Table of Contents 1.Development of the Global IC Design Industry 1.1 Global Semiconductor Market Value 1.2 Worldwide IC Design Industry Value 1.2.1 IC Design Industry Value Grew Against the Tide in 2017 1.3 Regional IC Design Industries 1.3.1 Chinese IC Design Industry's Global Share is Increasing 1.4 Leading IC Design Houses 1.4.1 Development of New Applications is Correlated with Vendor Rankings 1.4.2 Constant Growth in China’s IC Design Industry Value 2. Development of the Taiwanese IC Design Industry 2.1 Taiwanese IC Design Industry Shipment Value 2.2 Product Applications of Taiwanese IC Design Houses 2.2.1 Share of Network Communications ICs Keeps Increasing 2.2.2 Focus on Logic ICs for Communications Devices 2.3 Leading Taiwanese IC Design Houses 2.4 Current and Future Development 2.4.1 Increased Demand for TDDI Chips from Smartphones 2.4.2 Controller IC Shipments Affected by NAND Flash Chip Supply 2.4.3 Taiwanese IC Design Industry to Grow Sequentially with Expansion of IoT Applications 3.Opportunities and Challenges for Taiwan’s IC Design Industry 3.1 China Shows High Ambition in Developing Homegrown Semiconductor Industry 3.1.1 Chinese Vendors Encounter Difficulty in Acquiring Semiconductor Technology as M&A Deals Crumble 3.1.2 Chinese Government Continues to Provide Financial Support for Domestic Semiconductor Industry 3.2 Introduction of AI to End Devices 3.3 RISC-V Facilitates Reduction in Embedded Chip Development Cost 4. Conclusion Appendix List of Tables Table 1 Top Ten IC Design Houses Worldwide, 2017 Table 2 China’s Top 10 IC Design Houses in 2017 Table 3 Taiwan’s Top 10 IC Design Houses in 2017 Table 4 M&A Deals in China between 2016 and 2017 List of Figures Figure 1 Global Semiconductor Market Value, 2012 - 2018 Figure 2 Worldwide IC Design Industry Value, 2012 - 2018 Figure 3 Worldwide IC Design Industry Shipment Share by Region, 2014 - 2017 Figure 4 Taiwanese IC Design Industry Shipment Value, 2012 - 2018 Figure 5 Taiwanese IC Design Houses’ Product Applications, 2012 - 2017 Figure 6 Taiwanese IC Design Houses’ Product Portfolios, 2012 - 2017 Figure 7 Taiwanese IC Design Industry Shipment Value, 2Q16 – 3Q18 Figure 8 Investment Targets of China's Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund: Phase One Figure 9 Chinese Local Governments’ Semiconductor Funds

Development of the global IC design industry, touching on market and industry value forecasts for 2018, 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

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