The IC industry has always been an important source of Taiwan's science and technology development. However, this year's iPad has become increasingly rampant. Coupled with the rise of IC design companies in mainland China, Taiwan's IC design industry is facing a lot of impact. According to the development of electronics and semiconductor industry in Taiwan, Yu Zhida, director of the chip system design center of the National Academy of Science and Technology, said that the IC industry has become a treasure of Taiwan's Zhendao Island. Once Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (2330) was outage or unable to ship, all electronic products could not be purchased. Will be shocked. At present, Taiwan’s IC design and DRAM global market share ranks second, reaching 28% and 20% respectively. The global market share of wafer foundry, IC packaging, and IC testing is 68.5%, 47.3%, and 65.2%, respectively. Sit firmly in the world and perform brilliantly.

Min Zhida pointed out that the total output value of the current IC industry reached approximately NT$1,337.73 billion, with a total of 337 manufacturers. The information hardware value associated with the IC industry has reached 3.35 trillion yuan, the communication output value reached 784.7 billion yuan, and the automobile output value reached 249.1 billion yuan.

However, he said that although the current performance is excellent, it cannot be complacent. The output value of Taiwan's IC design industry has reached a peak of NT$400 billion since 2007, and it has declined sharply after the financial tsunami to 354.7 billion yuan. Then the growth rate is gradually slowing down. iPad The impact has caused Acer (2353) to cut down on financial measures. It can be seen that Taiwan's IC industry has problems. "We need to be able to provide products like the iPad." It is also the purpose of the National Science Council to actively promote smart electronic national science and technology projects.

The plan will focus on developing common technologies for the next 5-10 years, complementing the gaps in the development of immediately practical technologies for domestic manufacturers, and emphasizing the construction of medical, green energy, automotive, information, communications and consumer electronics (collectively referred to as MG+4C). And other six innovative applications and related basic research and technology.

Zhai Zhida said that the aging and declining birthrate boost the demand for home health care and medical care, which will provide opportunities for medical electronics (M) markets such as health management and surveillance care. The continuous warming of the global warming issue has also led to the attention given to green energy (G) products such as carbon reduction and low energy consumption. The remaining 4C includes automotive electronics, communications, computers and consumer electronics.