Milpitas, CA. Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased during the second quarter 2017 when compared to first quarter 2017 area shipments, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer industry.
Total silicon wafer area shipments were 2,978 million square inches during the most recent quarter, a 4.2% increase from the 2,858 million square inches shipped during the previous quarter. New quarterly total area shipments are 10.1% higher than second quarter 2016 shipments and are at their highest recorded quarterly level.
“For the fifth consecutive quarter, global silicon wafer volume shipments have shipped at record levels,” said Chungwei (C.W.) Lee, chairman of SEMI SMG and spokesman, VP for corporate development, and chief auditor of GlobalWafers. “These record levels are being driven by both 200-mm and 300-mm shipments.”
Silicon* Area Shipment Trends
Source: SEMI, (www.semi.org), July 2017
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Millions of Square Inches |
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1Q2016 |
2Q2016 |
3Q2016 |
4Q2016 |
1Q2017 |
2Q2017 |
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Total |
2,538 |
2,706 |
2,730 |
2,764 |
2,858 |
2,978 |
All data cited in this release is inclusive of polished silicon wafers, including virgin test wafers and epitaxial silicon wafers, as well as non-polished silicon wafers shipped by the wafer manufacturers to the end-users.
The Silicon Manufacturers Group acts as an independent special interest group within the SEMI structure and is open to SEMI members involved in manufacturing polycrystalline silicon, monocrystalline silicon, or silicon wafers (cut, polished, epi, etc.). The purpose of the group is to facilitate collective efforts on issues related to the silicon industry including the development of market information and statistics about the silicon industry and the semiconductor market.