The China Post
Date: August 29, 2016
By: CNA

TAIPEI — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC, 台積電), the world’s largest contract chip-maker, is expected to take a 58 percent share of the global pure-play wafer foundry operating market in 2016, and retain the world’s No. 1 title, according to market information advisory firm IC Insights.

In a research note, IC Insights said that TSMC is expected to post US$28.57 billion in sales for 2016, up 8 percent from a year earlier. Despite the sales growth, TSMC’s market share for 2016 is likely to fall one percentage point from a year earlier, IC Insights added.

GlobalFoundries Inc. of the United States is expected to come in second by generating US$5.65 billion in sales in 2016, up 12 percent from a year earlier, to take an 11 percent share in the world market, lagging far behind TSMC, according to IC Insights.

United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC, 聯電), another contract chip-maker from Taiwan, is expected to grab a 9 percent stake in the world pure-play wafer foundry market in 2016 to take the third spot in the rankings by posting US$4.49 billion in revenue, up 1 percent from a year earlier, IC Insights added.     [FULL  STORY]