The global semiconductor market in 2015 is USD 335.2 billion, which is reduced by 0.2% annually, mainly because the entire economic situation in the world gets down continuously, and demand of electronic product applications is weaker, such that the market has declined. Wherein, integrated circuit (IC) products has the largest market scale, which shares 81.9% of the global semiconductor market, among which discrete components share 5.6%, sensors share 2.5% and optoelectronics share 9.9%.
I. Industry Categories
II. 2015 Industry Review
III. Trend of Emerging Product Technology
IV. Competitiveness change of Taiwan: Taiwan is ranked as No. 3 overall after US and Korea.
V. 2016 Industry Outlook
Figure 1. Taiwan's IC Industry Structure
Figure 2. 2014 ~ 2018 Taiwan's IC Industry Output
Figure 3. Radar chart of semiconductor industry competitiveness among Taiwan and other major countries
Table 1. IC industry definition
Table 2. Trend of IC Emerging Product Technology
Table 3. Main Indicators of Taiwan IC industry