Featured Fab Articles (Archive)

Featured Fab Articles

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)