February 2015

The Electronic Materials Report

CMP Market Returns to Growth

Favorable Economic Conditions Drive CMP Market

The Semiconductor industry is going through an unprecedented period of change with the introduction of new 3D device structures. As a result of these developments, the CMP slurry and pad market has returned to growth after several years of almost no change in revenues. Fueled by favorable economic conditions, MSI growth is forecasted to remain strong through 2016, according to the Econometric Semiconductor Forecast:

Econometric semiconductor forecast graph

Strong economic performance combined with new CMP process steps will drive industry growth through 2019, as shown above. CMP Markets & Technologies to the sub-10nm Node helps you understand these developments and plan for them. The sixth edition of CMP Markets & Technologies will identify and focus on growth drivers for CMP applications and forecasts consumables demand to 2019.

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Stay ahead of the market with CMP Markets & Technologies to the sub-10nm Node.

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Linx Presentation from ISS

Mike Corbett presented a paper at ISS in January entitled, Industry Dynamics & Growth Trends for Semiconductor Wafer Fab Materials, 2015

The paper includes a discussion on trends and business model evolution in the chemical industry as well as materials costs trends in semiconductor devices.

Visit our website to get your free copy of the presentation.

Mike Corbett & Mark Thirsk
Linx Consulting
www.linx-consulting.com