According to the International Research and consultancy firm, Gartner predicts that in 2014 the global semiconductor capital equipment spending will reach $ 38.5 billion of the total amount, compared to the $ 33.5 billion in 2013 increased by 15%. As the semiconductor industry, the economy began to emerge from the shadow of the economic downturn and the growing recovery in capital spending in 2014 will rise by 7.1%, and by 2018 the overall expenditures are expected to maintain the growth momentum. Bob Johnson research vice president at Gartner, said: "2013 capital expenditures beyond the wafer equipment (WFE) spending, but by 2014 the situation is very different from total capital spending will grow 7.1%, but because of the new fab manufacturers plan to shrink. and instead will focus on enhancing new capacity, wafer equipment spending will grow by 16%. 2013 fourth quarter sales were particularly strong phenomenon continued into the first quarter of 2014, but is expected to remain at the upper and lower end of the flat plate. on In the long run, by 2015, is expected to maintain growth trend, a slight decline in 2016, after they continued to rise until 2018. "Within the forecast period, spending will remain the main logic of capital spending growth momentum, but the mobile market is expected to be weakened, and its growth will be lower than memory. 2018 years ago, the memory will remain the main source of growth capital expenditures, among NAND Flash primary promoter. Capital expenditures are mainly concentrated in a few companies. Intel (Intel), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and Samsung (Samsung) and other three will cause more than half of those who went to the overall expenditures. Expenditure Amount top five semiconductor manufacturers overall spending in 2014 accounted for nearly 63% of the estimated value, the proportion of the top ten industry compared to 77%. According to Gartner predicts that semiconductor capital spending in 2014 will grow 7.1 percent in 2015, a further increase of 9%. The next wave of cyclical downturn will occur in 2016, will be slipped 3.5% in 2017 and 2018 will resume growth.