China is changing the world's cleanroom industry

摘要

The cleanroom industry has always been dynamic. The rate of change may now be accelerating thanks to activity in China. Over the next decade, China will become the largest consumer of cleanroom products as well as one of the largest suppliers. China currently holds 14 percent of the worldwide semiconductor market and is expected to achieve a compound annual growth rate of more than 20 percent through 2008. The gap between China's chip consumption and production is huge. Chinese production of ICs last year was only $2.4 billion—less than 1.5 percent of the value of worldwide IC production—while consumption was over $30 billion. It is estimated that production will rise to $14-15 billion in 2010 but will still represent only 5 percent of worldwide chip production in 2010, and will still represent only 15 to 20 percent of China's forecast market for ICs in 2010.