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USA | Technology | Semiconductors

July 17, 2014

Intel (INTC)

Data Points Support our Secular Thesis

Key Takeaway

The crux of our INTC Buy-thesis is that the exponential growth in manufacturing and design costs (Moore Stress) is causing a shakeout in the industry and that consolidation will translate to share and profit gains for Intel. Recent data points from TSMC and the Chinese Tablet OEMs support this secular view. Our PT is $45, our bull case PT is $60.

TSMC 16nmFF Push? On its 15-July earnings call, TSMC noted that it expects to start volume shipments of chips with its 16nm FinFET transistors in 3Q15. This is later than what it indicated in April-2014 (it noted 2015) and October-2013 (1Q15). TSMC supplies chips to fabless semiconductor companies that compete with Intel for processor sockets in tablets and handsets. Delays in the introduction of advanced manufacturing process nodes from its competition support our view of a shakeout and consolidation in the industry that will ultimately benefit Intel.

Disrupting the Disruptors: Starting in 2010, Intel's notebook products were disrupted first by Apple and ARM in the iPad, and then by Samsung with other ARM chip suppliers in Galaxy Tablets. Notebooks stopped growing, and tablet shipments ramped from zero to nearly 300 million units in the most recent trailing 12 month period. However, starting in late 2013, Intel introduced an MPU that was designed from the bottom up for long battery life and low cost (BayTrail). At the same time, it started an aggressive program to target Chinese Tablet OEMs that sold Tablets at $100 - $250 price points, below the price points of popular $500 tablets that originally disrupted their notebook business - we call this the "Disrupting the Disruptors" strategy. We believe these OEMs could account for 30%-to-40% of the tablet market. We highlight some of the Chinese Tablets that are using Intel MPUs Ramos, Teclast, Onda and Cube account for some of the more successful local brands. We view Intel's success with them as evidence to support our view that the company is gaining traction in the low-end tablet market, and positioning to disrupt the higher end tablets from below.

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Franchise Pick

BUY

Price target $45.00 Price $34.65

Mark Lipacis * Equity Analyst

(415) 229-1438 mlipacis@ Sundeep Bajikar * Equity Analyst

(415) 229-1552 sbajikar@ Delos Elder, CFA, CPA * Equity Associate

(415) 229-1511 delder@ * Jefferies LLC

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Company Update July 17, 2014

TSMC push-outs of its 16nmFF process support our view that Intel is extending its leading-edge manufacturing lead

Intel is gaining traction in the lowend tablet market that is largely supplied by Chinese- and Taiwanbased OEMs

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Chart 1: TSMC 16nmFF Ramp Timing Progression

Date, TSMC Executive

Quote

Oct-17-2013, CEO Jan-16-2014, Co-CEO Apr-16-2014, Co-CEO

On 16 FinFET, technological development is progressing well. Risk production is on schedule by the end of this year. More than 25 customer product tape-outs are planned in 2014 including mobile computing, CPU, GPU, PLD and networking applications. We are on track to begin volume production within one year of 20-nanometers. Therefore, we leverage the volume experience in volume production this year to be able to immediately go down to 16nanometer volume production next year, within one year [of 20nm]. Volume production is planned in 2015. Since 95% tool of 16nanometer and 20-nanometer are common, we will ramp then in the same GIGAFABs in TSMC. 16-FinFET yield learning curve is very steep today and has already caught up with 20-SoC...And we are working with the customer closely, and we expect to ramp up 2015.

Implied 16nmFF

ramp 1Q15

1Q15

"2015"

Apr-16-2014, Co-CEO

From 2015, first of all, the volume of 16-FinFET Plus will happen in 2015. Let me drive that. Even for some of the customer, initially, their product sits on 16-FinFET. They also would like to migrate their second if market opens the opportunity to upgrade their product. So, we'll see the majority, I really mean massive majority will be 16-FinFET Plus. Yeah.

"2015"

Jul-16-2014, CEO

Volume production of 16-nanometer is expected to begin in late 2015 and will be fast ramped up in 2016. The ecosystem for 16-nanometer designs is current and ready. A few years ago, in order to take advantage of special market opportunities, we chose to develop 20-nanometer SoC first and then quickly follow with 16-nanometer. We chose this sequence to maximize our market share in the 20-nanometer, 16nanometer generation.

3Q15

Source: Jefferies, company data

Chart 2: Selected Tablets from Chinese OEMs Using Intel's MPUs

OEM

Product

Type

Specs

Hampoo

CID10 Tablet

Windows Tablet

Atom Z3740D

Emdoor

2 in 1 Tablet "PC EM-I8011-C" Windows Tablet

Bay Trail-T

Ramos

Ramos I8 8.0in

Android Tablet

Atom Z2580

Ramos Ramos

Ramos I9 White 16GB 8.9in Ramos i10s 16GB 10.1in

Android Tablet

Atom Z2580

Windows/Android Tablet Atom Z3735D

Langma

7in

Vido Yuandao M6C 7.9in

Acer (Taiwan) Iconia A1-830 7.9in

Android Tablet Android Tablet Android Tablet

Atom Z2520 Atom Z2520 Atom Z2560

ASUS (Taiwan) MeMO Pad ME181C 8in

Lenovo

Miix 2 8in

Cube

U100GT 10.1 Inch 32GB

Android Tablet Windows Tablet Windows Tablet

Atom Z3745 Atom Z3740 Atom Z3740D

VOYO

A1 mini WinPad 8.0in

Windows Tablet

Atom Z3735D

Teclast

Teclast X98 9.7in

Android Tablet

Atom Z3735D

Teclast

Teclast p89 mini 7.9in

Android Tablet

Atom Z2580

Onda

Onda Quad-Core V975i

Android Tablet

Bay Trail-T

Source: Jefferies, company data *Z25xx Series is Clover Trail+, Z3xxx is Bay Trail A recent WSJ article (7/13/14) highlights Intel's success in the Chinese OEM tablet market

Mark Lipacis, Equity Analyst, (415) 229-1438, mlipacis@

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Company Update July 17, 2014

Company Description

Intel Corporation is a semiconductor chip maker company. The Company develops advanced integrated digital technology products, primarily integrated circuits, for industries, such as computing and communications. The Company designs and manufactures computing and communications components, such as microprocessors, chipsets, motherboards, and wireless and wired connectivity products, as well as platforms that incorporate these components.

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Company Update

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Other Companies Mentioned in This Report

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Company Update July 17, 2014

Distribution of Ratings

Rating BUY HOLD UNDERPERFORM

Count

957 752 148

Percent

51.53% 40.50%

7.97%

IB Serv./Past 12 Mos.

Count

Percent

250

26.12%

119

15.82%

8

5.41%

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