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SEMI: Taiwan tops semiconductor equipment sales again
SEMI has reported that worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment hit $31.58 billion in 2013 compared to $36.93 billion in sales posted in 2012.
This represents a year-over-year decrease of 14 percent.
This is cited in the "Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics (SEMS) Report," by SEMI.
Categories covered include wafer processing, assembly and packaging, test, and other front-end equipment. Other front-end includes mask/reticle manufacturing, wafer manufacturing, and fab facilities equipment.
Semiconductor Capital Equipment Market by World Region (2012-2013)
Spending rates declined for all the regions tracked in the WWSEMS report, except for China and Taiwan. For the second year in a row Taiwan remained the region with the highest amount of spending with $10.57 billion in equipment sales.
The North American market surpassed South Korea to claim the second place with $5.26 billion in sales; South Korea fell to the third position with a regional decrease of 41 percent.
The global other front end equipment segment decreased 34 percent; the assembly and packaging segment decreased 26 percent; total test equipment sales decreased 24 percent; and the wafer processing equipment market segment decreased by 11 percent.
This represents a year-over-year decrease of 14 percent.
This is cited in the "Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics (SEMS) Report," by SEMI.
Categories covered include wafer processing, assembly and packaging, test, and other front-end equipment. Other front-end includes mask/reticle manufacturing, wafer manufacturing, and fab facilities equipment.
Semiconductor Capital Equipment Market by World Region (2012-2013)
Spending rates declined for all the regions tracked in the WWSEMS report, except for China and Taiwan. For the second year in a row Taiwan remained the region with the highest amount of spending with $10.57 billion in equipment sales.
The North American market surpassed South Korea to claim the second place with $5.26 billion in sales; South Korea fell to the third position with a regional decrease of 41 percent.
The global other front end equipment segment decreased 34 percent; the assembly and packaging segment decreased 26 percent; total test equipment sales decreased 24 percent; and the wafer processing equipment market segment decreased by 11 percent.
