Fab Equipment Spending: Positive Growth for 2012
and 2013; All-Time Record for 2013
Breaking the barrier
into positive growth for
2012, the end-of-May edition
of the SEMI World Fab Forecast
shows improved growth
in fab equipment spending
this year – at US$ 39.5 billion,
a two percent yearover-
year (YoY) increase.
For 2013, fab equipment
spending is expected to reach
an all-time record high, with
$46.3 billion or 17 percent
growth from 2012.
Even with
a small growth rate, 2013
will yield an all-time record
high for fab equipment
spending, if macro-economic
factors do not intervene.
R egions planning to spend
the most on fab equipment
in 2012 are: Korea (over $11
billion), Taiwan ($8.5 billion),
and the Americas ($8.3
billion). In 2013, the largest
spending is expected again in
Korea (over $12.5 billion),
the Americas (over $11.5 billion),
and Taiwan (over $8
billion). All product types
are increasing equipment
spending in 2012 with the
largest increase seen in 2012
for Memory and Foundry.