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Semiconductor equipment (from 34) pected to improve in 2024 with growth of
15.8% and 24.1%, respectively, in the test
$14.3 billion in 2022 and 25% and 25% to equipment and assembly and packaging
$10.8 billion in 2023, while NAND equip- equipment segments.
ment sales are projected to drop 4% to
$19.0 billion in 2022 and 36% to $12.2 China, Taiwan and Korea are projected
billion in 2023. to remain the top three destinations for
equipment spending in 2022.
Challenging industry conditions
Challenging macroeconomic and semicon- China projected to be top spender
ductor industry conditions are expected China is projected to maintain the top
to spark a decline in back-end equipment position next year after claiming it for the
segment sales. fi rst time in 2020, while Taiwan is expect-
ed to regain the lead in 2024.
After registering robust 30% growth in
2021, semiconductor test equipment mar- Equipment spending for all regions
ket sales are forecast to slip 2.6% to $7.6 tracked, except Korea, are expected to
billion in 2022 and 7.3% to $7.1 billion in grow in 2022, though most will see a de-
2023. crease in 2023 before returning to growth
in 2024.
Assembly & Packaging
Following an 87% surge in 2021, assembly The SEMI forecast is based on collective
and packaging equipment sales are pro- input from top equipment suppliers, the
jected to drop by 14.9% to $6.1 billion in SEMI Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment
2022 and 13.3% to $5.3 billion in 2023. Market Statistics data collection program
and the industry-recognized SEMI World
Back-end equipment expenditures are ex Fab Forecast database.

Total equip-
ment in chart
includes new
wafer fab,
test, and as-
sembly and
packaging.
Total equip-
ment ex-
cludes wafer
manufactur-
ing equip-
ment. Totals
may not add
due to round-
ing.
semi.org
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