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.

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Equity Bottom-Up

United Microelectron Sp Adr / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>UMC believes that the early signs indicate the end of inventory correction for smartphones and PCs. </li>
<li>The total wafer loading continues to decrease, but pricing for 12" wafers remains firm. As a result, the average selling price (ASP) continues to increase slightly. </li>
<li>The demand for strength lies in computing, thanks to the LCD controller, codec, Wi-Fi, touch IC controller, and communication applications driven by RFFE and networking IC.</li>
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UMC believes that the early signs indicate the end of inventory correction for smartphones and PCs. 
The total wafer loading continues to decrease, but pricing for 12" wafers remains firm. As a result, the average selling price (ASP) continues to increase slightly. 
The demand for strength lies in computing, thanks to the LCD controller, codec, Wi-Fi, touch IC controller, and communication applications driven by RFFE and networking IC.


Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) - ADR (TSM US)

UMC (2303.TT; UMC.US): The Early Signs Indicate the End of Inventory Correction.