[Taiwan ranks as world’s largest semiconductor equipment spender in Q3] Taiwan was the largest buyer of semiconductor equipment in the third quarter of this year, as domestic firms expanded production capacity and upgraded technologies to improve global competitiveness, the global semiconductor trade association SEMI said Thursday. Data released by SEMI, which represents companies in the electronics manufacturing and design supply chain, showed that Taiwan purchased $7.33 billion worth of semiconductor equipment in the July-September period. The robust sequential growth in the third quarter reversed a decline of 12 percent in the second quarter, with Taiwan ending the third quarter up...