[forecast] in 2013 the global wafer equipment spending is declining

The latest forecast shows that in 2013 the global wafer equipment (WFE) spending $27 billion, an annual decrease of 9.7%. Wafer equipment spending $29 billion 900 million in 2012, an annual reduction of 17.4%. Wafer equipment market is expected to grow in 2014.

2012, the global economic downturn, coupled with investment in memory and logic chips are anti cyclical boom, resulting in weak semiconductor equipment market boom, capital investment will also be flat in the forecast device.

The report notes that the wafer production capacity utilization will be below 80% in 2012 to explore the following, by the end of 2013 slow recovery to about 85%. The advanced process capacity utilization in the second half of 2012 fell to about 85%, to the end of 2013 is expected to reach the level of 91% to 93%.

According to reports, intelligent mobile phone and plate will boost logic chip on the demand for advanced equipment, but still lack of overall capacity utilization levels will be expected to boost the level, the capacity utilization rate will rebound in the second quarter of next year, because the chip production demand recovery, and the second half of 2012 and the first half of 2013 the capital expenditure suppression strategy makes the new capacity rate is expected to slow down, return to normal level in 2013 before the end of the overall production capacity, and continue to provide energy for capital investment.

Can take care of that "intelligent mobile phone and plate will boost logic chip for advanced equipment needs, but still lack the overall level will be expected to boost the level of capacity utilization, capacity utilization rate will rebound in the second quarter of next year, because the chip production demand recovery, and the second half of 2012 and the first half of 2013 the capital the new capacity expenditure restraint strategy slowed and the rate is expected to return to normal level in 2013 before the end of the overall production capacity, and continue to provide energy for capital investment.