South Korea expected spend the most in fab equipment in 2022
According to SEMI
South Korea is expected to spend the most in fab equipment among countries in 2022 with US$30 billion, according to the latest report from SEMI.
Taiwan is expected to spend the second most with US$26 billion, followed by China’s US$17 billion.
According to SEMI, Japan will be the fourth largest spender with US$9 billion, followed by Europe and Middle East’s US$8 billion.
North America is expected to spend US$6 billion.
In 2021, a total of US$90 billion is expected to be spend in fab equipment globally, SEMI said.
But in 2022, the number will increase as high as US$100 billion, hitting an all time record, the organization said.
Spending in the foundry sector will account for the majority with US$44 billion.
The memory sector will account for US$38 billion, with equipment for DRAM accounting for US$17 billion and those for NAND accounting for US$21 billion.
SEMI collected data from 1,417 chip manufacturing facilities for its report.