South Korea will become the world's largest semiconductor equipment market this year

Dennis P, President and CEO, International Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Association (SEMI). McGuirk pointed out: "South Korea will become the world's largest semiconductor equipment market this year." Yonhap reported that on the 6th, at the opening of "SEMICON Korea 2012", he held a press conference at the Intercontinental Hotel in Gladstone and made a vision for the industry this year. The above expression.

He said that the size of the Korean semiconductor equipment market this year is expected to reach more than US$8 billion (US$50 billion) or more (US$8.59 billion), far greater than North America (US$6.77 billion) and Taiwan (US$6.88 billion). This is due to the investment made by companies such as Samsung Electronics.

He predicted that last year the Korean semiconductor equipment market was worth US$7.99 billion, which was less than North America (8.80 billion) and Taiwan (US$8.5 billion). But in 2012 and 2013 ($ 8.36 billion) will reach the largest scale.

He said that in terms of the size of the semiconductor materials market this year, South Korea has grown slightly from last year to $7.23 billion, while Taiwan has reached $10.47 billion and Japan has reached $9.58 billion. For the semiconductor market, he expects the global economy will still face challenges and risks this year, so the growth rate will be less than 5%.

He also said that the semiconductor manufacturing plant growth rate is expected to reach 6% this year, but from now on, the prospects for the new plant is not too optimistic.

He also said that this year's semiconductor equipment market will achieve a negative growth of 11%, and next year about 7% growth, the semiconductor materials market will grow by 4% this year, an increase of 5% next year.