Gartner Edition 2007 semiconductor plant material is still to capture the lead position should be

Gartner version of the 2007 top ten list of semiconductor equipment supplier recently released; is, under the rankings, the top five rankings did not change equipment industry, the American Applied Materials (Applied Materials) reelected the top spot, but because the poor performance status in 2007, its global market share slightly backwards.

The worlds second largest semiconductor equipment industry is still in Japan Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TEL), the companys growth performance is more than twice the overall equipment market. Gartner said the companys strong growth, from the memory industry for its advanced process equipment photoresist (photoresist processing) to join. ASML Netherlands, ranked third in the industry, its strengths is the leading competitors, 193nm deep ultraviolet stepper (DUV stepper).

Fourth is the next American KLA-Tencor, the companys strengths is the process control equipment; fifth named American Lam Research, the companys performance in the field of etching equipment, dazzling. Manufacturers in the sixth to the tenth order of Nikon (seventh last year), Advantest, Novellus, Dainippon Screen and DAC0808LCN datasheet and the ASMI.

Gartner concluded that global equipment capital expenditure in 2007 amounted to 44.5 billion, compared with 42.1 billion in 2006 grew by 5.9%. The agency semiconductor manufacturing Klaus Rinnen, vice president of research and DAC0808LCN price and noted that the weak logic components and DAC0808LCN suppliers and memory components manufacturing capacity expansion caused by the imbalance of investment and affect the market share of related equipment, as well as sales performance of the different regional markets.

Rinnen said that in 2007 the manufacturer has invested heavily to 45nm process, but its proportion of total investment is still less than 10%. To the area market, North America, Japan and Europe the industrys lack of strength equipment investment, while the Asia Pacific region is growing strong, a rate of 14.9%.