What is the expected growth rate of 200-millimeter fab capacity in the semiconductor industry in 2022 
ur MST SP technology to a very prestigious IEEE power conference.
The ISPSD Conference is the premier international forum for technical discussions on all aspects of power devices. Although thousands of papers were submitted, ours was one of only a few selected for the conference in May. There is no doubt that our submission will expand interest in MST SP for the key players in the power semiconductor industry, who we know will attend this important conference in May. Our work on RF-SOI technology, which is critically important to 5G cellular, continues to consume a lot of our time and resources because of its great commercial potential.
We hope this area will be one of the earliest to adopt MST and to bring it to production considering the significant improvements we can bring to designs. Likewise, we continue to believe our technology has excellent potential in memory and for advanced nodes. Now I'd like to address some recent developments in the semiconductor industry, which I believe create an exceptionally favorable environment for Atomera. Well, the big headlines tend to focus on how TSMC, Samsung, and Intel are competing to bring the three-nanometer or two-nanometer nodes to market.
The industry has recently been recognizing the importance of the legacy nodes and of particular fabs running 200-millimeter wafers. Given the chip supply shortfalls, it seems obvious that the industry needs to add capacity in this area, and 200-millimeter fab capacity is forecast to grow 21% to mitigate the supply imbalance. There are a few problems. First, the vast majority of 200-millimeter lines have been operating in fully depreciated fabs, which can be very attractive financially when operated near capacity limits.
Building new fabs is very expensive and 200-millimeter equipment, which has had very limited production over the last decade, is in short supply and is priced at a premium. This situation will place substantial margin pressure on these companies for many years until they can defray the very expensive build costs. So these new fabs can't easily get equipment, and when they can, the associated capex costs will drive lower profitability than they've experienced in the past. MST can help solve these problems for both the fab owners and their fabless customers by allowing them to shrink die and thus boost throughput with only a minor increase in tool costs.
200-millimeter EPI tools are available and MST will allow operators to continue utilizing their depreciated fabs with the associated good economics. Foundry capacity is forecast to stay tight, while industrywide capex is forecast to grow by 24% in 2022, primarily in 300-millimeter wafer fabs. Deal with the capacity crunch and pay for the capex, fabs are raising prices on their wafers up to 20% now. Industry insiders say that price rises are not transitory.
They are permanent. This situation, as fabless semiconductor makers will tell, the need to get more die per wafer is imperative. MST provides a path to get to these improvements that is both easily implementable and at a more reasonable price than most other alternatives. Atomera is spreading this message to industry players, and we believe that it will lead to widespread adoption over time.
We remain laser focused on getting the first player into production, which we believe will drive the domino effect that's been predicted for some time. As I've said in the past, we believe industry conditions have reached a point where both near- and long-term structural changes will provide exceptional opportunities for Atomera. In our Q4 call, I said that we were entering into 2022 with strong momentum, and I think you will agree that it has continued with a new licensee, successful execution on our first JDA and the opening of a new JDA. On the technical development side, we also continue to make good progress as recognized important third parties in the industry.
We still do have more JDAs and licenses in our pipeline, which I believe will help illustrate our gathering momentum as we move through the year. Now Frank will review 
ur MST SP technology to a very prestigious IEEE power conference.
The ISPSD Conference is the premier international forum for technical discussions on all aspects of power devices. Although thousands of papers were submitted, ours was one of only a few selected for the conference in May. There is no doubt that our submission will expand interest in MST SP for the key players in the power semiconductor industry, who we know will attend this important conference in May. Our work on RF-SOI technology, which is critically important to 5G cellular, continues to consume a lot of our time and resources because of its great commercial potential.
We hope this area will be one of the earliest to adopt MST and to bring it to production considering the significant improvements we can bring to designs. Likewise, we continue to believe our technology has excellent potential in memory and for advanced nodes. Now I'd like to address some recent developments in the semiconductor industry, which I believe create an exceptionally favorable environment for Atomera. Well, the big headlines tend to focus on how TSMC, Samsung, and Intel are competing to bring the three-nanometer or two-nanometer nodes to market.
The industry has recently been recognizing the importance of the legacy nodes and of particular fabs running 200-millimeter wafers. Given the chip supply shortfalls, it seems obvious that the industry needs to add capacity in this area, and 200-millimeter fab capacity is forecast to grow 21% to mitigate the supply imbalance. There are a few problems. First, the vast majority of 200-millimeter lines have been operating in fully depreciated fabs, which can be very attractive financially when operated near capacity limits.
Building new fabs is very expensive and 200-millimeter equipment, which has had very limited production over the last decade, is in short supply and is priced at a premium. This situation will place substantial margin pressure on these companies for many years until they can defray the very expensive build costs. So these new fabs can't easily get equipment, and when they can, the associated capex costs will drive lower profitability than they've experienced in the past. MST can help solve these problems for both the fab owners and their fabless customers by allowing them to shrink die and thus boost throughput with only a minor increase in tool costs.
 200-millimeter EPI tools are available and MST will allow operators to continue utilizing their depreciated fabs with the associated good economics. Foundry capacity is forecast to stay tight, while industrywide capex is forecast to grow by 24% in 2022, primarily in 300-millimeter wafer fabs. Deal with the capacity crunch and pay for the capex, fabs are raising prices on their wafers up to 20% now. Industry insiders say that price rises are not transitory.
They are permanent. This situation, as fabless semiconductor makers will tell, the need to get more die per wafer is imperative. MST provides a path to get to these improvements that is both easily implementable and at a more reasonable price than most other alternatives. Atomera is spreading this message to industry players, and we believe that it will lead to widespread adoption over time.
We remain laser focused on getting the first player into production, which we believe will drive the domino effect that's been predicted for some time. As I've said in the past, we believe industry conditions have reached a point where both near- and long-term structural changes will provide exceptional opportunities for Atomera. In our Q4 call, I said that we were entering into 2022 with strong momentum, and I think you will agree that it has continued with a new licensee, successful execution on our first JDA and the opening of a new JDA. On the technical development side, we also continue to make good progress as recognized important third parties in the industry.
We still do have more JDAs and licenses in our pipeline, which I believe will help illustrate our gathering momentum as we move through the year. Now Frank will review 