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Semiconductor fabs and foundries play a vital role in the semiconductor industry. Over the years, there have been sizeable investments in the building of these complex front-end fabs. Also, there have been fabs that have invested in converting the fabs to accommodate larger wafer sizes changes as well as changes in technology nodes. Just recently, there has been news about fabs that have started to spend again in the area of semiconductor equipment.

As more of these wafer fabs are built (or converted), information is needed to analyze the investment requirements, construction spending, semiconductor equipment spending, first silicon, geometries (technology nodes), volume production, and upgrades/expansion.

The SEMI databases deliver the latest fab trends and a complete analysis on semiconductor fabs and foundries worldwide and are ideal resources to empower your market research. Identify target customers and analyze both investment and technology trends with a comprehensive and dynamic range of information designed to help meet your market research needs faster and easier than ever.

The database includes front-end fabs and foundries such as TSMC, UMC, Chartered Semiconductor, SMIC, Samsung, Intel, GlobalFoundries, Toshiba, Micron Hynix, Powerchip, Texas Instruments (TI), Renesas, Inotera, Elpida, STMicro, Fujitsu, Hitachi, NEC Electronics, Dongbu Hi Tek, ProMOS, Nanya, Matsushita, NXP, Winbond, IBM Micro, Mikron (Sitronics), Sharp, Freescale, Grace Semiconductor, Infineon, Spansion, Magna Chip, X-Fab, LETI, Vanguard, and more…..

• 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, capacity in 2009: The wild ride’s not over yet (Solid State Technology - Jan 1, 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)

	Map: North American - 300 mm Semiconductor Frontend Fabs (Hosted on Google Maps)
	Map: Japan - 300 mm Semiconductor Frontend Fabs (Hosted on Google Maps)
	Map: Southeast Asia - 200 mm / 300 mm Frontend Fabs (Hosted on Google Maps)
	Map: Closed or Will be Closed Semiconductor Fabs (Hosted on Google Maps)

World Fab Forecast		FabFutures	World Fab Watch	300mm Fab Report
Coverage: 3 years of data; Quarterly forecast for the next 18 months		Coverage: 2 years of data; Quarterly forecast for the next 18 months.	Coverage: Includes previous quarter (no quarterly forecast).	Coverage: 300 mm frontend fabs (no quarterly forecast).
Detail of all fabs including ones that have or will have spending plans (equipment/construction). Includes closed fabs for the period.		Detail of only fabs that have committed to spending (construction and/or equipment spending).	Provides a previous quarter summary of all fabs including fabs that will be closed.	Provides an overview of 300 mm fabs.
►	The February 2010 Edition is now Available! Order today!
Don’t see what you need? We can work with you to create a custom database tailor to your needs and budget. And we can also create a regional database for fabs in North America, Asia or Europe. Please contact Ed Hall (ehall@semi.org) for additional info.