Taiwan's major IC foundries will see their combined revenues decrease 4.5% sequentially in the second quarter of 2015, according to Digitimes Research. Weaker-than-expected smartphone shipments as well as downward pressure on the world economy have prompted many of IC suppliers to continue adjusting their inventory levels.
Combined revenues of Taiwan's major foundries including TSMC, UMC and VIS are forecast to reach US$8.05 billion in the second quarter, down from US$8.45 billion in the first, said Digitimes Research. The revenues for first-quarter 2015 were 7.8% higher than the levels a year earlier.
The anticipated on-year increase, however, is smaller than the more than 10% growth usually seen in the same quarter in previous years, Digitimes Research noted.
Taiwan's major foundries will also see their product ASPs fall further in the second quarter, due to an overall fall in combined revenues generated from 28nm and 20nm process technologies, as well as declining production utilization rates at the foundries, Digitimes Research said.
