Taiwan led all regions in wafer capacity with 21.3% share, a slight decrease from 21.7% in 2015 when the country first became the global wafer capacity leader, says IC Insights.
By David Manners-Electronics Weekly, Feb. 23, 2017 –
Taiwan was only slightly ahead of South Korea, which was in second place.
IC Insights' Global Wafer Capacity report shows that South Korea accounted for 20.9% of global wafer capacity in 2016, slightly more than the 20.5% share it held in 2015.
In Taiwan, TSMC and UMC held 73% of the country's capacity while in South Korea, Samsung and SK Hynix represented 93% of the IC wafer capacity installed in 2016.