The value of Taiwan’s IC production is expected to fall 10% this year, reports The China Post, quoting Hung Chun-hui, of the Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC).
Moreover, MIC expects sub-5% growth for each of the next four years.
Hung predicted a global chip market worth $313bn this year, 4.2% up from the $300bn of last year.
Updated with corrected figures (19/12/2011): MIC said that Taiwan’s IC testing and packaging sector would be worth NT$345.2 billion, this year - a decline of 1.85% year-on-year; Taiwan’s contract chip manufacturing sector would be worth NT$534.9bn, a decline of 1.34%; Taiwan’s memory production will be worth NT$182.2bn this year – a decline of 34.67%; and Taiwan’s IC design sector would be worth NT$398.4bn - a decline of 10.1%.
On the upside, Hung predicted that 3D panels for large-size LCD TVs will gain market share of 16% next year and 28% by 2014.