$TSM

$TSM COUPE supplier idea: Another is Xintech (3374) that I have exposure to. This is $TSM’s testing subsidiary, currently trading at 255 ~$2.1B MC. Biggest wonder was if they were linked to COUPE… otherwise I wouldn’t take positions. But some report recently confirmed TSM’s vertical integration plans: “TSMC is building a Silicon Photonics empire, aggressively pursuing Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) opportunities with subsidiaries **Xintec** and VisEra citing unnamed supply chain sources… TSMC is expected to talk up its SiPho plans, including its COUPE platform May 14 (Thursday) at its Technology Symposium in Hsinchu, Taiwan.” So that kinda seals the deal for me if they’re “aggressively pursuit opportunities”. Derisked long anyway given $TSM owns it. Upside from COUPE? Thought it was a