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...
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We are in a pause. People are still trying to figure out where we are in this cycle.
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Samsung has placed price pressure on Intel in flash memory. When Intel raised flash prices last year, Samsung was a big beneficiary,
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At some point, you have to have a level of absorption.
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You have to separate the fundamentals from the stock price. The fundamentals are strong and getting stronger. Having said that, what I'm a little concerned about is that a lot of this is factored into the stock.
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You are entering a seasonally softer period, so you don't want to have inventory at a worse level in December than where you were exiting the September quarter,
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We suspect that initiatives within its manufacturing operations and a more streamlined supply chain are just part of the reasons for the improved margin profile.
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Typically Intel looks for small companies that it can easily assimilate, and if the deal doesn't work, it would just get lost in the shuffle.
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Fundamentals for the semiconductor industry will continue to be strong but from a stock basis, the growth prospects will be less than they were in 2003.
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I am thrilled by our athletes continuously winning awards and would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to them.
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Obviously whenever inventory builds, in the back of your mind, there's always a little bit of a concern.
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If Intel guides up at all, it's a huge positive,
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This was a pretty good quarter but people may have set unrealistic expectations.
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When sequential growth starts slowing down, that's when savvy investors will have to think about getting out of the chip sector,
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To work out some of the inventory, I think there may be some more aggressive pricing tactics to get rid of it.