Peter Clarke, EETimes
12/9/2010 7:14 AM EST
LONDON - Fab tool trade group SEMI is predicting an 8 percent annual growth in installed IC manufacturing capacity in 2010 to be followed by at least 8 percent in 2011 and at least 9 percent in 2012. The prediction is based on SEMI's collation of announced capital expenditure plans and other analyses, according to Christian Gregor Dieseldorff responsible for industry research and statistics at SEMI.