In his report on the work in 2015, the Dutch manufacturer of equipment for semiconductor lithography - ASML company - mentioned that the second quarter will begin shipping a serious scanners for processing wafers with 10-nanometer chips. Another manufacturer - American company Applied Materials - also confirms the growing interest in contract manufacturer of semiconductors for the 10-nm process technology. In the interview with DigiTimes Taiwan's representative office Applied Materials said that this year on the purchase of equipment for the production of 10-nm-making companies will spend about half of the planned capital expenditures for the year.
If you believe the source, the major purchases planned for the second half of the year. Perhaps it comes from Intel. TSMC and Samsung intend to do this before and probably with the help of ASML. The interest in the introduction of 10-nm process technology has forced manufacturers to increase in 2016 planned to invest compared with the amounts of capital expenditures in 2015.
Another source of income for Applied Materials company sees the demand for equipment for the production of flash-type 3D NAND. Intel, example, started a refurbishment of its factory in the Chinese city of Dalian. Moreover, it is planned to produce a new type of memory - 3D XPoint. To produce 3D XPoint company Micron also will convert one of its overseas factories, namely - in Singapore.