By Lisa Wang / Staff reporterThe production value of the local semiconductor industry is to grow 15.8 percent this year to NT$4.3 trillion （US$135.4 billion）, following robust growth of 26.8 percent last year, the Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute （MIC, 產業情報研究所） projected yesterday.
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Taipei, July 5 (CNA) Taiwan Index Plus Corp. (TIP), an index provider wholly owned by the Taiwan Stock Exchange, has launched the TIP Customized Taiwan Wafer Manufacture Index (TIP Taiwan WM Index) to give investors the opportunity to capitalize on the country's strengths in semiconductor development.
A global chip supply crunch is expected to ease next year, following a series of capacity expansions by foundry service providers over a three-year period to next year, the Market Intelligence and Consulting Institute (MIC, 產業情報研究所) said on Wednesday.
The world’s foundry services providers led by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) are to boost capacity by 10 percent this year and 7 percent next year, after experiencing 10 percent annual growth last year, the Taipei-based institute said.
The global output of 8-inch wafers is to increase to 10 million units per month next year, up about 25 percent from fewer than