Table of Content

1. Overview

1.1 Global Semiconductor Market Development

1.2 Development of the Global IC Design Industry

1.2.1 Global Industry Value Witness Growth in 2018

1.3 The Fabless IC Design Industry by Region

1.3.1 Chinese IC Design Industry’s Global Share is Increasing Constantly

1.4 Development of Major IC Design Companies

1.5 Shipment Value of the Chinese Fabless IC Design Industry Continues to Grow

2.Taiwan IC Design Industry Development

2.1 Shipment Value of the Taiwanese Fabless IC Design Industry

2.2 Product Mix Analysis

2.2.1 Fabless ICs for Computing, Communication, and Consumer Applications

2.2.2 Communication ICs Remain Mainstream

2.3 Major Taiwan IC Design Companies

2.4 IC Design Industry Development

2.4.1 Panel Driver and TDDI ICs to Lead the Evolution on Smartphones

2.4.2 New Products and Applications to Drive Future Opportunity


3. Opportunities and Challenges

3.1 Impact of the China-US Trade Fight

3.1.1 Fabless IC Design is China’s Key Investment Focus

3.1.2 US-China Trade War Speeding Up Localization of the Semiconductor Industry in China

3.1.3 Uncertainties Lead to New Industry Reorganization

3.2 AI Edge Computing Changing the IC Design Industry’s Business Model


4. MIC Perspective

Appendix

Glossary of Terms

List of Companies

List of Tables

Table 1 Global Top 10 IC Design Companies

Table 2 China’s Top 10 Fabless IC Design Companies

Table 3 Taiwan Top 10 IC Design Companies in 2018

List of Figures

Figure 1 Global Semiconductor Market Value, 2013-2019

Figure 2 Global IC Design Industry Shipment Value, 2013-2019

Figure 3 Global IC Design Industry Market Share by Production Base, 2015 - 2019

Figure 4 Shipment Value of the Taiwan Fabless IC Design Industry, 2013-2019

Figure 5 Taiwan IC Design Industry Shipment Share by Application

Figure 6 Taiwan IC Design Industry Shipment Share by Product Mix



List of Tables


Development of the global IC design industry, touching on market and industry value forecasts for 2019, shipment share by region, and latest trends

Current and future developments of leading global IC design houses, as well as the top 10 world rankings, including the top 10 in China and Taiwan

Development of Chinese IC design houses, touching on the government’s incentives, and M&A deals in recent years

Opportunities and challenges facing the IC design industry