Taiwan Tech Focused Senior Analyst

Patrick Liao

Being invited, I joined Sellside, i.e. JPMorgan, Nomura and Macquarie, totally around 9-10 years. Before that, I joined International Data Corp (https://www.idc.com/) to be the Asia Semiconductor analyst for nearly 2 years, and being invited to do personal lectures in TSMC, UMC, Samsung and etc. In my working experiences, I also had the chance to join Taiwanese panel company, AUO (2409.TT) and the buyside, Chinalife (2823.TT), totally for over 1 year.
I obtained MS degree from the Tsing-Hua University. Then I worked in the Taiwan Semiconductor companies for around 11 years. I had several US patents during my stay in the Semiconductor industry.

Being worked in the sellside and buyside, I deeply dived in the Greater China Semiconductor industry and directly covered some companies, like TSMC (2330.TT, TSM.US), UMC (2303.TT, UMC.US), Vanguard (5347.TT), ASE (3711.TT, ASX.US), SPIL (merged with ASE and delisted), KYEC ( 2449.TT), JCET (600584.CH), ASMPT (522.HK), GWC (6488.TT), WinSemi (3105.TT), Mediatek (2454.TT), Silergy (6415.TT), Novatek (3034.TT), Guoxin Micro (002049.CH) etc.

KYEC (2449.TT): AI Highly Growth Potential may exceed Expectation.

TSMC (2330.TT; TSM.US): The Outlook of 3Q24 Is Pretty Much In-Line, and GM Could Be Better.

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KYEC (2449.TT): Beneficiary of AI with Contribution of CoWoS Testing

KYEC (2449.TT): A Slow 1Q22 Is Likely to Occur, Which Could Present an Entry Point.

KYEC (2449.TT): 2024F Could Be a Prosperous Year Although 4Q23 Saw a 5% Decline QoQ.

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Equity Bottom-Up

King Yuan Electronics Co, Ltd. / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>In 1Q24, it was reported that the revenue growth was -3.35% QoQ, slightly exceeding our expectation of a 5% QoQ decline.</li>
<li>For 2Q24, revenue is expected to grow, but the increase is projected to be less than 5% QoQ.  </li>
<li>NVIDIA revenue in KYEC is forecasted to reach 15% by the end of 2024F, up from about 2% in 2023, driven by the increasing demand for AI.</li>
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In 1Q24, it was reported that the revenue growth was -3.35% QoQ, slightly exceeding our expectation of a 5% QoQ decline.
For 2Q24, revenue is expected to grow, but the increase is projected to be less than 5% QoQ.  
NVIDIA revenue in KYEC is forecasted to reach 15% by the end of 2024F, up from about 2% in 2023, driven by the increasing demand for AI.


KYEC (2449.TT): 1Q24F Was a Seasonal Dip, but 2Q24F Should Be Picking up Below 5% QoQ.