(2) Cho Jin-young, Slower Than Expected; Samsung Electronics has trouble finding breakthrough in foundry market. BusinessKorea, Dec 20, 2017 http://businesskorea.co.kr/engli ... ough-foundry-market
("Since last year, the company has been investing huge sums of money in the development of foundry technology and the expansion of factory production lines. However, the growth of Samsung’s foundry business is below the market average. According to Taiwan market researcher TrendForce * * * sales of the foundry business of Samsung Electronics are expected to increase 2.7% [in 2017] from the previous year to US$4.398 billion. Considering that the world foundry market grew 7.1% this year, the rate is below the market average")
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(a) TrendForce (2000- ; based in Taipei)
(b) Topology Research Institute TRI 拓墣產業研究院 (English acronym: TRI; 1992- ; "joined" TrendForce in 2015; based in Taipei)
(c) About Us. BusinessKorea Magazine, undated http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/english/about
(1983- ; "BusinessKorea is the oldest and most well-known monthly on business in the Korean peninsula. * * * Korea's first and foremost English-language business publication")