Global semiconductor manufacturing equipment spending update

Latest semiconductor manufacturing equipment spending forecast for next 5 year by Gartner is as below: 2013: 5.5% decline from 2012 spending of $37.8 billion. 2014: Growth of 14.2% 2015: Growth of 10.1% 2016: fall by 3.5% 2017: Growth but no exact figure "Weak semiconductor market conditions, which continued into the first quarter of 2013, generated downward pressure on new equipment purchases," said Bob Johnson, research vice president at Gartner. "However, semiconductor equipment quarterly revenues are beginning to improve and positive movement in the book-to-bill ratio indicates that spending for equipment will pick up later in the year. Looking beyond 2013, we expect that the current economic malaise will have worked its way through the industry and spending will follow a generally increasing pattern in all sectors throughout the rest of the forecast period."
Source: Gartner (June 2013) The other market findings and analysis disclosed by Gartner: 1. Although capital spending for all products will decline in 2013, logic spending will be the strongest segment, declining only 2 percent compared with a 3.5 percent decline for the total market. This is driven by aggressive investment of the few top players, which are ramping up production at the su...