MILPITAS, Calif. — May 3, 2021 — World­wi­de sili­con wafer area ship­ments increased 4% to 3,337 mil­li­on squa­re inches in the first quar­ter of 2021 com­pared to the fourth quar­ter of 2020, top­ping the pre­vious his­to­ri­cal high set in the third quar­ter of 2018, accor­ding to the SEMI Sili­con Manu­fac­tu­r­ers Group (SMG) in its quar­ter­ly ana­ly­sis of the sili­con wafer indus­try. First-quar­ter 2021 sili­con wafer ship­ments saw 14% growth from the 2,920 mil­li­on squa­re inches log­ged during the same quar­ter last year. (…) Wei­ter­le­sen »