Taiwan's share in the global pure-play foundry industry reached 74% in 2014, mainly due to the remarkable achievement made by Taiwan's TSMC whose share in the global foundry market grew from 55% in 2013 to 59% in 2014.

Meanwhile, driven by its production capacity for 28nm chips, UMC returned to the second spot with 11.5% year-on-year growth and a market share of 10% in 2014.