Taiwan’s IC industry production up 4.9%
The Taiwan integrated circuit (IC) industry’s production reached NT$359.6 billion for the second quarter of this year, marking an increase of 4.9 percent over the previous quarter, the Industry and Technology Intelligence Services (ITIS) said yesterday.
Lee Pei-yin, an analyst at the ITIS, said the primer mover behind the growth was the IC design industry, which saw its preferential market share continue to increase and its production rise by 5.3 percent to NT$96.5 billion for the quarter.
This was followed by the IC testing industry, which experienced growth in production of 4.9 percent to hit NT$25.7 billion, the IC manufacturing industry, up 4.8 percent to NT$178.4 billion, and IC packaging, increasing 4.4 percent to reach NT$59 billion.
IC makers serving the notebook computer industry did not perform as well, as the second quarter is traditionally a slow one for laptop makers, according to Lee.
Lee said the ITIS has forecast that the Taiwan IC industry’s production will grow by 14.3 percent in the third quarter to reach NT$411 billion, with IC design leading the way once again with expected growth of a whopping 25.4 percent to hit NT$121 billion.
The ITIS is a technology division of the Ministry of Economic Affairs responsible for strengthening domestic industry competitiveness, assisting in upgrading industry and implementing related service projects.
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