The semiconductor market will be facing the inventory adjustment in Taiwan

Taiwan Semiconductor rising inventory levels, packaging and testing plant products with silicon ASE agreed that the semiconductor market in the near future will face a fear inventory adjustment.

Chairman Lin Wenbo silicone products, recently said that because of Japan's earthquake, some manufacturers made duplicate orders in the second quarter of , probably will start the inventory adjustment in third quarter, showing long and short caused the current industry climate chaos.

ASE Tien Wu, chief operating officer recently pointed out that, according to statistics, the semiconductor market in the fourth quarter inventory levels of about 66 days, the first quarter of this year, inventory levels rising to 73 days, higher than the fourth quarter of last year, 7 days, 70 more than the normal water level day about 3 days.

Tien Wu said that the Japanese earthquake, the first quarter of the supply chain is repeat orders, but is only in May until the first quarter of the semiconductor inventory statistics released, the public is shocked to find that inventory levels are too high, the market order immediately at the emergency brakes in June .

Tien Wu said that in the first quarter rising inventory levels means that end-market demand as expected, although in June the market orders emergency brakes, it is estimated in the second quarter will continue to maintain high inventory level.

Market inventory adjustments will continue long, Tien Wu declined to comment, but he pointed out that it will be continued to adjust July and August.

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