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Semiconductor Industry Overview and Competitive Analysis Between Taiwan and Korea

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Date: 31-Dec-2015
No. of pages: 46
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Shipment value of the Taiwanese and Korean semiconductor industry totaled around NT$2.1 trillion (US$63.8 billion; US$1 = NT$32.8) and NT$1.6 trillion (US$48.6 billion), respectively, in 2014. This made Taiwan and Korea the world's second and third largest semiconductor market, respectively, with the United States securing the first spot. The Taiwan's and Korea's share of shipment value in the global semiconductor industry reached 21% and 16%, respectively. This report provides an in-depth analysis of Taiwanese semiconductor industry in three areas: fabless IC design, wafer foundry and IC packaging and testing; provides a competitive analysis of semiconductor industry in Korea and Taiwan and examines their future outlook.

List of Topics


  • Overview of Taiwan's semiconductor industry, including fabless IC design, IC manufacturing, and IC packaging and testing sub-industries; touching on listed and OTC companies, major players' global rankings, and their role in the worldwide supply chain

  • Competitive analysis of the Taiwanese and Korean semiconductor industries, covering their global market share by sub-industry, major vendors' role in the supply chains, and leading vendors' global share ranking; also included are the development and outlook for the Taiwanese and Korean semiconductor industries


Companies covered

3S, AAT, Acard, AIC, Alcor Micro, Ali, Alpha Imaging, Alpha Microelectronics, AMAZING, AME, AMICCOM, Amkor, AMPI, Anpec, APEC, Ardentec, ARM, Asix, ASMedia, Aspeed, Averlogic, AVID, Cadence, Champion (CMC), Chingis, Chipbond, ChipMOS, Cmedia, Davicom, Dongbu, EDA, EETI, EMC, eMemory, ENE, Episemi, ESMT, Etron, Faraday, FATC, Feeling Technology, FocalTech, Foxconn, Generalplus, Genesys Logic, Giga Solution, GlobalFoundries, GMT, GUC, Hana Micron, Himax Technologies, Hisilicon, Holtek, Hua Hong, Hycon, IC Plus, Ilitek, Inotera, JCET, J-Device, KYEC, Leadtrend, Lingsen, Liteon Semiconductor, Macroblock, Macronix International, Marvell, MediaTek, Megawin, Micron, Myson Century, Nanya Technology, Niko-Sem, Novatek, Nuvoton, Nvidia, Orise Technology, OSE, Phison, PixArt, Powerchip, Prescope, Princeton, Prolific, PTC, PTI, Qualcomm, RDC, Realtek, Renesas SP, Richtek, Samsung, Semiteq, ShunSin, Signetics, Siguard, Silicon Motion, SiS, SiTI, Sitronix, SK Hynix, Skymedi, SMIC, Sonix, SPIL, Spreadtrum, SQ Technology, STATS ChipPAC, SummitView Capital, Sunplus, Synaptics, Syntek, Sysnopsys, Test-Serv Inc., TIPC, Tmtech, Tontek, TowerJazz, UltraChip, UMC, Universal Scientific Industrial Co., UTAC, Vate Technology, VIA, VIS, V-TAC, Walton, Weltrend, Winbond, X-FAB, Xintec, YTEC, Zentel

Semiconductor Industry Overview and Competitive Analysis Between Taiwan and Korea

Table of Contents

1. Analysis of Taiwanese Semiconductor Industry 4
1.1 Taiwanese Fabless IC Design Industry 4
1.1.1 Overview of Listed/OTC Fabless IC Design Houses in Taiwan 4
1.1.2 Role of the Taiwanese IC Design Industry in the World 11
1.1.3 Importance of the Taiwanese IC Design Industry 12
1.2 Taiwanese IC Manufacturing Industry 14
1.2.1 Overview of Listed/OTC IC Manufacturing Companies in Taiwan 14
1.2.2 Role of the Taiwanese IC Manufacturing Industry in the World 16
1.2.3 Importance of the Taiwanese IC Manufacturing Industry 19
1.3 Taiwanese IC Packaging & Testing Industry 21
1.3.1 Overview of Listed/OTC IC Packaging & Testing Companies in Taiwan 21
1.3.2 Role of the Taiwanese IC Packaging and Testing Industry in the World 24
1.3.3 Importance of the Taiwanese IC Packaging and Testing Industry 26

2. Competitive Analysis 28
2.1 Global Presence of the Korean and Taiwanese Semiconductor Industry 28
2.1.1 Fabless IC Design 29
2.1.2 Wafer Foundry 30
2.1.3 Memory 32
2.1.4 Packaging and Testing 34
2.2 Development of Leading Korean and Taiwanese Semiconductor Vendors 35
2.2.1 Fabless IC Design 37
2.2.2 Wafer Foundry 38
2.2.3 Memory 39
2.2.4 IC Packaging and Testing 41

3. Review and Outlook 42
3.1 Fabless IC Design 42
3.2 Wafer Foundry 44
3.3 IC Packaging and Testing 45
Appendix 47
Glossary of Terms 47

List of Companies 48

List of Tables

Table 1: Listed Fabless IC Design Companies in Taiwan 4
Table 2: OTC Fabless IC design Companies in Taiwan 6
Table 3: IC Design Companies in Taiwan 9
Table 4: Global Market Share of Taiwanese IC Design Industry, 2013-2014 11
Table 5: 2014 Global Rankings of Taiwanese IC Design Companies 11
Table 6: Taiwanese Suppliers for Smartphone ICs 13
Table 7: Features and Core Competence of Taiwanese IC Design Industry 13
Table 8: Listed/OTC IC Manufacturing Companies in Taiwan 14
Table 9: Global Market Share of Taiwanese IC Manufacturing Industry in 2014 17
Table 10: Worldwide Top 10 Semiconductor Foundry, 2012-2014 18
Table 11: Features and Core Competence of Taiwanese IC Manufacturing Industry 21
Table 12: Listed IC Packaging & Testing Companies in Taiwan 22
Table 13: OTC IC Packaging & Testing Companies in Taiwan 23
Table 14: Top 5 Vendors in Taiwan's IC Packaging & Testing Industry, 2013-2014 24
Table 15: Features and Core Competence of Taiwanese IC Packaging and Testing Industry 27
Table 16: Top 50 Korean and Taiwanese Semiconductor Vendors by Revenue 36
Table 17: Comparison of Korean and Taiwanese Listed Micro-component IC Fabless IC Companies 43

List of Figures

Figure 1: Market Share of Taiwanese IC Packaging and Testing Industry, 2014 25
Figure 2: Worldwide Top 10 IC Packaging and Testing Companies by Shipment Value, 2014 25
Figure 3: Taiwanese IC Packaging & Testing Companies' Advantages in Developing SiP 27
Figure 4: Global Fabless IC Design Industry's Share by Region 30
Figure 5: Global Foundry Market Share by Country 31
Figure 6: DRAM, NOR Flash and NAND Flash Memory's Global Market Share by Country 33
Figure 7: Global Packaging and Testing Market Share by Country 35
Figure 8: Supply Chains of Korean and Taiwanese Semiconductor Industry 37
Figure 9: Leading Korean and Taiwanese Fabless IC Design Houses' Global Share Ranking 38
Figure 10: Leading Korean and Taiwanese Wafer Foundries' Global Share Ranking 39
Figure 11: Leading Korean and Taiwanese DRAM Makers' Global Share Ranking 40
Figure 12: Leading Korean and Taiwanese NOR Flash Memory Makers' Global Share Ranking 40
Figure 13: Korean and Taiwanese Leading NAND Flash Memory Manufacturers' Global Share Ranking 41
Figure 14: Korean and Taiwanese Leading Packaging and Testing Companies' Global Share Ranking 42

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