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- SEMI Book-to-Bill (March 2013)
- Photomask Characterization Summary Report 
- SEMI World Fab Forecast (February 2013)
- China Semiconductor Packaging Market Outlook
- Silicon Reclaim Wafer Summary Report

Press Release: Slight Decrease in First Quarter 2013 Silicon Wafer Shipments
Total silicon wafer area shipments were 2,128 million square inches during the most recent quarter, a 1.6 percent decrease from the 2,162 million square inches shipped during the previous quarter. New quarterly total area shipments are 4.8 percent higher than first quarter 2012 shipments.

Article: Semiconductor Photomask Market: Forecast $3.5 Billion in 2014
The worldwide semiconductor photomask market was $3.2 billion in 2012 and is forecast to reach $3.5 billion in 2014. After reaching a market peak in 2011, the photomask market contracted 4 percent in 2012.  The mask market is expected to grow 3 percent and another 3 percent sequentially over the next two years.

Press Release: SEMI Releases 4Q’12 Worldwide Photovoltaic Equipment Market Statistics Report
Worldwide bookings, which represent net new orders for PV manufacturing equipment, improved 1 percent in Q4’12 compared to the previous quarter; however, Q4’12 bookings were down 48 percent year-over-year. Worldwide billings contracted 15 percent in Q4’12 versus Q3’12. On a year-over-year basis, Q4’12 billings declined 39 percent. 

Press Release: 2012 Global Semiconductor Materials Sales of $47.1 Billion
The global semiconductor materials market decreased 2 percent in 2012 compared to 2011 while worldwide semiconductor revenues declined 3 percent. Revenues of $47.11 mark the first decline in the semiconductor materials market in three years.

Press Release: SEMI Reports 2012 Global Semiconductor Equipment Sales of $36.9 Billion.  Spending rates declined for all the regions tracked in the WWSEMS report, except for Korea and Taiwan. Taiwan surpassed North America as the region with the highest amount of spending with $9.53 billion in equipment sales.

Press Release:  Silicon Wafer Revenues Decline in 2012
Silicon wafer area shipments in 2012 totaled 9,031 million square inches (MSI), down from the 9,043 million square inches shipped during 2011.

Article: China Semiconductor Packaging Market Outlook 2012/2013
Packaging and assembly are key segments of the growing semiconductor supply chain in China with over 200 companies competing in the space. 

Press Release: SEMI Releases Third Quarter 2012 Worldwide Photovoltiac Equipment Market Statistics Report
Worldwide booking remained essentially flat in the third quarter when compared to the previous quarter. The $234 million in bookings is 56 percent below the third quarter of 2011.

Article: Tightening the Purse Strings
Fab Equipment Spending in 2013 for Frontend Fabs to Shrink Back to 0% Growth

Press Release: 2012 Semiconductor Equipment Sales Forecast $38.2 Billion
SEMI projects that worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment will reach $38.2 billion in 2012. Following a multi-year expansion period, semiconductor equipment sales are expected to moderate before posting low double-digit growth in 2014.
 

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