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.

MediaTek (2454.TT): 1Q22 Results/ 2Q22 Outlook-1Q Revenue Beat, 2Q22 Forecast Is in Line.

KYEC (2449.TT): It Could Reach ~10% QoQ Growth in 2Q22 Because Some Orders Were Delayed in 1Q22.

MediaTek (2454.TT): The Smartphone Demand Could Further Decrease in 2022.

MediaTek (2454.TT): 4Q21 Results/ 1Q22 Outlook- It's a Bit of Beyond Expectation as Actionable

MediaTek (2454.TT): 1Q22 Preview-A Little Bit Higher in Revenue Outlook

MediaTek (2454.TT): We Expect High-End 5G Smartphone Chipset Will Aim at 10-14% Shipment in 2022.

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<li>Mediatek revenue was NTD$142.7bn in 1Q22, which was 32.1% YoY and 10.9% QoQ. It was higher than the prior high-end guidance of $NTD141.5bn.</li>
<li>The 2nd quarter outlook could be slight growth of NTD$148.9bn/49.1% GM, which could be not much growth expected.</li>
<li>The expectation of the 5G deployment could be a bit slower because of COVID-19 impact and slow down in China handset shipment. </li>
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Mediatek revenue was NTD$142.7bn in 1Q22, which was 32.1% YoY and 10.9% QoQ. It was higher than the prior high-end guidance of $NTD141.5bn.
The 2nd quarter outlook could be slight growth of NTD$148.9bn/49.1% GM, which could be not much growth expected.
The expectation of the 5G deployment could be a bit slower because of COVID-19 impact and slow down in China handset shipment. 


MediaTek (2454.TT): 1Q22 Results/​ 2Q22 Outlook- 2Q22 Growth Outlook Could Be near Mid-Single Digits

Mediatek Inc

MediaTek (2454.TT): 1Q22 Results/ 2Q22 Outlook- 2Q22 Growth Outlook Could Be near Mid-Single Digits

Mediatek Inc

MediaTek (2454.TT): 1Q22 Results/​ 2Q22 Outlook- 2Q22 Growth Outlook Could Be near Mid-Single Digits

MediaTek (2454.TT): 1Q22 Results/ 2Q22 Outlook- 2Q22 Growth Outlook Could Be near Mid-Single Digits