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: Mid (Inventory) Cycle, Long-Term Growth Story Intact, Attractive Yield, and Multiples

Mediatek: We Contacted Management Re: Latest Arm Restrictions, Accumulate

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

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

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

Battle Lines Drawn As BABA Builds Out First/Last-Mile Capacity; But Who Will Fund 75+ Bn CNY CapEx?

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>MediaTek's revised downward forecast for 650-680nm smartphone delivery in 1Q22 earnings conference, but we think that number could be revised down again by the end of July.</li>
<li>MediaTek announced new WiFi products, Filogic 880 and 380, in COMPUTEX2022 on May 24-27. Besides, MediaTek invests in new opportunities for AI in the US.</li>
<li>The mainland China fights fiercely against COVID-19 and stays at the Zero Policy. </li>
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MediaTek's revised downward forecast for 650-680nm smartphone delivery in 1Q22 earnings conference, but we think that number could be revised down again by the end of July.
MediaTek announced new WiFi products, Filogic 880 and 380, in COMPUTEX2022 on May 24-27. Besides, MediaTek invests in new opportunities for AI in the US.
The mainland China fights fiercely against COVID-19 and stays at the Zero Policy. 


Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) - ADR (TSM US)

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

Mediatek Inc

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