The latest report of IC Insights, a research institute, estimates that there will be 17 semiconductor factories in the world with annual revenue of more than 10 billion US dollars this year. Among them, Samsung will surpass Intel (INTL-US) to become the world ’s largest semiconductor factory, and TSMC (2330-TW) will maintain Third, MediaTek (2454-TW) jumped from 12th last year to the ninth largest. Among the 17 largest semiconductor factories in the world , only Intel’s revenue declined compared with last year. Among the top 17 semiconductor factories in the world , 9 companies are headquartered in the United States,…