According to the "Japan Economic News" on December 13, the International Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Organization (SEMI) on the 12th**, the global semiconductor equipment sales in 2024 may turn from a decline to an increase after two years, an increase of 4% from 2023 to 105.3 billion US dollars; It will continue to grow in 2025, reaching a record high of $124 billion. Investment in semiconductor equipment is expected to rebound due to the improvement in the supply of semiconductors.
SEMICON Japan, an international semiconductor exhibition hosted by SEMI Japan, opened in Tokyo on the 13th of this month. Rapidus, a company that aims to achieve mass production of cutting-edge semiconductors, attended the conference. On the first day, Tetsuro Higashi, chairman of the company, and others took the stage to deliver speeches on Japan's semiconductor industry strategy. A total of 961 companies and groups from all over the world participated in the exhibition, and it ended on the 15th.
The relevant person in charge of SEMI said at a press conference on the 12th that the global semiconductor market will reach $1 trillion in 2030, and 96 new factories will be put into operation around the world from 2022 to 2026. Demand for power semiconductors for artificial intelligence (AI) and electric vehicles (EVs) is growing. Based on this trend, the official emphasized that "the semiconductor market will accelerate growth in the future."
However, a private survey shows that seventy percent of Japanese semiconductor-related companies are slow to respond to the global problem of chain breakage.