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Forecast: Semiconductor Capital Equipment Demand Suffers as Customers Cut Spending to the Bone
17 December 2008
 
Klaus Rinnen   Bob Johnson   Mark Stromberg  

An economic recession of unknown proportions, combined with supply-side issues, has semiconductor makers going into panic mode for 1H09, cutting capital spending even more deeply than in 2008. The start of the recovery is still anticipated for 2010 but depends wholly on macroeconomic improvements.




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Table of Contents


    
 Introduction

    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 The Semiconductor Industry Environment
2.0
    
 Upside and Downside Forces for Near-Term Forecast

2.1
    
 Upside Forces
2.2
    
 Downside Forces
3.0
    
 Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Markets

3.1
    
 Front-End Manufacturing
3.2
    
 Back-End Manufacturing

3.2.1
    
 Packaging and Assembly Equipment
3.2.2
    
 Automated Test Equipment
4.0
    
 Conclusions


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Table 1.  
 The Big Picture: Capital Equipment Spending Forecast, 2007-2013
 



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