Semiconductor device sales are expected to break the historical record year after year

International Semiconductor Industry Association released its year-end forecast report, global semiconductor device sales in the world will grow by 35.6% in 2017 to 55.9 billion US dollars, which is the global semiconductor equipment market for the first time hit a record of 47.7 billion US dollars set in 2000. 2018 Global Semiconductor Equipment Market sales are expected to continue to grow 7.5% to reach 60.1 billion U.S. dollars, hitting a record high.

SEMI's year-end forecast report states that wafer processing equipment is expected to grow by 37.5% in 2017 to reach $ 45 billion in 2017. Other front-end equipment, including fab equipment, wafer fabrication, and reticle / shrink mask devices, is expected to grow 45.8% %, Reaching 2.6 billion US dollars.Equipment is expected to grow 25.8% in 2017 to reach 3.8 billion US dollars, semiconductor test equipment is expected to grow 22.0% this year, reaching 4.5 billion US dollars.

Cao Shih-lun, president of SEMI Taiwan, said that South Korea will become the world's largest equipment market for the first time in 2017. Taiwan will be second in China and third in China this year after winning the leading position for five consecutive years, and all the areas covered by the survey will grow, Except for the rest, mainly in South East Asia, South Korea's growth rate will be significantly ahead (132.6%), followed by Europe (57.2%) and Japan (29.9%).