In 2021, it was forecast that foundry capital spending was expected to amount to 53 billion U.S. dollars, a rise of 42 percent compared to the previous year. As per the source, new factories and equipment for 7/5/3nm processes highlight growing dependence on the foundry business model.
Semiconductor industry capital spending from 2018 to 2021, by product type
(in billion U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Foundry
Flash/Non-volatile
DRAM/SRAM
MPU/MCU
Logic
Analog/Other
2021
53
27.9
24
23.5
12.4
11.2
2020
37.3
24.6
17.9
16.5
8.8
7.9
2019
26.2
22.6
19.1
16.9
8.5
9
2018
22.3
27.8
23.2
15
8
9.7
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