1. Overview of the Worldwide and Taiwanese IC Foundry Industries
1.1 Worldwide IC Foundry Industry to Grow Steadily at a Slower Pace
1.2 Taiwanese IC Foundry Industry to Slow Down, Still Outperforms the Global Industry
1.3 Taiwanese Foundries Lead in Market Share with Advanced Process Reaching 50%

2. Development Trends of the Worldwide IC Foundry Industry
2.1 Key Players Have Rather Different Capex Planning
2.2 Major Foundries Seeking to Get a Head Start in Advanced Processes
2.3 Rising Importance of the Chinese Foundry Market

3. Development Highlights of Major Players
3.1 TSMC
3.2 GlobalFoundries
3.3 UMC
3.4 Samsung
3.5 SMIC

4. Conclusion
Process Technology, Volume Production Schedule Still Play a Key Role
Extensive Capacity Expansion May Lead to Oversupply in the Future

Appendix
Glossary of Terms
List of Companies

Overview of the worldwide and Taiwanese IC foundry industries, including shipment value and vendors' ranking by shipment value

Development trends of the worldwide IC foundry industry, touching on key players' capex planning, road map of mass producing advanced processes, and deployment in China

Development highlights of major foundries, including TSMC, GlobalFoundries, UMC, Samsung, and SMIC
 

Figure 1: Worldwide IC Foundry Industry Shipment Value, 2014 – 2016
Figure 2: Taiwanese IC Foundry Industry Shipment Value, 2014 – 2016
Figure 3: Taiwanese IC Foundry Industry Shipment Value Share by Process Technology, 1Q 2014 – 1Q 2016
Figure 4: Comparison of Major Foundries' Capex, 2014 – 2016
Figure 5: Road Map of Major Foundries' Mass Production of Advanced Processes
Figure 6: Major Foundries' Deployment in China

Table 1: Major Foundries' Ranking by Shipment Value, 2014 vs 2015