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SMIC Swells 7%, HUA HONG SEMI Mounts 3% as CLSA Says CN Foundries to Benefit from Strong Demand & AI Chip Localization
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SMIC (00981.HK) opened 4.51% higher today, and peaked at $69.5. It last printed at $68.8, escalating 7%, with 69.2982 million shares traded, involving $4.713 billion.

HUA HONG SEMI (01347.HK) opened 1.76% higher today, and peaked at $112.7. The stock mounted 3.42% to last at $111.8, with a trading volume of 15.6258 million shares, involving $1.727 billion.

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On 24 April, preview versions of DeepSeek V4-Pro and V4-Flash models were officially launched and open-sourced simultaneously, CLSA published a research report saying.

Moreover, Texas Instruments and Intel reported 1Q26 results and provided 2Q26 guidance that beat expectations, confirming smooth progress in China's advanced process capacity expansion. The broker believed that overall demand for analog chips is recovering and, if demand remains strong, prices are likely to continue rising.

Driven by the development of domestic AI large models and the trend of AI chipset localization, local wafer foundries are expected to be the primary beneficiaries. Therefore, CLSA reiterated ratings at Outperform on SMIC and HUA HONG SEMI, with target prices of $93.3/ $129.5, respectively.

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