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): 4Q23F Results in Line, 2024F Smartphone Outlook Can Grow a Double Digits.

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Taiwan Tech Weekly: Positive Signs for Memory, PC, Smartphones; Key Autos & Display Color This Week

TSMC (2330.TT): The Advanced Technology Nodes Are Looking at Upside in 2024F

UMC (2303.TT): We Estimate The Outlook Is Down a Bit to Lower QoQ in 4Q23F

MediaTek (2454.TT): Gaining Google TPU V7 Project Entirely Could Be a Misconception

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Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>We change our stance to be a bit bullish for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mediatek-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:772:1" rel="noopener">Mediatek Inc (2454 TT)</a>.</li>
<li>In 4Q23F, MediaTek's outlook is getting a bit stronger upside.</li>
<li>The Smartphone market is turning positive, but it's too early to claim a fully rebound.</li>
</ul>


We change our stance to be a bit bullish for Mediatek Inc (2454 TT).
In 4Q23F, MediaTek's outlook is getting a bit stronger upside.
The Smartphone market is turning positive, but it's too early to claim a fully rebound.


Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) - ADR (TSM US)

MediaTek (2454.TT): Smartphone Is Turning a Bit Stronger