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): Foundry Market Forecast in 2030F; TSMC Had Developed The 2nm Nanosheet.

TSMC (2330.TT; TSM.US): Sales Should Be Gradually Increasing QoQ in 2024F; IPhone 16 Is on Schedule.

TSMC (2330.TT; TSM.US): Raising Growth Target to 25%+ YoY in 2024F.

MediaTek (2454.TT): Rebounding from Cycle Bottom.

MediaTek (2454.TT): The WiFi 7 Chip Competition Is Likely to Become Fierce in 2024.

A Bull Investment Case for TSMC (Summary Version)

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>For the upcoming revenue outlook, MediaTek Inc (2454 TT) is likely to reach an upside of around 10% QoQ in 1Q24F.</li>
<li>MediaTek plans to release 12 million units of the Dimensity 9000 series in 2024F.</li>
<li>Mediatek's target markets include China, India, and Southeast Asia, with China remaining the primary market of focus.</li>
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For the upcoming revenue outlook, MediaTek Inc (2454 TT) is likely to reach an upside of around 10% QoQ in 1Q24F.
MediaTek plans to release 12 million units of the Dimensity 9000 series in 2024F.
Mediatek's target markets include China, India, and Southeast Asia, with China remaining the primary market of focus.


Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) - ADR (TSM US)

MediaTek (2454.TT): The Revenue Is Likely Upside Around 10% QoQ in 1Q24F.

Mediatek Inc

MediaTek (2454.TT): The Revenue Is Likely Upside Around 10% QoQ in 1Q24F.