Taiwan semiconductor equipment industry overview
Gary Cheng, Taipei; Rodney Chan, DIGITIMES [Tuesday 12 August 2008]
Last update: Friday 12 September 2008
Last update: Friday 12 September 2008
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Worries about a global economic downturn have taken a toll on a number of industries, with the semiconductor industry being no exception. Players in the semiconductor industry have cut their annual capital expenditure (capex) this year to cope with the weak demand, and SEMI projects that following 6% market growth in 2007, the semiconductor equipment market will decline 20% in 2008 with sales reaching US$34.12 billion.
Table of contents
Table 1: Growth forecast by equipment segment, 2007-2010 (US$ billion)
Table 2: Growth forecast by geographic region, 2007-2010 (US$ billion)
Chart 1: Taiwan demand share for global semiconductor equipment sales, 2006-2010 (US$ billion)
Table 3: Top 10 semiconductor equipment suppliers, 2007 (US$ millions)
Table 5: Centrotherm sales breakdown by region (million euros)
