Spending on chip production equipment will grow 37% this year to $55 billion and 5% next year to $58 billion, says SEMI. The last record spending year was 2011 with $40 billion. Korea is spending the most this year – $19.5 billion compared to $8.5 billion last year. China is expected to be in second place ...

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