quiet Christmas day :)
Hope everyone is well fed, warm and with a favourite beverage in hand this fine day, wherever you call home.
tcubed
I'm the same khaled_shatila, holding tight to be part of what I believe will be something really very special and I think it is coming much sooner than most can imagine, and dwarf what has already occurred in the past year!
The beauty of LightWave is; no matter what anyone's plan is, no matter what their entry point, they will most definitely exit more golden than they came and hopefully improve the quality of life for themselves and those around them.
Much happiness and good fortune to all of the longs here, whether that started today or many years ago :)
Cheers,
tcubed
What an interesting way to finish the week!
Looking forward to what is coming to LightWave (and us) in the very near future :)
As an aside, it appears Dec 27 to Dec 31 is a full trading week with no holiday for New Years as it falls on a Saturday and the Friday before is considered an important end of year fiscal date for the markets so it will not be closed.
Unless anyone knows something different?
Exciting times ahead!
tcubed
Thanks for your continued valuable contributions to the board Steve!
Others have commented on some of the content of the presentation but the part I found interesting was in the question period.
This is completely paraphrasing, but someone (may have been you Steve) asked the question, 'we saw the share price really take off, why was that, why is there so much buying influx in the share price, somebody is buying'?
Michael stated. 'we've been giving the same message to the technical community, the customer community for the last 4 years, high speed, low power, high speed, low power'! That message has remained the same.
But Michael thinks 2 things may have happened; One, over the last 12 months the customers now realize they have to have a faster solution and lower power solution; And the second one, in May this year at the AGM, Michael mentioned for the first time, Silicon Foundries.
Jim agreed with this and added 'the industry sees the need to have a naturally fast modulator, they just can't do it with electronics'. It was then stated by the person asking the question 'They've seen the technology so I assume that's why they are buying'. Jim simply responded 'I would assume the same' :)
In my humble opinion, I interpret this to mean there is a rapidly evolving confidence underway, from investors and maybe more significantly at this time, from customers, that LightWave's EO Polymers will be a transformational technology with almost limitless commercial opportunities that will be truly ubiquitous and disruptive to many industries moving forward :)
Been a fun journey so far but this feels like just the beginning of something truly special and amazing!
Cheers all,
tcubed
Well the first several posts on this board (LWLG) were from ProfitScout and I believe he references starting it up in one of his postings.. this is the first one....
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=16020589
ProfitScout Saturday, 01/06/07 07:51:38 PM
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Post # 1 of 85010
PSI-TEC Holdings, Inc. Announces Subsidiary-Merger and Name Change to 'Third-Order Nanotechnologies, Inc.'
WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PSI-TEC Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets:PTHO - News) and its wholly owned subsidiary PSI-TEC Corporation, today announced the parent-subsidiary merger of the two companies. PSI-TEC Holdings, Inc. is the surviving corporation of the merger, and effective today, its name is changed to Third-Order Nanotechnologies, Inc. (Pink Sheets:TDON - News) and its new trading symbol is TDON.PK.
The merger and name change are part of an ongoing corporate reorganization in the company's move toward product commercialization following technological achievements which have fostered the recent growth of the company, including the acquisition of a prototyping and first-step commercialization facility for fabrication of components in both the civilian and military high-speed telecommunication and computation markets.
"Our new name refers to the beyond-next-generation nature of our recent technology achievements," explains Third-Order CEO, Ron Genova, "and it is intended to create a more descriptive, powerful brand identity for our company as we begin to enter into our product commercialization stage."
Third-Order Nanotechnologies, Inc.'s molecularly-engineered materials are the basis of its organic polymer technology platform. The recently reported resolution of molecular stability issues, together with an exceptional electro-optical performance and high yield material synthesis process, represents the potential to remove the final hurdles to a broader proliferation of low cost organic materials for numerous applications.
About Third-Order Nanotechnologies
Third-Order Nanotechnologies, Inc. is a development stage research and development company that is in the process of developing high-activity, high-stability electro-optic polymers for application in the electro-optic device market. Electro-optic devices convert data from electric signals into optical signals for use in communications systems and in optical interconnects for high-speed data transfer.
For corporate information regarding Third-Order Nanotechnologies, Inc. please contact Investor Relations Manager, Brock Malky at 724.742.4420, icccbam@aol.com.
For Media Inquiries regarding Third-Order Nanotechnologies, Inc. please contact Senior Public Relations Manager, Carrie Altuvilla Gilmore at 949.330.6055, carrie@thinkbigmedia.com.
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It's all perspective I guess but I see see it exactly as Richard called it.
As Richard pointed out in his message, Dr Lebby's exact wording starting at 19:08 was "we want to make sure we are going in the right direction and we are going to position our technology to be completely disruptive and ubiquitous across the internet"
This came directly after discussing the experienced management and world class advisory board.
Sounds pretty damn good to me :)
Cheers,
tcubed
Hi Gossie, it's at approximately the 19:13 mark. EOM
LightWave Logic Macrotrends 2021 Investor Presentation Nov 12, 2021
https://api.mziq.com/mzfilemanager/v2/d/307dbc8b-e212-48ba-9968-8cef3f6b5188/121c89d1-fa09-4639-8391-4f073ee6eb50?origin=2
Exciting times!
tcubed
Definitely a Hell Yeah from me.
Only onboard since early 2018 but it all started with this board. Not sure how I lucked upon it but sure happy I did. Lots of great information shared on here over the years and by far the most informative LWLG message board on any forum.
In early enough to have a great average price and I have enough shares to retire comfortably once it reaches $50 and beyond, beyond, beyond!
Thanks to most here for all your contributions over the years with the odd exception (Halloween comes to mind) :) and much respect for those that go way back with LightWave and sticking with it this long. Your just reward will be that much sweeter.
Cheers,
tcubed
Thanks x, I agree with you,
I'm just a minnow compared to your holdings but my plan is to hold a few thousand. I have a lot more LightWave and very excited for the near future.
Cheers,
tcubed
Lol, no, you've still got strong grey matter. I had to go back and look at the video to confirm the details.
Although I did remember which video so I guess that counts as something, lol.
Cheers,
tcubed
It was Intel data centre in New Mexico that Jim visited..
About the 7:40 mark. Thanks as always to Steve for uploading these videos.
I waded in with 25 shares as well.
First time ever getting in on an IPO and just wanted a small piece just to see what their potential connection with LightWave will bring about in the years to come :)
Nice day here with LWLG!
Good fortune to all!
tcubed
I nibbled a bit today as well. First time with an IPO but very small position.
Hope to see it grow big in time.
Good luck all,
tcubed
Hi Gossie, an unfortunate fact of life but I look forward to facing the prospect of significant LightWave Capital Gains in the near future :)
In Canada, at the moment, we are taxed on 50% of our realized Capital Gains which is just added to our regular income at tax time and the total tax rate varies from province to province. I have a feeling I'll be paying the top rate when I cash in some LWLG, I'll lose about 25% I figure. I lose on the exchange rate when I purchase US stocks but luckily I then benefit when selling and converting back. Paradoxically I hope for a week Canadian dollar when it's going to be time to sell some LightWave Logic, lol.
November is almost upon us and I can feel the excitement building with Dr Lebby and on this Board. Its going to be a hell of a fun winter coming up I believe.
Cheers,
tcubed
Thanks for all your contributions to this message board!
Just a thought to add to the discussion and maybe it's been brought up before. Also keep in mind I am by no means knowledgeable in this field so might be talking out my a$$!
What if there have been preliminary discussions with Big Pharma for a buyout. Koos knows the approximate worth of what RGBP is sitting on and so do the potential suitors and maybe they are in the same ballpark. However, Big Pharma needs 3rd party validation of the value of RGBP for the sake of justifying the cost to their shareholders to purchase a company at a considerable premium to RGBP's current market cap? Hence the introduction of Biotech Research Group to the puzzle?
Just food for thought in my late night, early morning ramblings :)
Thanks for all those who offer positive contributions on here. It was this board that got me interested and initially investing in RGBP.
Good luck all,
tcubed
Wonderful milestone!
Congrats to the whole LightWave team. Awesome excitement and momentum going into the fall!
Great things are ahead for the company and all of us!
Cheers,
tcubed
Busy couple of weeks for LightWave coming up:
ML attending on September 6, 2021-
EPIC Online Technology Meeting on New Developments in FMCW LIDAR
https://www.epic-assoc.com/epic-online-technology-meeting-on-new-developments-in-fmcw-lidar/
ML and JM participating on September 13, 2021-
Lightwave Logic to Present at H.C. Wainwright 23rd Annual Global Investment Conference
Chief Executive Officer Dr. Michael Lebby and President Jim Marcelli, are scheduled to participate in one-on-one meetings with investors throughout the event and will host a virtual presentation that will be made available starting at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time on September 13th.
https://journey.ct.events/view/4778ac30-8b59-4b68-a49a-deb36753e017
ML presenting at the following taking place September 13th to 15th-
Lightwave Logic Invited to Present at 2021 European Conference on Optical Communications
CEO Dr. Michael Lebby to Participate in World-Leading Market Focus Session on Integrated and Silicon Photonics, Further Broadening Company Awareness Amongst Tier-1 Industry Attendees.
CEO Dr. Michael Lebby, Chairman of the ECOC Market Focus Committee, will participate in the Market Focus Session, which will include his presentation on Lightwave’s implementation of electro-optic polymer modular platforms into foundry PDKs (process development kits) for mass production with global foundries, to an audience of industry experts and other industry participants. In addition, Dr. Lebby will discuss the potential impact of the company’s recently issued patents, and improvements and polymer stability and reliability which are expected to improve internet speeds and reduce power usage
https://www.ecocexhibition.com
Exciting times are upon us!
Cheers,
tcubed
This site lists real time quotes and breaks down the after hours trade volume / price as well.
https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/LWLG?qsearchterm=
I wasn't concerned what happened with the share price today, it was just exciting to start this new chapter of LightWave's journey. Something exciting this way comes :)
Cheers,
tcubed
Sums it up quite nicely khaled_shatila.
The Nasdaq uplisting just feels like that significant milestone for LightWave I think we will all remember as that special day coming just prior to a slew of news releases relating to deals, sales and partnerships.
Tomorrow (still Tuesday here for me) begins another exciting chapter,
Cheers all,
tcubed
I'm still here and definitely pulling for the technology to succeed.
I don't own near the shares I used to as I wanted to diversify and take advantage of other opportunities but always wanted to keep some MMTC shares to have a ticket for the potential ride :)
I hope for success for the company and all long time very patient share holders.
Cheers,
tcubed
Ahhha, that makes sense, thanks for the clarification spartex!
Cheers,
tcubed
Interesting article on Samsung in the WSJ
Although I might be crazy, i think they reference trillions a few times in the article where it should be billions although trillions sound really impressive if they want to buy LightWave :)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/samsung-to-invest-205-billion-in-chip-biotech-expansion-11629795705?mod=searchresults_pos1&page=1
Technology
Samsung to Invest $205 Billion in Chip, Biotech Expansion
Racing against semiconductor rivals TSMC and Intel, South Korean giant increases spending by a third
By Jiyoung Sohn
August 24, 2021, 5:01 am EDT
Samsung plans to increase investments by one third to more than $205 billion over the next three years, as the South Korean conglomerate pursues leadership in chip manufacturing and a bigger role in Covid-19 vaccine production.
The company said Tuesday it would invest 240 trillion won in capital expenditure and research and development over the three years, up from 180 trillion won in the previous three.
The release of Samsung’s de facto leader, Lee Jae-yong, from prison earlier this month—a parole the Justice Ministry attributed in part to “economic factors”—has raised expectations of bolder moves from the company. Mr. Lee’s supporters argue that Samsung failed to make big strategic decisions and delayed investments while competitors charged ahead amid a historic chip shortage that has elevated semiconductors to the top of national agendas.
One key decision awaiting Mr. Lee’s approval is the location of a planned Samsung Electronics Co. semiconductor plant in the U.S. The $17 billion chip factory will be a key part of the Korean company’s bid to compete in the foundry business—making chips under contract for the companies that design them. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. currently dominates the foundry business, and Samsung faces new competition from Intel Corp., which recently announced plans to get back into the business of making chips for others.
Samsung has been considering sites in Texas, New York and Arizona since at least January.
TSMC plans to plow $100 billion into extra chip capacity over the next three years. Intel’s planned spending is lower, though it is exploring a deal to buy GlobalFoundries Inc. for around $30 billion, The Wall Street Journal has reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
On Tuesday, Samsung reiterated that it would pursue mergers and acquisitions to “solidify technology and market leadership.”
Samsung Electronics, which has more than $80 billion in net cash, hasn’t sprung for a major acquisition in roughly four years. But on its second-quarter earnings call last month, the company said it would seek one within three years, citing artificial intelligence, 5G mobile networks and automotive tech as potential target areas.
Though Samsung didn’t break down the new investment plan by business division, a large part of the spending is likely earmarked for crown jewel Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest maker of memory chips and a major player in the global chip-foundry business.
The conglomerate pledged to speed up previously announced investments by Samsung Electronics in logic-chip technology and foundry expansion and said it would continue with technology upgrades and infrastructure investments in its memory-chip business, “with a focus on meeting mid-to-long-term demand rather than short-term changes in market conditions.”
The South Korean conglomerate will also push to expand its contract drug-manufacturing business led by Samsung Biologics Co. and its biosimilars-development business led by Samsung Bioepis Co.
With the latest investments, Samsung Biologics plans to build two new plants, adding to three in operation and a fourth under construction, as it considers the business of manufacturing vaccines and cellular- and gene-therapy products.
The company has produced biologic drugs for some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, including Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Roche Holding Ltd.
In May, Samsung Biologics signed a deal to provide fill-and-finish packaging for hundreds of millions of doses of Moderna Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine. It is working to add drug-substance-manufacturing capacity for messenger-RNA vaccines, and would need to expand the arrangement with Moderna or strike new ones with other pharmaceutical companies to gain a bigger foothold in global vaccine production, industry analysts say.On Tuesday, Samsung also pointed to batteries as a target for investment. Samsung SDI Co., in its earnings call last month, said it planned to enter the U.S. electric-vehicle battery market, but didn’t say when. The company is scouting a number of U.S. sites for a battery plant, including Illinois, a Samsung SDI spokesman said.
“Samsung would be investing roughly an additional 20 trillion won annually over the next three years into chips, batteries and biotech, compared to its past investment in the last three years,” said CW Chung, head of Asia technology research at Nomura. “In that sense, it is a notable increase in investment.”
Write to Jiyoung Sohn at jiyoung.sohn@wsj.com
Great, thanks Steve! Well worth a second or third view.
Cheers,
tcubed
I think (i) and (ii) will be the sweet spot and what will take us to a place beyond our imagination in a very short time period :).
When ML and JM continually use the phrase 'mass commercialization', it leads me to believe this is going to ramp up very quickly and the share price appreciation will be fast and furious. The Foundries will take over and LightWave will become a very wealthy company while continuing to focus on improving their EO Polymers to lead the pack and also freed up to shift focus to other uses that they have gone out of their way to mention in the last few presentations.
I've never been more confident or excited about a company and it's potential.
Cheers all,
tcubed
From JM..."But quite frankly we would like to accelerate our commercialization and that's why we put the shelf registration in place"
I am really enjoying the presentations as of late, you can feel the energy and excitement from JM and ML today. It's all falling into place quite nicely.
I feel that we are so close to our dreams coming true and that is very frigging exciting :) (my words, not theirs, lol)
Cheers,
tcubed
Great posts jeunke22,
To most who have viewed many of LightWave Logic's presentations over the past few years from Dr Lebby, it should be quite obvious to observe the recent confidence, conviction and momentum in his words and actions, especially since the Shareholder Business presentation in May.
As some here have also pointed out, Dr. Lebby has never overhyped the company's progress and his presentations, up until recently, have been somewhat reserved and guarded. He always seems to speak and act with much thought and purpose, so to watch and listen to him now is very telling and exciting. To me, he has literally painted the canvas in permanent ink. He would never put himself in a position where he has to erase his words and I believe he is quite literally telling us, as Proto would say, that it's deal time and the world of a commercialized LightWave Logic is imminent.
It's been a fantastic few months but I believe it's nothing compared to what is about to unfold for the company and it's shareholders.
Exciting indeed!
Cheers,
tcubed
Its been mentioned a few times on this board (I think by Richard and a few others) that competition is good! If this technology is in the same realm of some of LightWave's technology it can only make for a stronger market and an exciting future.
Remember, there's a reason LightWave has repeatedly said they can likely shoot for 1/3 of the 45 billion dollar market by 2025. It seems to me that leaves the door open for other technology and competitors which only makes the argument stronger that LightWave is in the right space at the right time :)
Also remember how far along LightWave is in their testing and NDA''s. I would think they are in the lead by a country mile and their (and by default, our) future is very bright!
Cheers,
tcubed
Interesting article on Intel , especially the parts I hilighted.
https://www.businessinsider.com/intel-earnings-q2-competition-analysts-dinosaur-2021-7
Rosalie Chan, 10 hours ago
Analysts slam Intel after Q2 earnings as a 'technology dinosaur' that needs to go 'all-in on next generation technology' to fend off competitors.
Intel's stock slumped 5% the day after it reported its Q2 earnings.
An analyst says Intel must go "all-in" on new technologies or run the risk of "near extinction."
Intel continues to face slow sales and competition from companies like AMD and Taiwan Semiconductor.
Wall Street analysts did not mince words after Intel reported disappointing earnings on Wednesday.
While the firm beat expectations on both the top and bottom line, revenue only grew 2%, it dropped its projected margins for the coming quarter, and analysts craved more forward momentum.
Intel needs to abandon the "softly, softly approach," Mirabaud Securities analyst Neil Campling wrote in a note to clients following the report.
Intel's growth overall has already been slowing for years while competitors like AMD are increasingly putting pressure on its lead in PC and data center chips (sales for its data center group were down 9% year-over-year), while Taiwan Semiconductor is rivaling Intel in manufacturing.
"If you are Taiwan Semi, Samsung, AMD or NVIDIA, you have nothing to fear right now from Intel 2021 because this technology dinosaur still has to shed its skin," Campling wrote. "The new CEO needs to remove the culture of a wounded animal that is hunted."
Rather than just gradually increasing investments, Intel needs to go "all-in on next generation technology," he added.
Still, becoming a "predator" will be costly. While Intel is investing $20 billion in building factories in Arizona, Taiwan Semiconductor is spending even more.
"As it stands in late July 2021, there is no evidence yet that Intel has staved off the threat of near extinction," Campling wrote.
Intel's PC business did well: Sales were up 33% year-over-year thank to more people buying computers during the coronavirus pandemic. But 2022 might not see the same demand.
"Most of the strength this quarter was driven by elevated PC sales," Edward Jones' analyst Logan Purk told Insider. "Management spoke very highly of the PC market expanding further next year which I don't think has a lot of credibility given the pandemic tailwinds PC has had."
One potential opportunity — but also challenge — is that Intel is ramping up its "foundry" business, where it manufacturers chips for clients. It already has over 100 customers in the pipeline for the service, which was just launched in March, CEO Pat Gelsinger said on the earnings call on Thursday.
This could be an attractive opportunity as geopolitical tensions and supply chain constraints drive the need for manufacturing within the US.
"It comes down to Intel meeting deadlines, newer chips, and leading customer demand — that really helps them secure a foothold," Purk said. "The big challenges are really rightsizing that data center business and ensuring growth continues in that segment, especially longer term. The biggest one is the foundry business, and to get that up and running."
Intel also made some organizational changes, including hiring Greg Lavender as CTO from VMware, which could help Gelsinger "really get this ship going in the direction he wants it to go," according to Logan: "While it looks good on paper and right moves are being made, there's still significant execution that needs to be made."
Thanks forztnt2,
Guide transition device and method
Patent number: 11067748
Abstract: A guide transition device including a light source designed to generate a light beam, a light input port on a first plane and coupled to receive the light beam from the light source, a light output port on a second plane different than the first plane, the light output port designed to couple a received light beam to output equipment and plane shifting apparatus coupled to receive the light beam from the light input port on the first plane and to shift or transfer the light beam to the second plane. The plane shifting apparatus is coupled to transfer the light beam to the light output port on the second plane.
Type: Grant
Filed: November 8, 2019
Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
Assignee: Lightwave Logic Inc.
Inventors: Michael Lebby, Frederick J Leonberger, Richard Becker
https://patents.justia.com/assignee/lightwave-logic-inc
Another interesting article.
From WSJ, apologies if already posted.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/intel-ceos-chip-building-plan-has-a-50-billion-plus-price-tag-11626443905
Intel CEO’s Chip-Building Plan Has a $50 Billion-Plus Price Tag
GlobalFoundries acquisition would bring know-how to Intel’s ambitions in third-party chip production
Less than six months into the job, Intel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger’s approach to reviving the chipmaker’s fortunes is emerging: move quickly and carry a big checkbook.
When Mr. Gelsinger took over from Bob Swan in February, after years of Intel missteps, the big question among analysts and investors was whether the company would abandon chip production and focus on design. Such an approach has paid dividends for rivals Nvidia Corp and Advanced Micro Devices. Inc., allowing them to eat into Intel’s market share.
Mr. Gelsinger’s answer, effectively, has been an emphatic ”no.” He has committed Intel to not only make its own semiconductors but also become a so-called foundry, a maker of chips for others—underwritten with more than $50 billion in financial commitments, if Intel’s exploratory talks to acquire chip-making specialist GlobalFoundries come to fruition.
The Wall Street Journal on Thursday reported Intel is considering an acquisition that would value GlobalFoundries at roughly $30 billion.
It would be Intel’s biggest-ever acquisition and almost twice as large as its largest deal to date. Intel spent around $16.7 billion for microprocessor maker Altera Corp. in 2015.
A GlobalFoundry takeover would come after Mr. Gelsinger, after little more than a month in the top job, committed Intel to making $20 billion in chip-plant investments in Arizona. Less than two months later, he added a $3.5 billion expansion plan in New Mexico. The Intel CEO has said more financial commitments are on the drawing board, both in the U.S. and overseas.
Mr. Gelsinger, since he joined, has vowed that Intel’s best days are ahead of it. But he also has stressed the company’s need to restore its reputation for reliable performance, and has moved swiftly to bring back engineering talent to deliver on that commitment.
At times, Mr. Gelsinger has been blunt about past missteps. Intel has tried before to become a third-party chip maker with little success. “Our first efforts were somewhat weak,” he said, adding, “We didn’t really throw ourselves behind them.”
Buying GlobalFoundry could give Intel the know-how to have success this time, Wedbush Securities analyst Matt Bryson said. “One of the concerns about Intel is they don’t really know how to act as a foundry,” he said. “GlobalFoundries would give them a bunch of capacity that’s broader and mature.”
Intel shares were up 1.51% early Friday.
The global chip shortage has put semiconductor production in the spotlight like rarely before. Demand for laptops has skyrocketed, and new ways of working have increased appetite for cloud-computing services and the data centers that run on them. A surge in demand for chips that go into new 5G phones has added to the squeeze on manufacturing capacity, chip companies say. Car makers have had to idle plants for a lack of chips and prices of some electronic goods are rising as a result.
The shortage has become a talking point in Washington, D.C., and other global capitals. President Biden has promised to spend about $50 billion to boost domestic chip making. Europe has signaled similar commitments.
Intel is betting the chip boom is lasting. Mr. Gelsinger has said the market to make chips for others should become a $100 billion market by 2025. He’s already courting big name customers and sometime rivals to use their plants, including Qualcomm Inc. and Amazon.com Inc.
Intel is racing to grow and secure that business. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s largest contract chip maker, in April said it would invest $100 billion over the next three years to increase production capacity as demand surges. Samsung Electronics Co. plans to invest about $116 billion by 2030 to diversify and boost its semiconductor output, and it is considering an investment of up to $17 billion to build a new chip-making factory in the U.S.
TSMC had about 59% of the global third-party chip-making market last year, and Samsung is at 14%, Counterpoint Research says.
Even as Intel plays catch-up, Mr. Gelsinger is turning to TSMC and Samsung to help make parts of its own most cutting-edge chips that it can’t produce in-house.
Stacy Rasgon, an analyst at Sanford Bernstein & Co., is skeptical about whether buying GlobalFoundries would help with Intel’s turnaround. “It’s lots of dollars for a marginal player in the industry,” he said, calling such a deal “a distraction for Intel.”
Strengthening Intel’s chip-production arm is only part of Mr. Gelsinger’s plan. The other is to ensure the company continuously designs cutting-edge chips to wow customers. “We’ve got a lot of work to do,” Mr. Gelsinger said earlier this year.
Article by Aaron Tilley
Thanks Steven, this is the full article...
https://www.wsj.com/articles/intel-is-in-talks-to-buy-globalfoundries-for-about-30-billion-11626387704
Intel Corp. is exploring a deal to buy GlobalFoundries Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, in a move that would turbocharge the semiconductor giant’s plans to make more chips for other tech companies and rate as its largest acquisition ever.
A deal could value GlobalFoundries at around $30 billion, the people said. It isn’t guaranteed one will come together, and GlobalFoundries could proceed with a planned initial public offering. GlobalFoundries is owned by Mubadala Investment Co., an investment arm of the Abu Dhabi government, but based in the U.S.
Any talks don’t appear to include GlobalFoundries executives, as a spokeswoman for the company said it isn’t in discussions with Intel.
Intel’s new chief executive, Pat Gelsinger, in March said the company would launch a major push to become a chip manufacturer for others, a market dominated by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
Intel, with a market value of around $225 billion, this year pledged more than $20 billion in investments to expand chip-making facilities in the U.S., and Mr. Gelsinger has said more commitments domestically and abroad are in the works.
GlobalFoundries is one of the largest specialist chip-production companies. It was created when Intel rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. in 2008 decided to spin off its chip-production operations.
AMD remains a big customer for GlobalFoundries—agreeing to a multiyear, roughly $1.6 billion chip-component supply deal this year—and that could complicate a takeover by Intel. GlobalFoundries is relocating its corporate headquarters to Malta, N.Y., from Santa Clara, Calif.
GlobalFoundries has about 7% of the foundry market share by revenue, according to Taiwan-based research firm TrendForce. Some of the largest chip companies, including Qualcomm Inc. and Nvidia Corp., rely on third-party producers to make their products, preferring to focus on design and without the hassle of running their own factories. Nvidia last year overtook Intel as America’s biggest semiconductor company by value.
Like Intel and TSMC, GlobalFoundries is expanding its manufacturing footprint amid a global shortage of semiconductors. GlobalFoundries last month said it broke ground on a new chip-production facility, called a fab, in Singapore, investing more than $4 billion in the site.
The shortage has disrupted manufacturing across various sectors, leading to temporary shutdowns of automobile factories and reduced supply of items such as computers and some appliances.
Car makers have been hit particularly hard, unable to get enough chips for all their vehicles. The shortages are starting to drive up the costs of some electronics, too.
President Biden has promised to take steps to help mitigate the chip shortage, pledging to spend billions of dollars to boost capacity. Governments overseas have signaled similar commitments.
TSMC, the world’s largest contract chip maker, this week said it expects the chip-supply issues hampering car makers to start easing in the coming months after it ramped up its production of auto chips. Car makers have signaled they expect shortages to persist into next year.
Mr. Gelsinger, who was Intel’s chief technology officer before leaving to run VMware Inc., returned to the chip giant to be its chief executive in February, following major delays in chip-making advances under his predecessor, Bob Swan.
Mr. Gelsinger has vowed to make Intel more reliable in producing new chips.
Intel, a serial deal maker, in October agreed to sell its flash-memory manufacturing business to South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. for about $9 billion.
Its biggest deal so far is its $15.4 billion purchase of Altera Corp. in 2015. It agreed to buy Israel-based Mobileye, a maker of driver-assistance systems, for around $14 billion in 2017.
Consolidation has swept through the semiconductor sector as industry players seek scale and expand their product portfolios to support the increasing number of everyday items that are connected to the internet.
Last year, Analog Devices Inc. agreed to pay more than $20 billion for Maxim Integrated Products Inc., and Nvidia agreed to pay $40 billion for Arm Holdings, the British chip designer backed by SoftBank Group Corp. AMD later agreed to buy Xilinx Inc. in a roughly $35 billion deal.
The demand for, and on data centers just continues to increase substantially.
The fact that Microsoft continues to expand ideas for the use of data centres in their business model can only bode well for the need of LightWave technology now more than ever and sooner than later :)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-aims-to-put-windows-in-hands-of-apple-android-users-through-hybrid-work-11626274801
Microsoft Corp. MSFT +0.70% is betting hybrid work will provide an opening to make its Windows operating system more widespread, launching a new service aimed at getting users of Apple Inc. AAPL +2.61% and Android products to use the software.
Unlike the traditional Windows software that is typically installed on personal computers, the version Microsoft is introducing on Wednesday will run entirely in the cloud—the remote software-hosting data centers that underpin many modern apps. Windows 365, the company said, will be accessible on any device running any operating system that has a web browser, such as Apple Mac computers, iPhones and iPads, or those running Android software made by Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG +0.97% Google.
The company said the new service is designed for businesses and to accommodate the growing demands of hybrid work environments, where employees split their time between the office and home, said Jared Spataro, a corporate vice president at Microsoft. Instead of having to commute with their PC, workers will be able to access their personalized cloud-based Windows desktop whether they log on from the office or at home, he said.
“This is our take on hybrid,“ Mr. Spataro said in an interview. “Hybrid is really driving a bit of a rewiring of the operating model of our customers.”
Windows 365 represents the second major update to Microsoft’s iconic software franchise in as many months. The company said in June it was launching Windows 11 this year, the product’s first new version in almost six years. It seeks to reposition the operating system as a hub in a computing universe incorporating rival companies’ platforms.
‘Hybrid is really driving a bit of a rewiring of the operating model of our customers.’
— Jared Spataro, Microsoft
The move to a cloud-based version that is able to run on a range of operating systems comes as Microsoft’s share in that segment has eroded, with people gravitating toward doing more on their smartphones that are largely powered by Apple software or Android. Microsoft held 85% of the global operating system market across all PCs and smartphones a decade ago, according to analytics firm Statcounter. It is 30% today.
Microsoft still generates significant income from Windows—it had $22.3 billion in Windows-related sales in the most recent financial year—though its Azure cloud-computing business has become more central to the software giant’s growth. Chief Executive Satya Nadella restored Microsoft’s strength through the bet on the cloud that has propelled the company into a $2 trillion corporate titan, second only to Apple.
With Windows 365, Microsoft is bringing the software more in line with its cloud business, hosting the system entirely on Azure. It also should create a new source of revenue, Mr. Spataro said.
Microsoft said the new service kicks off with a cloud-based version of Windows 10 available in August, with Windows 11 available later this year when it is rolled out also in the PC-based version. Businesses can subscribe to a monthly service, with pricing depending on the number of users and on the power of the PC-cloud they select. Microsoft hasn’t, yet, spelled out pricing plans.
The services, Microsoft said, could help businesses better deal with staff such as interns and contractors or software developers and designers—groups that in some cases might not have access to company devices or tend to gravitate to Apple products. Microsoft introduced the new service at the start of its annual partner conference.
Microsoft’s effort to woo users of Apple products to run Windows at least remotely comes as the two tech giants have rekindled their corporate rivalry that dates back to the early days of the PC era, after a period of relative peace. Because Windows 365 is cloud-based and accessible through a browser, Microsoft can offer the service to Apple users without going through its rival’s closely guarded app store.