| In 2008 the global semiconductor equipment | | | | Although Japan has also been affected |
| market reached 29.52 billion U.S. dollars, 31% | | | | semiconductor recession, but including Toshiba, |
| decrease compared to 2007, China Taiwan | | | | Renesas Technology (Renesas) and other plants |
| greatly reduced capital spending by semiconductor | | | | continue to be based IDM progress expanding |
| factory more than half, is the most serious | | | | production capacity of 12-inch plant, so the |
| regional recession. | | | | reduction rate of about 24.4% market remained |
| International Semiconductor Equipment and | | | | at 7.04 billion U.S. dollars, into |
| Materials Industry Association (SEMI) last (26) | | | | Procurement of equipment for the largest |
| announced the global semiconductor equipment | | | | countries. As China is actively developing the |
| market in 2008 reached 29.52 billion U.S. dollars, | | | | semiconductor industry, but led by SMIC Wuhan |
| 31% decrease compared to 2007, China Taiwan | | | | Plant, Shenzhen factory 12-inch plants are slowing |
| greatly reduced capital spending by semiconductor | | | | down the construction plan, SMIC Shanghai and |
| factory more than half, is the most serious | | | | Beijing plant will stop the plant capacity expansion, |
| recession area. | | | | the equipment market dropped to 1.89 billion |
| In addition, SEMI statistics semiconductor materials | | | | dollars, the annual reduction rate of 35.3%, decline |
| market in 2008 reached 42.7 billion U.S. dollars, | | | | rate second only to Taiwan. |
| representing a small increase of about 0.4% the | | | | Although the semiconductor plant greatly reduced |
| previous year, mainly due to higher polysilicon and | | | | capital spending, capacity utilization is also affected |
| gold effects of market size upwards. | | | | by the economic downturn has declined, but last |
| SEMI announced yesterday the global | | | | year the global semiconductor materials market |
| semiconductor equipment and materials market | | | | has increased rather than decreased the size to |
| statistics. Last year, the global semiconductor | | | | 42.7 billion U.S. dollars, smaller than the previous |
| equipment market reached 29.52 billion U.S. dollars, | | | | year by about 0.4%. In fact, the material was no |
| compared with 42.77 billion U.S. dollars in 2007 | | | | substantial market decline, primarily because raw |
| decreased 31%, although the 2009 SEMI | | | | material prices have soared in the last year, |
| unpublished estimates, however, including Applied | | | | including the price of polysilicon in the third quarter |
| Materials, equipment manufacturers, including most | | | | of last year reached the high point, per kilogram |
| of the view that the market probably will be this | | | | of spot prices, the point of view 350 U.S. dollars, |
| year further reduced from 45 to 50 percent, | | | | but now has dropped to 100 U.S. dollars, The |
| leaving only the scale of about 150 billion U.S. | | | | great amount of gold packaging factory, the price |
| dollars. | | | | has remained high in more than 900 U.S. dollars. |
| The impact of the financial tsunami last year, the | | | | A regional perspective, because Japan is one of |
| semiconductor plant are greatly reduced capital | | | | the producers of polysilicon and silicon, and Intel, |
| expenditure and investment in equipment, SEMI | | | | AMD and other processor boards are |
| said last year China Taiwan wafer foundries, | | | | manufactured in Japan, so retaining its position as |
| DRAM factory, packaging and testing works, are | | | | the throne of the world's largest semiconductor |
| more than half of large cutting capital spending, so | | | | materials market, Taiwan IC packaging and |
| equipment market last year, only remaining 5.01 | | | | testing plant to benefit from global market share |
| billion U.S. dollars, the annual reduction rate of 53% | | | | of 7 percent, the worldwide demand for |
| of the highest in the world, and equipment | | | | packaging materials, the highest, so is the second |
| spending fell to third by the first ranking. | | | | largest semiconductor materials market. |