Semiconductor Intelligence (SC-IQ) estimates semiconductor capital expenditures (CapEx) in 2024 were $155 billion, down 5% from $164 billion in 2023. Our forecast for 2025 is $160 billion, up 3%. The increase in 2025 is primarily driven by two companies. TSMC, the largest foundry company, plans between $38 billion and $42 billion in 2025 CapEx. Using the midpoint, this is an increase of $10 billion or 34%. Micron Technology projects CapEx of $14 billion for its 2025 fiscal year ending in Augu...| SC-IQ: Semiconductor Intelligence
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Global spending on semiconductor manufacturing equipment totaled $33.07 billion in the 2nd quarter of 2025, according to SEMI and SEAJ. 2Q 2025 spending was up 23% from 2Q 2024. China had the largest spending at $11.36 billion, 34% of the total. However, China spending in 2Q 2025 was down 7% from 2Q 2024. Taiwan had the second largest amount and experienced the fastest growth, with 2Q 2025 spending $8.77 billion, up 125% from 2Q 2024. TSMC was the major driver of the increase in Taiwan, with ...| SC-IQ: Semiconductor Intelligence
The global semiconductor market in 2Q 2025 was $180 billion, up 7.8% from 1Q 2025 and up 19.6% from 2Q 2024, according to WSTS. 2Q 2025 marked the sixth consecutive quarter with year-to-year growth of over 18%. | SC-IQ: Semiconductor Intelligence
Our Semiconductor Intelligence June Newsletter showed how U.S. imports of smartphones have been on a downward trend since January 2025, led by China. Other key electronic products have also experienced sharp drops in U.S. imports from China.| SC-IQ: Semiconductor Intelligence
Electronics production in key Asian countries has been steady to increasing in the last several months. In April 2025, China electronics production three-month-average change versus a year ago (3/12) was 11.5%, up from 9.5% in January but below the average 3/12 of 12% in 2024. India showed the strongest growth, with 3/12 of 15% in March, up from 3% six months earlier. South Korea, Vietnam and Malaysia also showed accelerating 3/12 growth in April.| SC-IQ: Semiconductor Intelligence
The December 2024 WSTS forecast called for strong 2024 semiconductor market growth of 19%. However, the strength is limited to a few product lines. Memory is projected to grow 81% in 2024. Logic is expected to grow 16.9%. The micro product line should show only 3.9% growth, while discretes, optoelectronics, sensors and analog are all projected to decline. If the memory product line is excluded, the WSTS forecast for the rest of the semiconductor market in 2024 is only 5.8%.| SC-IQ: Semiconductor Intelligence
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