SEMI:Q3 's global semiconductor equipment shipments reached US $28.75 billion, an increase of 7% over the same period last year.

CTOnews.com news on December 4, the latest "Global Semiconductor equipment Market report" released by the International Semiconductor equipment and Materials Association (SEMI) shows that global semiconductor equipment shipments reached $28.75 billion (about 202.113 billion yuan) in the third quarter of 2022, a month-on-month increase of 9% and a year-on-year increase of 7%.

CTOnews.com learned that SEMI said that the growth in semiconductor equipment sales in the third quarter was in line with the positive forecast for 2022. Equipment spending rose 9 per cent in the third quarter from the previous quarter, reflecting the semiconductor industry's determination to strengthen fab capacity to support long-term growth and technological innovation.

In addition, global silicon wafer shipments reached a new record of 3.741 billion square inches in the third quarter of 2022, up 1.0 per cent from a month earlier and 2.5 per cent year-on-year, according to SEMI.

In the semiconductor industry's annual silicon shipment forecast, SEMI pointed out that global silicon wafer shipments are expected to grow 4.8% year-on-year in 2022, reaching an all-time high of nearly 14700 million square inches (MSI).