Chip factory spending to hit all-time high of $67.5 billion in 2019

Global chip fabrication (fab) equip spending will increase 14 percent in 2018 to $62.8 billion and is expected to rise 7.5 percent to $67.5 billion in 2019, according to semiconductor equipment trade group SEMI. That’s a big deal as the cost of leading-edge fabs (short for chip fabrication factories) soars above $10 billion and the […]