Worldwide semiconductor equipment sales are projected to grow 13.7 percent in 2025, reaching a record 133 billion dollars, Semi announced at Semicon Japan. This momentum is expected to continue through 2026 and 2027, with annual revenues forecast to rise to 145 billion and 156 billion dollars, respectively.
The growth is powered by strong demand for AI-enabling technologies, particularly in leading-edge logic, DRAM and high-bandwidth memory (HBM), as well as the rapid adoption of advanced packaging. Investments in wafer fab equipment (WFE) alone are expected to reach 115.7 billion dollars in 2025, an 11 percent increase over last year.
The back-end segment is also accelerating. Test equipment sales are forecast to jump 48.1 percent to 11.2 billion dollars in 2025, while assembly and packaging equipment will grow 19.6 percent to 6.4 billion dollars. From 2026 through 2027, both front-end and back-end segments are expected to expand steadily as chipmakers scale up for 2nm gate-all-around (GAA) nodes and heterogeneous integration.
Stay up to date with the latest in industry offers by subscribing us. Our newsletter is your key to receiving expert tips.
As the memory chip shortage is expected to persist through 2027, independent smartphone and laptop manufacturers are being forced to redesign products, screen incoming chips for counterfeit or substan
Yageo posted year-over-year and month-over-month revenue growth in August, extending its streak of record monthly highs to a sixth straight month. The passive components maker said strong AI-related d
Gartner's latest forecast shows that "global semiconductor revenue is expected to reach US$1.555 trillion in 2026, up 92% from US$809 billion in 2025, and is projected to increase further to US$1.
