Foundry Market Share Gap Forecast to Widen in 2022
Market research firm TrendForce said on April 26 that TSMC’s share in the global foundry market is expected to increase to 56 percent this year, whereas that of Samsung Electronics is likely to fall from 18 percent to 16 percent. According to the firm, the global foundry market is expected to grow 20 percent to US$128.784 billion this year.
TSMC’s capex for this year is US$44 billion or so. Samsung Electronics is planning to invest 171 trillion won in the non-memory sector from this year to 2030.
“This year, the market share of the Taiwanese foundry companies including TSMC, UMC and PSMC is forecast to increase from 64 percent to 66 percent while that of the South Korean companies including Samsung Electronics and DB HiTek is likely to fall from 18 to 17 percent,” the firm said.
Last year, the global foundry market showed a size of US$107.542 billion with Taiwan, South Korea and China accounting for 64 percent, 18 percent and 7 percent, respectively. TSMC posted a market share of 53 percent, followed by Samsung Electronics (18 percent), UMC (7 percent), GF (6 percent) and SMIC (5 percent).