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Fab Update: 300 mm Fabs On-line by End of 2003

-- Semiconductor International, 8/1/2003

Key points

  • By the end of 2003, there will be 30 300 mm fabs in operation.
  • The capacity of these fabs when fully ramped will be more than 450,000 wafers a month.
  • 50% of the industry's 300 mm fab capacity will be in Taiwan or the United States.
  • 300 mm capacity is ramping quickly. We expect 13 300 mm fabs to begin operations in 2003.
  • There will be more 300 mm capacity coming on-line this year than 200 mm capacity, measured in equivalent units.
  • Roughly 60% of 300 mm fab capacity is either foundry or DRAM capacity.
  • Although some 300 mm fabs have a price tag when fully ramped of $3B, the average cost of a fab is under $2B.

    Strategic Marketing Associates is a market research company focusing on the fab. For information about capital spending and new fab projects, call Strategic Marketing Associates at 1-831-464-2669, visit www.scfab.com or e-mail sma@scfab.com.

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