SEMICON Japan 2023 (sponsored by SEMI) was held at Tokyo Big Sight for three days from December 13 through 15, 2023.

With the catch-phrase of “Accelerate the future. Shape the next era.,” a total of 961 companies and organizations participated in the exhibition including the manufacturers of semiconductor, electronics parts and the related equipment. The number of exhibitors was 1.5 times more than that of last year and the number of visitors was 85,282.

Incidentally after the transition to category 5 of the Covid-19 infection it seemed the staff-members of the exhibition took much time to take care of not only the domestic visitors but also those from Korea, Taiwan and China.

The exhibitors using booths from the gas and gas-related industries included Tomoe Shokai, Toyoko Kagaku, Takachiho Trading, Osaka Gas Liquid, Fujikin, Kitz SCT, Value Impact, Yutaka, Horiba STEC, Kofloc, Riken Keiki, New Cosmos Electric, Nippon Seisen, Pureron Japan, Kanken Techno and Nishimura Chemitech. 　

On 12th before the opening day of the exhibition, they held a precedent press interview of SEMICON Japan 2023.

In the interview Clark Tseng senior director in charge of SEMI market information commented, “The world market of semiconductor for the first half of 2023 decreased by 7% but the decrease rate is estimated to have improved to 3% for the 3Q term and it bettered to 5% for the 4Q term showing an uprising trend gradually. The sales of IC decreased by 25% for the first half term with the large negative factor of memory which reduced by 50%. However, there has been a recovering trend after the 3Q term and the trend is anticipated to continue over 2025.”

Regarding estimated investments to semiconductor plants over to 2026, he said, “The new investments have so far been made mainly by China, Taiwan and Korea, but China shifted investments mainly to the maturation process due to the restrictions against China of semiconductor, which seems to make Korean cutting edge memory manufacturers shift their investments from China to the domestic sources. In terms of investment amount, it is supposed that China will decrease and Korea will increase it. In addition, the investments are well in a growing trend over the world including Japan and Europe both of which are estimated to double their investments in 2026 comparing with 2023.”