NATIONAL TREASURE: TSMC would be able to reinforce its global lead, as US-based Globalfoundries has stopped development of 7-nanometer processors, analysts said
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 03, 2018
By: Staff writer, with CNA
The production value of Taiwan’s wafer foundry industry is expected to grow 8 to 10 percent year-on-year next year due to efforts by manufacturers to develop high-end technology, the Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC, 產業情報研究所) said.
Next year’s expected growth rate would beat this year’s estimated rate of 6.4 percent, the institute said, adding that next year’s production value is forecast to total almost NT$1.2 trillion (US$39.05 billion).
Taiwan’s wafer foundry industry is leading its peers in the global market in the development of advanced 7-nanometer processors, which is expected to boost its share of orders for application processors to be used in high-end smartphones, sophisticated graphics processors and chips used for artificial intelligence, it said.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, has begun producing chips using the 7-nanometer process.
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