According to data released by the International Semiconductor Industry Association (SEMI), global semiconductor equipment sales are expected to reach $107.6 billion in 2022, a record increase of 5% year-on-year from $102.6 billion in 2021.

In terms of regions, although the investment pace of Chinese Mainland in 2022 slowed down by 5% year on year, Chinese Mainland still became the largest semiconductor equipment market for the third consecutive year, with sales reaching US $28.3 billion; Taiwan, China, China, was the second largest destination for equipment expenditure, up 8% to US $26.8 billion; South Korea's equipment sales decreased by 14% to $21.5 billion; Annual semiconductor equipment investment in Europe surged by 93%, while in North America it increased by 38%. Sales in other regions of the world and Japan increased by 34% and 7% year-on-year, respectively.

SEMI stated that the semiconductor industry is mainly driven by increased production in response to efficient computing and long-term growth and innovation in the automotive market. In addition, sales of wafer manufacturing equipment increased by 8% last year, sales of other front-end equipment increased by 11%, packaging equipment decreased by 19%, and testing equipment decreased by 4%.

Ajit Manocha, President and CEO of SEMI, said, "The historic high in semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales in 2022 is due to the industry's efforts to increase factory capacity to support long-term growth and innovation in key end markets such as high-performance computing and automobiles. In addition, these results also reflect the investment and determination of various regions to avoid future restrictions on semiconductor supply chains due to the pandemic."