China Leads in New Fab Builds
Nineteen new fabs and lines are forecast to begin construction in 2016 and 2017, according to SEMI. Although fab equipment spending was down two percent in 2015, SEMI expects fab spending to grow by 1.5 percent in 2016, followed by an increase of 13 percent in 2017. Activity in the 3D NAND, 10-nm logic, and…