Fab Update: Future Fab Capacity
Staff -- Semiconductor International, 7/1/2002
Key points:
• Of the world’s currently operational fab capacity, Asia-Pacific accounts
for 30% and Japan for 31%.
• Of the future fab capacity that is likely to
come on-line in the next few years, Asia-Pacific will account for more than 60%.
This is in large part due to the success of the foundry model.
• As IDMs —
which are concentrated in Europe, Japan and the United States — shift to
foundries, manufacturing will concentrate more and more in Asia-Pacific.
•
China will account for an ever increasing share of Asia-Pacific’s capacity.
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