Featured Fab Articles (Archive)
- Fearless into a "Doomsday" Year: Examining Fab Spending and Fab Capacity into 2012 and Beyond (Article: January 6, 2012)
- Fab Spending Down in 2012 -- Dip in First Half, but by Mid-Year Recovery Begins (Press Release - January 10, 2012)
- Highlights of the November 2011 Fab Databases (November 30, 2011)
- Mighty Japan Endures as Leader in Semiconductor Industry (November 7, 2011)
- The End of the DRAM Era – Flash Spending Surpasses DRAM (October 1, 2011)
- Fab Equipment Spending up 23% in 2011— Still Highest on Record (September 2, 2011)
- Highlights of the August 2011 Fab Databases (August 31, 2011)
- Rock 'n Roll Continues: 2011 Rocks wiht Growth Rate of 31% fro Equipment, 9% in Capacity; 2012 Keeps on Rolling (June 3, 2011)
- Highlights of the May 2011 Fab Databases (May 31, 2011)
- Record Capex Leads to Fab Equipment Increase of 28% in 2011 (March 1, 2011)
- Highlights of the February 2011 Fab Databases (February 28, 2011)
- Fab Capacity Back in the Black: Up 8 Percent (December 7, 2010)
- Highlights of the November 2010 Fab Databases (November 23, 2010)
- Fab Investments Planned for Japan (November 2, 2010)
- Over 150 Fab Projects Lead to Strong 2010 and 2011 (September 7, 2010)
- Highlights of the August 2010 Fab Databases (August 28, 2010)
- Fab Analyst highlights fab activities at the SEMI Theater. View Presentation (July 19, 2010)
- Companies Roar Again – Fab Spending Growth to Reach 117 Percent in 2010 (June 1, 2010)
- Highlights of the May 2010 Fab Databases...Fab Spending Continues to Increase (May 25, 2010)
- Latin America’s First Functional Front-End Fab Debuts First Chips (April 6, 2010)
- Fab Spending Heads for 88 Percent Growth in 2010 (February 25, 2010)
- February 2010 Fab Databases released to our Subscribers! View Highlights (February 24, 2010)
- 2010 Fab Spending Accelerates to 65%, but no New Fab Plans in Sight (November 24, 2009)
- November ’09 Fab Databases are now Available! View Summary (November 17, 2009)
- Japan Leading Region into 2010 (October 15, 2009)
- The Battle of the “Fantastic Six”: Increased Fab Spending in 2010 (September 1, 2009)
- Highlights of the August ’09 Edition of the Fab Databases (August 24, 2009)
- 2010 Total Fab Spending Growth Could Reach 61% (July 2, 2009)
- Signs of Increasing Investments in Fabs (June 3, 2009)
- In a time of fab closures, a few fabs are springing up (May 28, 2009)
- Fab Investment Activity during the Downturn (February 25, 2009)
- Fab Spending Levels for 2009 Down 25% - Lowest Levels since 2003 (November 24, 2008)
- Capex for Fabs Equipping to Drop 15% - 20% in 2009 (November 1, 2008)
- A Changing Picture for Fab Investments and CAPEX (October 17, 2008)
- Equipment Spending Growth to Resume in 2009… Maybe (October 1, 2008)
- End of a Drought? 2009 Capex Spending up with more than Fifty 300 mm Projects (August 30, 2008)
- World Fab Forecast Predicts Hitting Bottom in 2008 – then Rebound! (June 2, 2008)
- What a Roller Coaster! Fab capex – 2008 Down, 2009 Up (March 4, 2008)
- 15 Percent Decline in Equipment Fab Spending for 2008 (February 13, 2008)
- Fab Spending Tapers in 2008 – article in Semiconductor International (January 2008)
