Future Perspectives of Taiwan Semiconductor Industry

Published:2011/2/22 10:47:00 Author:Amy From:SeekIC

IT IS predicted that semiconductor industry in Taiwan will decline 5.8% in the fist quarter of 2011 having difficulty to rid off-season effects. Wafer foundries need balance amid a seasonal demand pickup. Effected by off-season plus working days decrease in the first quarter and facing the upward pressure on the NT to dollars exchange rate, Taiwan semiconductor industry is forecasted to decline 5.8 percent in the first quarter of 2011 compared to the previous quarter.

By taking advantages of sharp demand for chip in smart phone and tablet PC market in addition to amplifying the scale of IDM outsourcing, TSMC and UMC are full in the production capacity and their rate of capacity utilization remains 90 percent in the first quarter of 2011. It can be predicted that the first quarter will maintain flat in comparison with the previous quarter in wafer foundry.

With regard to IC design industry, domestic IC industry is still in the stage of inventory correction. As we can see, some emerging products like tablet PC, smart phone have brought more and more chances for domestic firms but if they can provide impetus to chip design industry development needs time to tell. In the first quarter of 2011, Taiwan IC design industry is forecasted to have revenue of 100.3 billion NT which drops 3.5 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2010. As we look towards 2011, it can be predicted that Taiwan IC design industry will have the revenue of 484.7 billion NT which is 6.6 percent increase compared to the previous year.

Due to the off-season impact in addition to the softening demand for consumer electronic products, the IC package and testing industry revenue is forecasted to achieve 73,5 and 33 billion in the first quarter of 2011, which is 6.4% and 6.3% decline as compared to the previous quarter. The related integrated circuit is PIC16F54.

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