Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/04/30
By: Jackson Chang and Frances Huang

Taipei, April 30 (CNA) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC, 台積電) said Thursday that its global market share surpassed 50 percent in 2014, helping it keep the title of the world’s largest contract chip maker.

In its annual report, TSMC said that its global market share rose to 54 percent in 2014, up from 49 percent recorded a year earlier, on the back of strong demand for the chip maker’s advanced technology processes.

It was the fifth consecutive year in which TSMC had posted growth in its global market share.     [FULL  STORY]