A source of IC design company said that, strong recovery in the semiconductor industry resulting in an influx large of orders of Taiwan IC foundries this season. Especially in the TSMC, all processes are queuing up to tide, customers concerned about the possible impact on time to market, and therefore more aggressive orders.

Industry pointed out that the extent of the foundry capacity clogging is never happened, even if you can book production capacity now, the delivery time was extended to five months from one quarter.