SAN JOSE, Calif., June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Coming off its third
consecutive record breaking year, the global semiconductor materials market
is expected to grow over 10 percent in 2007, and is forecasted to grow
another 10 percent in 2008 according to SEMI's latest materials forecast.
This growth is being driven by the record amount of semiconductor devices
being manufactured and advanced materials consumed in fabricating and
packaging those devices.
Growth in 2007 is expected for both the wafer fabrication materials and
packaging sectors. Current estimates predict that the fab materials market
will grow about 9% to reach $24.0B, and the packaging materials market will
grow over 13% to reach $16.6B this year. On a regional basis, both Japan
and Taiwan are anticipated to remain the two largest material-consuming
regions followed by the South Korean and Southeast Asian regions. The
materials market in China grew 36% last year as the result of capacity
coming online from renewed fab and assembly facility investments and it is
expected that wafer fabrication materials will represent a larger portion
of materials consumed in this region in the near future.
"Semiconductor unit growth, the 300 mm ramp, and the transition to flip
chip packages are driving the revenue growth in the semiconductor materials
market," said Dan Tracy, senior director of Industry Research and
Statistics of SEMI. "However, higher raw material costs represent a major
challenge for both material suppliers and their customers."
The Material Market Data Subscription (MMDS) from SEMI provides current
revenue data along with two years of historical data and a three-year
forecast. A year subscription includes four quarterly updates for the
material segments reports revenue for seven market regions (North America,
Europe, ROW, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and China). The report also features
detailed historical data for: silicon shipments and revenues for
photoresist, photoresist ancillaries, process gases and leadframes. For
more information or to subscribe, please contact SEMI customer service at
1.877.746.7788 (toll free in the U.S.) or 1.408.943.6901 (International
Callers).
SEMI is a global industry association serving companies that provide
equipment, materials and services used to manufacture semiconductors,
displays, nano-scaled structures, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)
and related technologies. SEMI maintains offices in Austin, Beijing,
Brussels, Hsinchu, Moscow, San Jose (Calif.), Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore,
Tokyo and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit http://www.semi.org.
SOURCE SEMI
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CONTACT:
Scott Smith, +1-408-943-7957,
ssmith@semi.org, or Dan Tracy, +1-408-943-7987, dtracy@semi.org,
both of SEMI
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