Patrick Ho
Patrick Ho
Patrick Ho Chi-ping JPwas born in Hong Kong, studied in the Diocesan Boys' School, Hong Kong. He won a scholarship and educated in USA for 16 years. He is an ophthalmologist, and Hong Kong's former Secretary for Home Affairs, who trained in eye surgery with special expertise in retinal surgery, he was a fellow at Harvard Medical School. He returned to Hong Kong in 1984 and taught eye surgery at the Chinese University of Hong Kong as Professor of Ophthalmology...
aggressive pricing rid tactics work
To work out some of the inventory, I think there may be some more aggressive pricing tactics to get rid of it.
chip cycle excuses guess investors looking mid plateau until
Investors have been looking for excuses to say the chip cycle is over, ... But I'd guess that things don't plateau until mid 2005.
magnitude surprised
I'm not surprised that there is a sell-off but I'm a little surprised at the magnitude of the sell-off.
chip downside drop dumped gets havoc inventory pickup prices somewhat stocks testing
Chip stocks are testing trough valuations but if we have a seasonal pickup the downside is somewhat limited. But if you don't get that seasonal pickup, then chip prices drop and inventory gets dumped in the channel. That's when havoc ensues.
buying chips confidence demand edge environment gives healthier leading makers nobody pcs
If nobody's buying PCs then nobody is buying chips and nobody is buying equipment, ... Having a healthier demand environment gives chip makers more confidence to migrate to leading edge equipment.
baked negative news stock
A lot of the negative news was baked in to the stock already.
flash intel last memory placed pressure price prices raised
Samsung has placed price pressure on Intel in flash memory. When Intel raised flash prices last year, Samsung was a big beneficiary,