Semico Releases Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Report

How does Taiwan stack up against the U.S., China and Japan?

Semico Research Releases Report: Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Report

Phoenix, Arizona July 14, 2005 - With so much information in the news about China and the huge market known as Asia, the details of the importance of Taiwan gets lost. The Taiwanese Semiconductor Industry ranks fourth, globally. While overall 2004 was a banner year for the semiconductor industry, Taiwan did even better than worldwide performance—its semiconductor industry’s annual growth rate hit 34% in 2004 comparing to a global 24.8%. Haven’t many Taiwanese IT manufacturers shifted their manufacturing facilities to mainland China? This counterpoint may have already crossed your mind, however, according to research released from Semico Research Corp.; Taiwan is the powerhouse for semiconductor production.

“Taiwan is a global leader in foundry and captures the second-largest IC design industry,” stated Philip Wang, analyst at Semico Research Corp. “This year Taiwan’s semiconductor industry will continue to outperform the worldwide standard with a 6.7% annual growth rate and the industry production values reaching $35.9 billion U.S.D.,” remarked Mr. Wang.

Semico’s latest research report delivers a concise view and provides significant data on the Taiwanese Semiconductor Industry. This report includes its supply and demand, applications, industry and capital spending trends for 2000-2005. In addition to other important topics addressed in this report, it details strategic alliances by company plus revenues by application, technology, region and customer.

This study is available for immediate delivery for $3,500. To purchase, please contact Jim Feldhan at 602-997-0337 or jimf@semico.com and reference MA107-05, Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Report.

To review the Table of Contents for this report (MA107-05), please visit http://www.semico.com/studies/docs/toc513.pdf or contact Jim Feldhan for more information.

About Semico
Semico Research Corp is a semiconductor marketing and consulting research company located in Phoenix, Arizona. Semico was founded in 1994 by a group of semiconductor industry experts. We have improved the validity of semiconductor product forecasts via technology roadmaps in end-use markets. Semico offers custom consulting, portfolio packages, individual market research studies and premier industry conferences.

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