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Taiwan's semiconductor industry continues to ¾ Continuous Growth of Demand for
supports the development of the technology Semiconductor Equipment
industry, creating enormous contributions to Taiwan is the world's primary hub for wafer manufacturing
Taiwan's economic development. As semiconductor and advanced packaging and testing. In 2023, Taiwan
development is already a national-level strategy, procured US$19.6 billion worth of equipment, establishing
the government will continue to assist the Taiwan as the third largest equipment buyer in the world.
semiconductor industry in actively developing At the same tme, semiconductor manufacturers such as
advanced next-generation semiconductor TSMC, UMC, and ASE continue to invest in expanding their
technologies and expanding its global presence to factories and investing in the research and development of
strengthen the industry's development in Taiwan. advanced technologies, generating corresponding demand
Furthermore, the government will welcome for next-generation equipment and steady growth in the
international semiconductor equipment and equipment procurement market.
materials companies from the United States, the
European Union, and Japan to set up factories in ¾ Specific Business Opportunities for
Taiwan, and expand investment, in order to provide Semiconductor Equipment
local supply and connect Taiwan with global supply Taiwan's current demands are primarily for 12-inch
chains. Leveraging the advanced technology and wafer process equipment and advanced packaging RDL
industrial cluster advantages of its semiconductor (redistribution layer) and TSV (through-silicon via) equipment.
industry, Taiwan will maintain its position as an As such, Taiwan welcomes investment by foreign suppliers
indispensable player in the global high-tech supply in the following areas:
chain, establishing Taiwan as a reliable international
partner while fulfilling semiconductor demands from • Front-end wafer processing: Oxidation and diffusion,
all countries of the world. CVD (chemical vapor deposition), PVD (physical vapor
deposition), exposure, dry etching, photoresist coating
and development, chemical mechanical polishing, wet
Investment Opportunities processing (cleaning and etching), and optical and X-ray
¾ Continuous Growth in Demand for defect inspection equipment.
Semiconductor Materials
• Advanced packaging RDL (redistribution layer) processing
In 2023, Taiwan procured nearly US$20 billion equipment: CVD (chemical vapor deposition), exposure,
worth of semiconductor material, making Taiwan the dry etching, wet etching, CMP (chemical mechanical
world's largest buyer of semiconductor materials. polishing), copper electroplating, and chemical
As the output value of Taiwan's semiconductors electroplating equipment.
continues to grow, demands for new materials and
equipment will continue to grow as well.
¾ Specific opportunities in the area of Services
semiconductor materials:
The IC manufacturing materials used in Taiwan, Policy Focus
including high-end photoresists, coating agents,
specialized gases, and IC packaging materials ¾ Joint Investment with Venture Capital Funds
must all be imported from abroad. If International in Taiwan’s Strategic Services
manufacturers set up factories to produce To implement the "Strengthen Investment in Strategic
these materials in Taiwan they would serve the Services Promotion Plan", the National Development Fund
local IC industry. Since the 7 nm process has of the Executive Yuan has allocated NT$10 billion to be
begun mass production in Taiwan and is moving invested in stages, jointly with funds from fund management
toward 5 nm and smaller production, it will be companies to promote the development of strategic services
increasingly important to cooperate with overseas and to provide funding required for businesses to transition.
manufacturers to create business opportunities to
support the advanced semiconductor processes. The second stage of the plan kicked off in 2024 with

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