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.

TSMC (2330.TT; TSM.US): The Productivity and Profitability Are the Essential Competitiveness.

TSMC, UMC Monthly Sales: TSMC up Strong but Plateauing, UMC Lackluster, Confirming 2 Big Trends

Taiwan Tech Weekly: TSMC Taking More Samsung Customers; Hon Hai Unveils Major AI Projects

Vanguard (5347.TT): The Outlook of 4Q24 Seems a Bit Softer.

Vanguard (5347.TT): Pricing Hit Bottom in 2Q24. Anticipates UTR in 2025 Returning to 70-80%.

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

Equity Bottom-Up

Vanguard Intl Semiconductor / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/taiwan-semiconductor-sp-adr" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8587:1" rel="noopener">Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) - ADR (TSM US)</a> invests over 3.7 billion in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vanguard-international-semi" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16011:1" rel="noopener">Vanguard Intl Semiconductor (5347 TT)</a> to increase its holdings to 27%.</li>
<li>Taiwanese authorities, specifically the Investment Commission of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, approved Vanguard's investment in its first 12-inch factory in Singapore yesterday.</li>
<li>Regarding the outlook for 4Q24, we believe it is still evolving, and our current estimate is a ~5% quarter-on-quarter decline.</li>
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Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) - ADR (TSM US) invests over 3.7 billion in Vanguard Intl Semiconductor (5347 TT) to increase its holdings to 27%.
Taiwanese authorities, specifically the Investment Commission of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, approved Vanguard's investment in its first 12-inch factory in Singapore yesterday.
Regarding the outlook for 4Q24, we believe it is still evolving, and our current estimate is a ~5% quarter-on-quarter decline.


Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) - ADR (TSM US)

Vanguard (5347.TT): TSMC Invests over 3.7 Billion in Vanguard to Increase Its Holdings to 27%.