Gartner: Weltweite Investitionen in Halbleiter-Produktion sinken 2008 um 9,9 Prozent

12.7%

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-8.5%

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9.4%

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     Packaging and Assembly Equipment

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5,217.8

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5,202.1

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4,699.8

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5,198.2

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5,420.4

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4,933.7

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5,609.1

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     Growth (%)

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18.2%

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-0.3%

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-9.7%

</td> <td height="16" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="62">

10.6%

</td> <td height="16" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="62">

4.3%

</td> <td height="16" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="62">

-9.0%

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13.7%

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     Automated Test Equipment

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4,122.3

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4,043.2

</td> <td height="24" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="62">

3,729.6

</td> <td height="24" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="62">

4,117.0

</td> <td height="24" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="62">

4,204.0

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3,865.9

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4,481.9

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     Growth (%)

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9.3%

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-1.9%

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-7.8%

</td> <td height="16" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="62">

10.4%

</td> <td height="16" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="62">

2.1%

</td> <td height="16" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="62">

-8.0%

</td> <td height="16" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="62">

15.9%

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Other Spending

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14,362.5

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14,280.6

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10,949.2

</td> <td height="16" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="62">

11,436.8

</td> <td height="16" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="62">

14,221.3

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13,402.7

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13,144.5

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Growth (%)

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10.0%

</td> <td height="16" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="62">

-0.6%

</td> <td height="16" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="62">

-23.3%

</td> <td height="16" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="62">

4.5%

</td> <td height="16" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="62">

24.3%

</td> <td height="16" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="62">

-5.8%

</td> <td height="16" nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" width="62">

-1.9%

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Source: Gartner (December 2007)

The wafer fab equipment segment's revenue will rise 9 percent in 2007 and decline 10.2 percent in 2008. Despite an increase in NAND flash spending, the sharp decline in DRAM related spending will hit hard at equipment companies with a high level of exposure to the memory market. The recovery should begin in the second half of the year as DRAM supply and demand comes into balance.

The packaging and assembly equipment (PAE) market has improved since Gartner’s October forecast revision, when Gartner expected a 3.5 percent decline in 2007. This improvement was because of continued improvements in the spending picture for semiconductor assembly and test services (SATS) players. However, continued weak business conditions will yield a market decline of nearly 10 percent in 2008.

Gartner analysts expect a modest decline of 1.9 percent for the automated test equipment (ATE) market, as test providers began to restrict capital budgets in the middle of 2007. For 2008, a more substantial decline of 8 percent is expected given continued weakness in the device industry and slowing economic conditions.

Additional information is available in the Gartner report “Semiconductor Capital Equipment Market Corrects in 2008". The report is available on Gartner’s Web site at http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?ref=g_search&id=565611&subref=simplesearch.

 This research is produced by Gartner’s Semiconductors Manufacturing program. This research program, which is part of the overall semiconductor research group, provides a comprehensive view of the entire semiconductor industry, from manufacturing to device and application market trends. More information on Gartner's semiconductor research can be found in the Gartner Semiconductor Focus Area at http://www.gartner.com/it/products/research/asset_129175_2395.jsp.

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