TOP-RANKED: Taiwan is expected to hold the position through 2024, IC Insights said, with TSMC, the world’s biggest contract chipmaker, leading the expansion

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 27, 2020
By: Lisa Wang / Staff reporter

Taiwan led the world in IC wafer capacity last year, and it is expected to retain this position through 2024, semiconductor market research company IC Insights said on Thursday.

Taiwan accounted for 22 percent of the global wafer capacity last year, followed by South Korea with 21 percent, Japan with 16 percent and China with 13.9 percent, it said in a report.

In 2015, Taiwan surpassed South Korea to become the world’s No. 1 in wafer capacity. It is forecast to add 1.3 billion wafers from last year to 2024 to maintain its lead, the report said.

China is expected to see the largest percentage gain in capacity share during the same period, the report said.    [FULL  STORY]