Regional
Top ten spenders
Bill McClean of IC Insights discusses the top spenders in the IC
manufacturing market for 2010 with the top ten
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claiming 66% of all capital expenditure. The top three account for 38%.
T
he top 10 semiconductor industry capital spenders are forecast to
represent two-thirds of the total outlays this year. The 66% share this year would be 11 points higher than the 55% share they held in 2005. As shown in Figure 1, the top 10 capital
spenders are forecast to increase their spending by 67% in 2010, much higher than the 51% jump now expected for total semiconductor industry spending this year. Moreover, if Intel were excluded, the remaining nine companies in the top 10 ranking would increase their spending by 91% in 2010.
Some comments on the top four companies’ spending plans for 2010 are: Samsung: After ranking as the second largest spender in 2009, the company is highly likely to be the largest spender in 2010. Samsung has released conservative guidance for its capital spending plans this year ($4.7 billion for memory) and it would not be surprising to see the company’s total 2010 semiconductor capital outlays at $6 billion or more.
Intel: Intel is in no rush to add significant capacity. Considering the company holds about 85% of the total MPU market, it knows how much MPU capacity is really needed and it will not overspend. Expect
MPUs to remain relatively scarce this year as Intel (and AMD) would like to enjoy firming average selling prices (ASPs) for awhile longer.
TSMC: Spurred by the challenge from the upstart GlobalFoundries, the world’s largest foundry is significantly ramping up its capital spending plans. As shown, TSMC is planning a 79% increase in capital outlays this year. The $4.8 billion dollar budget for 2010 is the highest level of spending by TSMC since 2000.
Toshiba: Flash memory demand is booming. However, Toshiba is very sensitive to the overspending/ overcapacity history of the memory market (which drove it out of the DRAM segment). Look for the company to be aggressive but not overly so.
IC Insights covers the spending habits of 34 major semiconductor companies and forecast through to 2014. Although many companies are planning to more than double their capital outlays this year, IC Insights believes that they will not be able to prevent rising IC ASPs and shortages from occurring (especially during the second half of this year).
www.euroasiasemiconductor.com Issue II 2010
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