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1. Analyst View

2. Research Overview 

3. Industry Overview 

4. Industry Performance
     4.1 Current and Past Performance
              4.1.1 Global Semiconductor Industry
                      4.1.1.1 Market Value
                      4.1.1.2 Semiconductor Market by Product
                      4.1.1.3 Semiconductor Market by End Application
                      4.1.1.4 Industry Segmentation
                      4.1.1.5 Semiconductor Equipment Industry
                            4.1.1.5.1 Wafer Fabrication Equipment Market
                            4.1.1.5.2 Assembly, Packaging and Test Equipment Market
                      4.1.1.6 Semiconductor Capital and Equipment Spending
                      4.1.1.7 Top Semiconductor Consuming Companies
                      4.1.1.8 Global Semiconductor Industry by Region
                      4.1.1.9 Global Fabrication Plant Capacity by Region
              4.1.2 Regional Market
                      4.1.2.1 Asia-Pacific
                            4.1.2.1.1 Japan
                            4.1.2.1.2 China
                            4.1.2.1.3 India
                            4.1.2.1.4 Taiwan
                      4.1.2.2 Europe
                            4.1.2.2.1 UK
                            4.1.2.2.2 Germany
                            4.1.2.2.3 France
                      4.1.2.3 Americas
                            4.1.2.3.1 US

5. Industry Analysis
     5.1 Trend Analysis
              5.1.1 Cost Analysis
              5.1.2 Wafer Diameter
     5.2 Porter Five Forces Analysis
              5.2.1 Threat of New Entrants
              5.2.2 Power of Suppliers
              5.2.3 Power of Buyers
              5.2.4 Availability of Substitutes
              5.2.5 Competitive Rivalry
     5.3 Success Factors
              5.3.1 Intensive R&D
              5.3.2 Technology Enabler
              5.3.3 Growing Electronic System Market
              5.3.4 Decreasing Size of Chips
     5.4 Opportunities
              5.4.1 Nanotechnology
              5.4.2 WIMAX Equipment Market
              5.4.3 WLAN Chipsets
              5.4.4 Other Opportunities
     5.5 Challenges
              5.5.1 Government Regulation
              5.5.2 IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) Protection
              5.5.3 Costs
              5.5.4 Skilled People
     5.6 Future Outlook, 2010 

6. Key Players
     6.1 Intel
     6.2 Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
     6.3 Hynix Semiconductors
     6.4 Micron Technology
     6.5 Toshiba Corporation
     6.6 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC)
     6.7 Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation
     6.8 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD)
     6.9 STMicroelectronics
     6.10 Infineon Technologies
     6.11 Texas Instruments
     6.12 NEC Corporation