Gartner: IC capexto decline 19 percent in 2012

摘要

Worldwide semiconductor capital equipment spending will total about $35.2 billion in 2012, a 19.2 percent drop from the projected 2011 total of $43.5 billion, according to the latest forecast from market research firm Gartner Inc. Gartner (Stamford, Conn.) blames excess electronics inventory and poor spending demand for the predicted decline. 'The slowdown appears to be across the board," Klaus Rin-nen, managing vice president at Gartner, said in a statement. "While it appears the foundries will continue their capacity race at 28 nanometers, spending on 45- to 90-nm technologies is slowing, and some equipment from those nodes is being used for 28-nm production to help increase capacity utilization."