In 2018, the total sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment in the world reached US$64.53 billion, an annual increase of 14%, a record high. Among them, South Korea¡¯s largest market, the mainland ranked second, with an annual growth of over 60%...

The International Semiconductor Industry Association (SEMI) announced on the 11th that the total sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment in the world reached US$64.53 billion in 2018 (the same unit), an annual increase of 14%, a record high, among which Korea¡¯s largest market, China¡¯s mainland jump In second place, the annual growth rate is over 60%.

For the second consecutive year, South Korea has become the world's largest semiconductor new equipment market. In 2018, the sales amounted to 17.71 billion yuan, followed by mainland China. For the first time, it jumped to the second largest equipment market with a score of 13.11 billion yuan, replacing it with the first one. 3 of Taiwan. Japan, North America, Europe, and other regions dominated by Southeast Asia failed to enter the 10 billion clubs, ranking 4th to 7th with 94.7, 58.3, 42.2, and 4.04 billion, respectively, and rankings are the same as in 2017.

In terms of rate, mainland China rose from 8.23 billion yuan to 13.11 billion yuan, up 59% year-on-year, followed by Japan, from 6.49 billion yuan to 9.47 billion yuan, up 46% from 2017. The third is Southeast Asia. The rest of the main area increased by 26% year-on-year; Europe increased by 15% year-on-year, ranking fourth. It is worth mentioning that the sales of semiconductor equipment in Taiwan fell from 11.49 billion yuan to 10.17 billion yuan, down 12% year-on-year, and the recession was the most. While Korea maintained the largest market, it was slightly down 1% from the previous year. In Taiwan, China.
The report also pointed out that sales of the global wafer processing equipment market increased by 15% in 2018, while other front-end equipment increased by 9%. Sales of overall test equipment jumped 20%, while sales of assembly and packaging equipment increased by 2%.