200mm Fabs Add 600,000 Wafers Per Month – Is There an End in Sight?
Tracking toward even stronger growth than forecast last year, 200mm fabs worldwide are gearing up to add more than 600,000 wafers per month from 2017 through 2022, an 11 percent growth rate that will lead to a new high of 6 million wafers per month...
SEMI Market Symposium: Moore’s Law in the Age of Smart Markets
Powerful winds of change are re-shaping the semiconductor industry as it flexes and re-positions to power a new wave of growth on the back of emerging applications. Today, the industry is thriving, with growth expected to continue through 2019 even...
Record Equipment Spending Streak Continues in 2018 and 2019
Christian G. Dieseldorff, Industry Research & Statistics Group, SEMI (June 12, 2018)
Global, U.S. Electronics Supply Chains See Healthy Midyear Business Conditions
Broad Global & U.S. Electronic Supply Chain Growth
The first quarter of this year was very strong globally, with growth across the entire electronics supply chain. Although Chart 1 is based on preliminary data, every electronics sector expanded –...
Is it the End for New Volume Fabs in the U.S.?
Can it be that no more new semiconductor fabs are being built in the U.S.?