TSMC accounts for 70% of global contract MCU production

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focustaiwan.tw, May. 26, 2021 – 

Taipei, May 26 (CNA) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world's largest pure wafer foundry operator, has accounted for about 70 percent of global contract production of micro control units (MCUs) used in cars, the government-sponsored Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC) said Tuesday.

Cheng Kai-an (鄭凱安), a senior MIC industry analyst, said integrated device manufacturers (IDMs) largely serve as the major suppliers of automotive chips and under their business models, these IDMs tend to outsource contract chipmakers like TSMC for production.

An IDM is a semiconductor company that designs, manufactures and sells integrated circuit (IC) products.

Cheng said that since MCUs need more complicated production processes that leads to higher production costs, outsourcing has become a major strategy for IDMs.

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