IMPACTS OF THE GREATER BAY AREA INITIATIVE ON MACAO’S ‘1+4’ DEVELOPMENT: INDUSTRIAL PERSPECTIVES

ABSTRACT

INTEL CORPORATION IS A LEADING GLOBAL SEMICONDUCTOR DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY. ITS CORE BUSINESS INCLUDES CENTRAL PROCESSING UNITS (CPUS), GRAPHICS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, DATA CENTER SOLUTIONS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACCELERATORS, INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) APPLICATIONS, AND AUTONOMOUS DRIVING PLATFORMS. THE COMPANY OPERATES WORLDWIDE, WITH RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND MANUFACTURING SITES IN THE UNITED STATES, EUROPE, ISRAEL, AND ASIA. BY 2023, DATA CENTER AND AI-RELATED BUSINESSES HAD BECOME IMPORTANT REVENUE DRIVERS, DIVERSIFYING THE COMPANY’S INCOME STRUCTURE ALONGSIDE ITS TRADITIONAL PC CLIENT BUSINESS. SINCE ITS FOUNDING, INTEL HAS CONTINUOUSLY RELIED ON PROCESS AND ARCHITECTURE INNOVATIONS AS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AND HAS ACTIVELY ADVANCED THE IDM 2.0 STRATEGY TO STRENGTHEN ITS MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES AND FOUNDRY SERVICES. WHILE, AGAINST GLOBAL COMPETITION IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY, GEOPOLITICAL RISKS, AND TECHNOLOGICAL CYCLES, MAINTAINING ITS TECHNOLOGICAL AND MARKET LEADERSHIP HAS BECOME A KEY CHALLENGE. THIS STUDY AIMS TO ASSESS INTEL’S INTRINSIC VALUE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023, USING THREE VALUATION MODELS AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS. IT EXPLORES HOW INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS AFFECT THE COMPANY’S LONG-TERM VALUE, PROVIDING A REFERENCE FOR INVESTORS AND STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKERS BY COMPARING THIS WITH THE MARKET STOCK PRICE AT THAT DATE.