Sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment will increase 35.6% to $55.9 billion in 2017, says SEMI, marking the first time that the semiconductor equipment market has exceeded the previous market high of  $47.7 billion set in 2000. In 2018, 7.5% growth is expected to result in sales of US$60.1 billion for the global semiconductor equipment ...

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