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Fab Equipment Spending Will Grow 2% Year-Over-Year for 2013 and About 23% in 2014

Jun 4, 2013

Fab equipment spending will grow two percent year-over-year (US$ 32.5 billion) for 2013 and about 23 to 27 percent in 2014 ($41 billion) according to the May edition of the SEMI World Fab Forecast. Fab construction spending, which can be a ...

Tags: Fab Equipment, 2014

Growing Demand for Mobile Devices Inspires an Improved Outlook for Chip Sales in 2013

Mar 13, 2013

By Christian Gregor Dieseldorff, director, SEMI Industry Research & Statistics, San Jose, CA USA Despite difficult times, growing demand for mobile devices (such as tablets and phones) inspires an improved outlook for chip sales in ...

Tags: 2013, Fab Equipment, Spending

Fab Equipment Spending for Front End Facilities Is Expected to Be Flat in 2013

Mar 13, 2013

Fab equipment spending for Front End facilities is expected to be flat in 2013, remaining around $31.7 billion, increasing to $39.3 billion in 2014 — a 24% increase. The SEMI World Fab Forecast also reveals that in 2013 increases for ...

Tags: Electrical, Electronics, LED

Front End Fab Equipment Spending Is Expected to Be Flat This Year at $31.7bn

Mar 8, 2013

Front end fab equipment spending is expected to be flat this year at $31.7bn , says SEMI, with an increase of 24% next year. Fab equipment spending for 17nm and below is expected to kick off in 2013 and increase by a factor of 2.4 to ...

Tags: SEMI, front end fab equipment spending, fab construction spending

$32.4bn Was Flated on Fab Equipment Spending

Jan 15, 2013

Fab equipment spending saw a drastic dip in 2H12 and 1Q13 is expected to be even lower, says SEMI, which reckons that the projected number of facilities equipping will drop from 212 in 2012 to 182 in 2013. Spending on fab equipment for ...

Tags: Fab equipment spending, Flash, Fab construction

TSMC on Oct. 23 Bought for Over NT$3.2 Billion 14.32 Hectares of Land

Nov 1, 2012

Taipei, Oct. 29, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) on Oct. 23 bought for over NT$3.2 billion (US$106 million) 14.32 hectares of land at the Jhunan Park, an extension of the Hsinchu Science Park in northern Taiwan, ...

Tags: TSMC, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., chip, Intel, Samsung

2013 May Be Another Golden Year for Fab Equipment Spending,Says SEMI

Sep 6, 2012

2013 may be another golden year for fab equipment spending,says SEMI,with growth of 17%to almost $43bn. The last two golden years were 2007 and 2011,says SEMI:"Although spending in 2012 will decline,it may still turn out to be the third ...

Tags: SEMI, NAND, DRAM, fab equipment