Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/09/01
By: Chang Chien-chung and Joseph Yeh

Taipei, Sept. 1 (CNA) Taiwanese semiconductor companies are expected to benefit both from

increasing demand for 5G network development worldwide as well as the ongoing trade war between the United States and China, analysts said Sunday.

As countries around the world are speeding up their 5G network development, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world's largest contract chipmaker, is speeding up its 5-nanometer chip manufacturing process to meet growing demand, particularly from makers of 5G wireless devices, the analysts.

The company has estimated a higher-than-expected capital expenditure this year than its original estimate of between US$10 billion and US$11 billion, they said.

MediaTek Inc., the largest integrated circuit designer in Taiwan, meanwhile, also expressed optimism in the 5G market as global sales of 5G smartphones could reach 140 million in 2020.
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