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Intel increased in 2012 capital expenditures compared with the volumes, mastered a year ago.
In addition Intel invest in factories and their expansion . In absolute terms, the most money for capital construction in the current year, Intel company will spend - $ 1,73 billion, but even this large sum would not allow it to overtake on Samsung company performance . The latter will be the richest investor in the development of production: in the current year, the company will write off for capital expenditures $ 13.1 billion
Generally, this figure would have been more interesting if it presented a whole list of companies, including those that have frozen or reduced capital costs. For example, it would be interesting to look at the situation in GlobalFoundries and IBM companies . Now UMC is trying to hold second place in the market of contract semiconductor, competing directly with GlobalFoundries company.
In 2010 the club of investors with $ 5 billion Annual budget included 11 companies (data from Gartner), whereas in the current year, the number of players was reduced to three. In general, the situation could be worse. Previously, analysts had predicted an annual decrease in capital expenditures this year at 8%. In reality, these amounts will be reduced by 3% up to $ 63.3 billion However, this does not mean that everything else becomes easier. Related Products :
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