SEMI: Flat Fab equipment in 2013 to rocket 24% in 2014

摘要

Fab equipment spending for Front End facilities is expected to hover around flat in 2013 and with an increase of 24 percent in 2014 as shown in Table 1 below. The SEMI World Fab Forecast, published at the end of February, reveals little has changed from the projections published at the end of November when the report was last issued. The report tracks equipment spending at over 180 facilities in 2013. At the time of the November 2012 publication, semiconductor companies had not announced their capex plans for 2013, so fab spending predictions were based on extensive modelling. More than 262 updates have been made since the last publication and are based on announced spending plans, including major changes for TSMC, Samsung, Intel, SK Hynix, Globalfoundries, UMC, and for some Japanese facilities and LED facilities.