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.

Vanguard (5347.TT): 1Q24F In-Line with Our Expectation, Following a Upside Quarter over Quarter.

Vanguard (5347.TT): 1Q24F Could Be the Recent Bottom, and 2Q24F Should Be an Upside 10% QoQ.

Vanguard (5347.TT): A Consensus View to Build a New 12" Fab in Singapore.

Vanguard (5347.TT): The Smartphone and Computing/NB/TV Sectors Have Turned to Normal.

Vanguard (5347.TT): 1Q24F Revenue Might Decline ~10% QoQ.

A Bull Investment Case for TSMC (Summary Version)

Equity Bottom-Up

Vanguard Intl Semiconductor / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>The current market outlook is expected to improve, although the demand is still down in 1Q24F.</li>
<li>The 2Q24F revenue could potentially increase by a high single digits QoQ at least.</li>
<li>The demand is expected to grow by around 10% YoY in 2024F. This indicates a rebound, although not a strong one.</li>
</ul>


The current market outlook is expected to improve, although the demand is still down in 1Q24F.
The 2Q24F revenue could potentially increase by a high single digits QoQ at least.
The demand is expected to grow by around 10% YoY in 2024F. This indicates a rebound, although not a strong one.


Vanguard (5347.TT): 1Q24F Revenue Outlook Is Down QoQ; 2024F Demand to Grow by Around 10% YoY.