The report finds that the Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturing industry comprising mainly of foundry, DRAM, flash memory, and IDM sectors grew 14%year-on-year in the first quarter of 2018. The share of high-end memory ICs manufactured using advanced process technology continued to stay over 50% in the first quarter. The industry's shipment value is projected to have reached approximately USD11 billion in the second quarter of 2018, up 11.9% year-on-year.