Global semiconductor equipment industry likely to increase to $47.6 billion by end of 2015

DUBLIN, IRELAND: Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Semiconductor Equipment" report to its offering.

Highlights
* The global semiconductor equipment market is valued as the revenues accrued from the manufacture and sale of equipment used to manufacture semiconductor devices.
* The global semiconductor equipment market generated total revenues of $39.5 billion in 2010, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -0.6 percent for the period spanning 2006-2010.
* The wafer processing segment was the market's most lucrative in 2010, with total revenue of $29.6 billion, equivalent to 78.9 percent of the market's overall value.
* The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 3.8 percent for the five-year period 2010-2015.