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Taiwan’s IC design sector posts sharpest gains in years; May data hints at further acceleration into 2H26

Taiwan’s fabless semiconductor design sector posted its strongest year-over-year growth figures in years as of May 2026, with a cluster of memory-adjacent and storage chip makers leading a recovery that is both remarkable in scale and strikingly uneven in distribution. Of the 105 companies tracked, 69 reported positive accumulated year-over-year growth through May, but the top performers are lapping the field by multiples, not percentages.