With the expansion of the types and quantities of various terminals in semiconductor products, it not only promotes the growth of the market demand of all kinds of semiconductor products, but also makes the demand of semiconductor manufacturing equipment and materials ascend. Coupled with the increase in average price (ASP) of products such as memory, and the role of ASP, such as silicon raw materials, the international semiconductor Equipment Materials Industry Association (SEMI) estimates that 2017 global semiconductor products, manufacturing equipment and materials sales will hit a record high. As for semiconductor products, global semiconductor sales are expected to hit a record $400 billion trillion for the first year in 2017, as the average monthly sales of semiconductors in the world have increased for 15 consecutive months and 8 months in a row. Data showed that global semiconductor sales topped $300 billion in 2013 for the first time, to 3,055. After $8.4 billion, sales grew by another $100 billion in 4 years. By contrast, the global semiconductor market has grown from $200 billion to $300 billion and has been in the 13-year period (2000-2013 years). The $100 billion, which grew to $200 billion, went through 6 years (1994-2000 years). In addition to semiconductor products, the estimated 2017 global semiconductor manufacturing equipment and materials sales will also break the 2000 and 2011 record, and then innovation High. Data show that 1987-1994 years of global semiconductor manufacturing equipment and materials market size roughly equal. However, with the rise of the 8-inch (200mm) wafer process in the mid 90, the semiconductor manufacturing equipment market began to rise rapidly and fell sharply after a record of $480 billion in 2000. 2001 was smaller than $300 billion, and 2002 was about $200 billion. Since then, the market size has rebounded, but it has been cyclical and has never surpassed the 2000 record. However, the estimated 2017 global semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales will be expected to reach $550 billion trillion, a new record. The scale of the global semiconductor material market, which fell in 2001 after a surge in 2000, began to resume growth in 2002, compared with the large fluctuations in the size of the semiconductor manufacturing equipment market. After 2000 years of 2004, it set a new record in 2011 (only 2009 had slipped). Subsequent declines in sales, as well as temporary fluctuations, have not been significant, and have started to grow again in 2016. Estimates of 2017 global semiconductor material sales will surpass the 2011 record. Semi said that for the material market, the key factor that led to sales decline is the decline of the material itself ASP, which is the decline of silicon raw material ASP. As a result, shipments of silicon alone have reached a record high, but the raw material sales are still far below the 2007 peak. In addition, although the 2017 silicon raw materials ASP has rebounded, but still only more than half of the 2008 ASP. In the global semiconductor manufacturing industry, with Taiwan's TSMC, Samsung Electronics (Samsung Electronics) and other semiconductor manufacturers in Asia Pacific, the focus of the global semiconductor manufacturing industry has shifted from Japan to the Asia-Pacific region over the past 14 years. Japan remained the world's largest semiconductor manufacturing equipment and materials market in 2003, accounting for 26% of the world. However, 2017 years of Taiwan, South Korea and mainland China will share the global market 61%, significantly higher than the 2003 33%. The proportion of Japanese territory will fall to just 13%. Data show that in 2009 Taiwan squeezed Japan into the world's largest semiconductor manufacturing equipment and materials market. In 2010, South Korea again squeezed Japan, the world's second largest market, Japan retreated to the third. 2016 the mainland again squeezed Japan, the world's third largest market. South Korea is expected to overtake Taiwan in 2017 as the world's largest market for semiconductor manufacturing equipment and materials. The mainland will remain in the third largest market position.
