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題名 三大電腦晶片製造商之財務比較
A comparison of major computer chipset vendors in financial point of view
作者 張鼎昱
Chang, Roger
貢獻者 劉助
Liu, James
張鼎昱
Chang, Roger
關鍵詞 晶片製造
財務
日期 2010
上傳時間 5-Oct-2011 14:34:28 (UTC+8)
摘要 The goal of this master thesis is to analyze the three major chipset players in today’s Personal Computer (PC) industry, while providing recommendations in different perspectives. One of the perspectives is from the investor’s point of view to single out a company with the most long term investment value. The other is from each company’s management point of view to suggest for the areas of improvement for the companies. Two of the three companies discussed in this thesis are American-based global companies namely, Intel and AMD, while the other is a Taiwanese company: VIA Technology.

Various analyses were made to evaluate each company. In the general comparison of the companies, each company’s background information, product competitiveness, SWOT analysis and market share were discussed. In the finance diagnostics for each company, financial data from 2007 to 2010 were used as the basis in revealing a company’s quality and its ability to manage different types of risks. Enterprise value (EV), which was derived from the financial report, reflects a company’s true value. And each company’s EV per share was compared against their stock prices to see whether their stock prices have been reasonable or not.

In conclusion, as an investor, Intel is the best choice for long term investment because of its scale and profitability. And as of the end of 2010, Intel’s stock price was below its enterprise value per share, so there was room for its stock price to rise. In addition, from the profit model map, Intel is located very close in region A in 2010 and it shows Intel is a very well-managed and profitable company.

In management point of view, Intel would need to find its place in the emerging tablet PC market, which is being dominated by ARM architecture, as opposed to the x86 architecture in which Intel specializes at. AMD needs to improve on its visibility in the market, as AMD is rarely being seen on TV commercials or magazine advertisement. Via Technology can move to a niche market in order to avoid the 99% combined market share by Intel and AMD in the consumer PC market and be profitable again.
參考文獻 【1】 Dr. James Liu. 2008.
Profit Model handout
【2】 Intel home page
http://www.intel.com
【3】 AMD home page
http://www.amd.com
【4】 VIA Technology home page
http://www.viatech.com.tw
【5】 Taiwan Market Observation Post System
http://mops.twse.com.tw
【6】 Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
【7】 Anton Shilov. 2001. Unit Growth of Microprocessor Market Begins to slow down - IDC.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20110225220332_Unit_Growth_of_Microprocessor_Market_Begins_to_Slow_Down_IDC.html
【8】 楊旭. 2011. ATOM/ION靠邊站 AMD E350 深度評測
http://tech.hexun.com.tw/2011-01-29/127098371.html
【9】 Agam Shah. 2003. Intel, VIA Settle All Patent Cases.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/110172/intel_via_settle_all_patent_cases.html
【10】 Taiwan Economic News. 2003. VIA, Intel reach patent suit settlement, to jointly face competitors
http://www.cens.com/cens/html/en/news/news_inner_16038.html
【11】 China Times. 2011. 轉投資賺錢 威盛虧轉盈在望
http://money.chinatimes.com/news/news-content.aspx?id=20110513000194&cid=1204
描述 碩士
國立政治大學
國際經營管理英語碩士學位學程(IMBA)
96933019
99
資料來源 http://thesis.lib.nccu.edu.tw/record/#G0096933019
資料類型 thesis
dc.contributor.advisor 劉助zh_TW
dc.contributor.advisor Liu, Jamesen_US
dc.contributor.author (Authors) 張鼎昱zh_TW
dc.contributor.author (Authors) Chang, Rogeren_US
dc.creator (作者) 張鼎昱zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Chang, Rogeren_US
dc.date (日期) 2010en_US
dc.date.accessioned 5-Oct-2011 14:34:28 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 5-Oct-2011 14:34:28 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 5-Oct-2011 14:34:28 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier (Other Identifiers) G0096933019en_US
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/51239-
dc.description (描述) 碩士zh_TW
dc.description (描述) 國立政治大學zh_TW
dc.description (描述) 國際經營管理英語碩士學位學程(IMBA)zh_TW
dc.description (描述) 96933019zh_TW
dc.description (描述) 99zh_TW
dc.description.abstract (摘要) The goal of this master thesis is to analyze the three major chipset players in today’s Personal Computer (PC) industry, while providing recommendations in different perspectives. One of the perspectives is from the investor’s point of view to single out a company with the most long term investment value. The other is from each company’s management point of view to suggest for the areas of improvement for the companies. Two of the three companies discussed in this thesis are American-based global companies namely, Intel and AMD, while the other is a Taiwanese company: VIA Technology.

Various analyses were made to evaluate each company. In the general comparison of the companies, each company’s background information, product competitiveness, SWOT analysis and market share were discussed. In the finance diagnostics for each company, financial data from 2007 to 2010 were used as the basis in revealing a company’s quality and its ability to manage different types of risks. Enterprise value (EV), which was derived from the financial report, reflects a company’s true value. And each company’s EV per share was compared against their stock prices to see whether their stock prices have been reasonable or not.

In conclusion, as an investor, Intel is the best choice for long term investment because of its scale and profitability. And as of the end of 2010, Intel’s stock price was below its enterprise value per share, so there was room for its stock price to rise. In addition, from the profit model map, Intel is located very close in region A in 2010 and it shows Intel is a very well-managed and profitable company.

In management point of view, Intel would need to find its place in the emerging tablet PC market, which is being dominated by ARM architecture, as opposed to the x86 architecture in which Intel specializes at. AMD needs to improve on its visibility in the market, as AMD is rarely being seen on TV commercials or magazine advertisement. Via Technology can move to a niche market in order to avoid the 99% combined market share by Intel and AMD in the consumer PC market and be profitable again.
en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents 1. Introduction 1
1.1. Motivation and Goal 1
1.2. Methodology 2
1.3. The PC industry today 2
2. Background information of the Big Three 4
2.1. Intel 4
2.1.1. Intel SWOT analysis 5
2.2. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 5
2.2.1. AMD SWOT analysis 7
2.3. VIA Technology 7
2.3.1. VIA Technology SWOT analysis 9
2.4. Product comparison of the companies 9
2.5. Market share 10
3. Financial Analysis 13
3.1. Important numbers 13
3.2. Comparisons between the companies 15
3.2.1. General comparisons 15
3.2.1.1. Revenue 15
3.2.1.2. Gross profit margin 16
3.2.1.3. Net profit 16
3.2.1.4. Cash and cash equivalents 18
3.2.1.5. Working capital 18
3.2.1.6. Required operating assets 19
3.2.2. Cash flow comparison 21
3.2.2.1. Free cash flow 21
3.2.2.2. Financial activities 22
3.2.2.3. Overall cash flow 23
3.2.3. Comparison in quality of the companies 24
3.2.3.1. Growth of EBIT 24
3.2.3.2. Competitiveness 26
3.2.3.3. Return on resources 27
3.2.3.4. Internal management efficiency 28
3.2.4. Risk management of the companies 29
3.2.4.1. Operating risk 30
3.2.4.2. Investment risk (expansion risk) 31
3.2.4.3. Financial risk 31
3.2.4.4. Survivability risk 32
3.2.5. Profit Model Map 34
3.2.6. Enterprise value 35
3.2.7. EV / share against stock price 37
4. Conclusions 40
4.1. Summary of comparison of the metrics 40
4.2. Long term investment advice 40
4.3. Advices to the management team 41
4.3.1. Advices to Intel 41
4.3.2. Advices to AMD 42
4.3.3. Advices to VIA Technology 43
5. Appendix 44
5.1. Glossary 44
5.2. x86 PC structure 45
5.2.1. Traditional and common structure 46
5.2.2. AMD Fusion structure 46
5.3. Additional product performance comparisons 47
5.4. Calculations for Intel, AMD and VIA Technology 48
5.4.1. Intel 48
5.4.2. AMD 49
5.4.3. VIA Tech 50
Reference 51
zh_TW
dc.language.iso en_US-
dc.source.uri (資料來源) http://thesis.lib.nccu.edu.tw/record/#G0096933019en_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) 晶片製造zh_TW
dc.subject (關鍵詞) 財務zh_TW
dc.title (題名) 三大電腦晶片製造商之財務比較zh_TW
dc.title (題名) A comparison of major computer chipset vendors in financial point of viewen_US
dc.type (資料類型) thesisen
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) 【1】 Dr. James Liu. 2008.zh_TW
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) Profit Model handoutzh_TW
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) 【2】 Intel home pagezh_TW
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) http://www.intel.comzh_TW
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) 【3】 AMD home pagezh_TW
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) http://www.amd.comzh_TW
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) 【4】 VIA Technology home pagezh_TW
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) http://www.viatech.com.twzh_TW
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) 【5】 Taiwan Market Observation Post Systemzh_TW
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) http://mops.twse.com.twzh_TW
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) 【6】 Wikipediazh_TW
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Pagezh_TW
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) 【7】 Anton Shilov. 2001. Unit Growth of Microprocessor Market Begins to slow down - IDC.zh_TW
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20110225220332_Unit_Growth_of_Microprocessor_Market_Begins_to_Slow_Down_IDC.htmlzh_TW
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) 【8】 楊旭. 2011. ATOM/ION靠邊站 AMD E350 深度評測zh_TW
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) http://tech.hexun.com.tw/2011-01-29/127098371.htmlzh_TW
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) 【9】 Agam Shah. 2003. Intel, VIA Settle All Patent Cases.zh_TW
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) http://www.pcworld.com/article/110172/intel_via_settle_all_patent_cases.htmlzh_TW
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) 【10】 Taiwan Economic News. 2003. VIA, Intel reach patent suit settlement, to jointly face competitorszh_TW
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) http://www.cens.com/cens/html/en/news/news_inner_16038.htmlzh_TW
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) 【11】 China Times. 2011. 轉投資賺錢 威盛虧轉盈在望zh_TW
dc.relation.reference (參考文獻) http://money.chinatimes.com/news/news-content.aspx?id=20110513000194&cid=1204zh_TW