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Silicon Reclaim Wafer Market

The worldwide reclaim wafer market is estimated at $679 million in 2007 and forecasted to reach $859 million in 2010.

The Japan region is the largest reclaim market in terms of both revenue and numbers of wafers and it is expected to remain so for the duration of this forecast because of the prominent position of the reclaim companies there. Taiwan is the second largest market region for the reclaim market, followed by North America.

Source: SEMI Silicon Wafer Characterization Summary Report – March 2008.

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Semiconductor Materials Market

The semiconductor materials market post record revenue for the fourth straight year. The global semiconductor materials market grew 14 percent in 2007 and is forecasted to grow over 11 percent in 2008. Growth was seen in the wafer fabrication materials with an increase of 17 percent to $25 billion. Also, the packaging sector has seen an increase of nine percent of $17 billion.

Source: SEMI Materials Market Data Subscription (MMDS) – March 2008.

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Equipment Spending by Quarter by Region

The SEMI Fab Database Reports track the activities of each fab—from capital spending for construction and equipping, to capacity ramping, technology upgrades and expansions. The October 2007 Edition reveals that we currently face a weaker outlook in construction and equipment spending for 2008 as many companies cut back on their spending plans and wait for the market to improve.

Source: SEMI Fab Database Reports – October 2007 Edition.

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European Countries/Regions with Largest Capacities

Comparing the fab capacities within Europe, Germany, France, and Ireland are countries with the largest capacities. Dresden in Germany is considered to be the hot spot with Infineon, Qimonda and AMD leading fab companies. Ireland is lead by Intel who maintains two 12-inch fabs and one 8-inch fab in Lexlip, Ireland. In France, ST Microelectronics, Altis, Atmel and Freescale are the leading fabs providing most of capacity. ST Microelectronics is also leading in Italy followed by Micron and Numonyx.

Source: SEMI Fab Capacity Report – July 2007 Edition.

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Fab Equipment Spending by Process Geometry

This chart previews fab equipment spending trends by technology generation. In 2006, 90 nm and 65 nm represented most of the spending.

In the years ahead, 65 nm expenditures will represent the majority with companies also increasing their investment in 45 nm. By the end of 2007, 45 nm will represent approximately 20 percent of the fab equipment spending.

Source: FabFutures, January 2007

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An update on the Flat Panel Fabs

As of Q3 ‘06, there are over 24 flat panel fabs producing Gen 5/Gen 6 flat panels and more than eight fabs in the Gen 7/Gen 8 arena.

In 2006, Sharp announced plans to invest about $4.6 billion in a Gen 8 LCD manufacturing plant located in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, Japan. In response to expanding demand for large LCD TVs in the global market, the company has announced plans to install a second production line at this newly built fab. These expansion plans will double their current production capacity from 15,000 to 30,000 panels/month.

Source: Flat Panel Fabs Database Q3 ‘06, Sharp Press Release

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