Last update: Friday 15 September 2006
Taiwan's semiconductor industry has begun to out-run its global peers, once more, in 2006. This followed a trough in 2004, caused by over-inventory, plus volatility in memory pricing...
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Table of contentsTable 1: Top-10 pure-play foundries ranking by revenues, forecast (US$ million)
Chart 1: Pure-play foundries: Capacity distribution by region, 2005 (%)
Chart 2: Pure-play foundries: 12-inch wafer production capacity distribution by region, 2005
Chart 3: Global pure-play foundries' 90nm production capacity distribution, 2005 (%) Share
Table 4: Taiwan top ten IC manufacturing companies by revenues (NT$ million)
Chart 4: Top-4 pure-play foundries' 90nm market share, 3Q04-3Q06(e)
Table 5: Leading Taiwan pure-play foundries, 2005 capacity overview
Chart 5: Taiwan contribution to Asia's analog IC total production value (US$million)
Chart 6: Automotive analog IC production value, 2005-2009 (US$million)
Chart 8: Global pure-play foundry revenues: On-year change, 2003-2009
Table 6: Semiconductor industry revenues, unit shipment and ASP trend, Jan 2005- Jun 2006
Chart 11: Semiconductor industry revenues, unit shipments and ASP trend, Jan 2005-Jun 2006
Chart 12: SEMI - Equipment market size by region (US$ billion)
Chart 13: Semiconductor book to bill ratio, 1991-2006 (US$million)
Chart 14: SEMI - Equipment market size breakdown by stage (US$ billion)
Efficient inventory absorption to sustain industry health through 2008
Chart 15: China second-hand semiconductor equipment market, 2004-2009 (US$million)
Table 7: Estimated costs for a 8-inch fab on 0.25-micron process
Technology advancement not necessarily boosting local equipment demand
Chart 16: Cost comparison of solar energy to mainstream alternative energies
Last update: Thursday 27 July 2006
The global TV market did not grow much in 2005, with shipments staying flat at 188 million units, up from 187 million units in 2004, according to research from CIBC World Markets.
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Table of contentsTable 5: Global TV demand by size, 2003-2010 (million units)
Table 6: Top ten LCD TV vendors worldwide, 4Q05 (ranking by unit sales)
Chart 1: Taiwan LCD TV shipments and market share, 2004-2005 (million units)
Chart 2: Taiwan's LCD TV shipments by production mode, 2004-2005
Chart 5: Worldwide LCDTV shipment forecast, 2004-2009 (Million units)
Table 7: Taiwan TFT LCD makers, LCD TV panel lineup and customers
Overview of Taiwan's notebook industry - Jun 2006
Last update: Thursday 27 July 2006
Although Computex Taipei 2006 will feature notebook offerings from major Taiwan vendors including Acer, Asustek Computer and BenQ, few Taiwan companies that actually make notebooks...
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Table of contentsTable 1: Taiwan notebook makers, consolidated revenues*, 2004-2005 (NT$ billion)
Chart 4: Taiwan branded NB makers: Consolidated sales (NT$b)
Chart 5: Acer, Asustek and BenQ: Branded NB shipments (million units)
Table 2: Taiwan notebook makers, shipment growth, 2004-2005 (k units)
Chart 6: Greater China notebook shipments by price point, 1Q04 - 3Q05
Chart 7: Taiwan notebook makers: Share of global notebook production market
Table 3: Top five Taiwan notebook makers, forecasted shipment total, 2006 (million units)
Table 4: Top 10 notebook vendors, global market share and share of shipments from Taiwan ODMs
Chart 8: Taiwan's top five notebook makers: Shipments to top 10 global vendors, 2005
Chart 9: Top five notebook vendors: Combined shipments, 2004-2006 (million units)
Chart 10: Top five notebook vendors: Global market share, 2004-2006
Defying the odds: Notebook makers increase their gross margins in 2005
Table 5: Selected Taiwan notebook makers*, notebook revenues and shipments, 2004-2005 (NT
Table 6: Taiwan notebook makers: Gross margin rates, 2004-2005
Table 7: Taiwan leading notebook makers, China capacity by end of 2006 (million units)
Taiwan ODD industry 2005 overview - Jun 2006
Last update: Thursday 27 July 2006
Optical disc drive (ODD) shipments from Taiwan-based companies dropped 6.3% to 103.5 million units in 2005, during which worldwide ODD shipments grew 9.2%. As a result, Taiwan's worldwide...
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Table of contentsChart 1: Worldwide and Taiwan ODD shipments, 2004-2008 (k units)
Chart 4: Taiwan’s worldwide ODD market share by drive type, 2003-2005
Chart 5: Taiwan ODD shipments of half-height and slim ODDs, 2004-2005
Table 4: Shipments and market shares of world's top optical disc makers, 3Q 2005
Table 5: Top-six makers of DVD+R/-R discs in terms of global shipments
Table 6: Revenues and income of Taiwan’s top optical disc makers, 2004-2005
Table 7: Unconsolidated financial figures of Taiwan-based ODD makers,
1Q 2005-1Q 2006 (million NT$)
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