There has been a tremendous amount of interest in Taiwan's semiconductor sector over the past few years, particularly after the chip supply chain seized up in 2020 amid the pandemic. One way to learn more about Taiwan's chip industry is too review some of the top companies. All companies in the Taiwan Semiconductor 30 Index are listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) or Taipei Exchange (TPEx).
The official name of the index is the TIP Taiwan Semiconductor Total Market Select 30 Index. It was created by the Taiwan Index Plus (TIP) Corporation.
The index offers a broad view of some of the leaders in each segment of the Taiwan's semiconductor industry, such as these: - Contract chip manufacturing: TSMC, UMC, Powerchip - Chip design (or IC design): MediaTek, Novatek, Realtek
- Chip packaging (assembly) and testing: ASE, Powertech, KYEC - Semiconductor Materials: GlobalWafers, SAS, Kinsus - Semiconductor IP: eMemory - Memory chips: Nanya Technology - And more. The index is calculated using the free-float adjusted market capitalization weighting method. It serves as the benchmark index of representative stocks in Taiwan's semiconductor industry. The weightings of the index, as of October 31, 2022, are listed in the table below.
TIP Taiwan Semiconductor Total Market Select 30 Index
Taiwan Index Plus (TIP) Corporation
Weightings Last Updated 10/31/2022
Weightings are updated every month here: https://www.taifex.com.tw/cht/2/sOFPropertion
More information about the index can be found here: https://www.taiwanindex.com.tw/index/index/IX0154?lang=en