According to the SEMI international semiconductor industry association () the latest year-end forecast, global semiconductor equipment market in 2015 revenue of $37.3 billion, slightly fell 0.6% year on year. In 2016, is expected to appear is growth, forecast revenue to rise 1.4% in the global market.

SEMI annual report pointed out that the wafer processing machine is used for equipment sales amount of contribution of the highest category, forecasts will grow by 0.7% in 2015, to $29.5 billion. Other semiconductor front-end equipment category revenue (including, mask and wafer fabs equipment manufacturing equipment) also is expected to increase by 20.6%. Report also predicts that encapsulation equipment revenue will decline by 16.4%, to $2.6 billion, semiconductor test equipment market estimates will shrink 7.4%, annual revenue of $3.3 billion.

In 2015, Taiwan, South Korea and North America is still the largest semiconductor equipment capital spending area, but Japan's investment amount was already close to north American standards. SEMI also predicted that Europe's semiconductor equipment sales to rise to $2016 in 3.4 billion, a growth of 63.1% this year). Next year, due to the European market shrank by 13% in 2015, Romania's (fab), Infineon, Infineon, Intel (Intel) and STMicroelectronics (STMicroelectronics) are expected to significantly increase fab equipment spending, strong growth to appear in Europe. For the rest of the is given priority to with southeast Asia region, amount of revenue will reach $2.5 billion (25.7%), the Chinese market for $5.3 billion (9.1%), while north American equipment spending $5.9 billion (6.1% increase).

2015 revenue of $37 billion global semiconductor equipment wafer process the highest contribution

The global semiconductor equipment market report (EMDS)

Published by the SEMI global semiconductor Equipment Market report (Equipment Market Data Subscription, EMDS) to provide the most complete of semiconductor Equipment Market Data. Subscriptions include 3 Report: semiconductor equipment order delivery Report to be released monthly (Book - to - Bill Report), subscribers in advance in order to provide equipment market trend point of view; Global Semiconductor Equipment Market published monthly Statistics report (Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics, SEMS), a detailed analysis of seven regions in the world, a total of 22 Market of Semiconductor Equipment orders and shipment status; Another SEMI annual Forecast (SEMI Year - end Forecast) provides semiconductor equipment market outlook.