Global semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales hit a record high last year, with Taiwan showing the strongest growth.

2026/04/14

TechNews Report
April 13, 2026
Author: MoneyDJ

The SEMI (Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International) recently released its "Global Semiconductor Equipment Market Report," which indicates that global semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales will reach approximately US$135.1 billion in 2025, representing a 15% year-on-year increase. This growth is primarily driven by the continued expansion of advanced logic, memory, and AI-related capacity.

In 2025, the global semiconductor front-end equipment market experienced steady growth, with wafer fabrication equipment sales increasing by 12% year-on-year, and other front-end equipment categories also seeing a 13% increase. This growth momentum mainly stemmed from the continued expansion of advanced logic and memory capacity, while also being fueled by AI-related demand and the ongoing advancement of process nodes and technological evolution.

The back-end equipment market also performed strongly in 2025. As the performance requirements and testing intensity of AI devices and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) continue to increase, sales of testing equipment have grown by 55% year-on-year. On the other hand, the continued expansion of advanced packaging technology adoption has also driven a 21% growth in assembly and packaging equipment sales.

SEMI Global Marketing Chief and Taiwan President, Tsao Shih-lun, pointed out that global semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales are projected to reach a new high of approximately US$135.1 billion in 2025, highlighting that driven by accelerated AI development, the industry is expanding capacity at an unprecedented scale and speed to respond to the growing demand for advanced logic, advanced memory, and high-bandwidth architectures. From wafer fab investment to the rapid development of advanced packaging and testing, the global semiconductor ecosystem is simultaneously expanding its capacity and technological capabilities to support the next wave of innovation.

Regional performance shows that semiconductor manufacturing equipment spending will remain highly concentrated in Asia in 2025. China, Taiwan, and South Korea remain the top three markets for semiconductor equipment spending, accounting for a combined 79% of the global market, up from 74% in 2024. China's equipment spending is projected to reach US$49.3 billion in 2025, a 0.5% year-on-year decline, but still near historical highs, indicating continued investment by domestic chipmakers in mature processes and some advanced production capacity.

Taiwan, driven by demand for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC), is expected to see a significant 90% increase in equipment spending in 2025, reaching US$31.5 billion, a record high. South Korea, supported by continued strong investment in HBM and dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), is projected to see equipment spending increase by 26% year-on-year in 2025, reaching US$25.8 billion.

In other regions, Japan saw a 22% year-on-year increase in equipment spending to US$9.5 billion, driven by continued investment in advanced domestic processes. Europe, however, was dragged down by weak demand from the automotive and industrial sectors, with equipment spending declining by 41% to US$2.9 billion, marking the second consecutive year of decline. North America, with previous capacity expansion coming to an end, saw investment momentum slow, with equipment spending projected to decline by 20% to US$10.9 billion by 2025. The remaining regions, however, saw growth of 25% to US$5.2 billion, indicating continued activity in emerging semiconductor manufacturing markets.

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