TSIA Q2 2018 Statistics on Taiwan IC Industry

According to WSTS, Q2 2018 worldwide semiconductor revenue reached US$117.9 billion, a year-to-year growth of 20.5% and up 6.0% on-quarter. Sales quantity reached 253.7 billion ICs, a 10.0% increase on-year and up 6.6% on-quarter. ASP was US$0.465, a 9.5% increase on-year and down 0.6% on-quarter.

Semiconductor revenue in the US reached US$25.0 billion in Q2 2018, a 26.7% increase on-year and up 3.1% on-quarter. Revenue in Japan reached US$10.2 billion, a 14.0% increase on-year and up 5.7% on-quarter. Revenue in Europe reached US$11.0 billion, a 15.9% growth on-year and up 1.8% on-quarter. Revenue in Asia reached US$71.7 billion, a 20.1% rise on-year and up 7.7% on-quarter, with US$40.8B in China, up 30.7% on-year and a 13.3% rise on-quarter.

The TSIA survey showed that Q2 2018 Taiwan IC revenue as a whole (including design, manufacturing, packaging and testing) totaled NT$638.2 billion(US$21.0B) (up 5.8% on-quarter and 11.5% increase on-year), with NT$162.2B in design(US$5.3B) (18.2% increase on-quarter and up 7.7% on-year), NT$353.0B in manufacturing(US$11.6B) (1.2% decrease on-quarter and up 15.4% on-year) (Foundry NT$298.7B (US$9.8B), 1.2% decline on-quarter and up 11.5% on-year; Memory and other manufacturing products NT$54.3B (US$1.8B), 15.8% increase on-quarter and up 42.1% on-year), NT$87.0B in packaging (US$2.9B) (15.2% growth on-quarter and up 5.5% on-year), and NT$36.0B in testing(US$1.2B) (8.4% increase on-quarter and up 7.5% on-year). Exchange rate NT$/US$ is 30.4.

Taiwan IC revenue in 2018 is expected to reach NT$2,608.2B (US$85.8B) (5.9% growth from 2017), with NT$641.7B in design (US$21.1B) (4.0% increase), NT$1,478.7B in manufacturing (US$48.6B) (8.1% growth, Foundry NT$1,260.8B (US$41.5B), up 4.5%; Memory and other manufacturing products NT$217.9B (US$7.2B), up 34.4%), NT$339.5B in packaging (US$11.2B) (2.0% increase), and NT$148.3B in testing (USD$4.9B) (up 3.0%). Exchange rate NT$/US$ is 30.4.