According to a survey by the market research agency, ICInsights, in the world's top 35 chip manufacturers, only 6 companies' capital expenditures in 2012 are more than in 2011, including Intel, Samsung,Hynix,Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), UMC (UMC) with a Japanese Roma semiconductor (Rohm). A total contribution of the six semiconductor companies is two-thirds of the overall semiconductor plant expenditures in 2012. In November 2010, another market research firm, Gartner released a list ranking about 11 manufacturers with more than billions of dollars in the annual capital expenditure; IC Insights's statistics show that currently only three manufacturers' the annual capital spending are more than $ 5 billion. In terms of annual capital expenditure growth rate, in 2012 Intel has an increase of $ 1.7 billion capital expenditure to rank in the first place, but the total capital expenditure for the whole year is behind Samsung Electronics (Samsung); The third is the foundry giant, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). Although in 2012 only 6 companies have growing annual capital expenditure, IC Insights is still raised its 2012 annual amount of the overall semiconductor capital spending forecast update, from the original $ 60.7 billion to $ 63.3 billion; the agency currently estimated in 2012 the overall semiconductor industry capital spending compared to last year declined 3%, a rate less than the previous forecast of 8%.