{"id":62686,"date":"2021-05-04T08:41:29","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T06:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=62686"},"modified":"2021-05-04T08:41:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T06:41:29","slug":"silicon-wafer-shipments-edge-higher-in-first-quarter-2021-to-set-new-record-semi-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/62686-silicon-wafer-shipments-edge-higher-in-first-quarter-2021-to-set-new-record-semi-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"SILICON<\/span> WAFER<\/span> SHIPMENTS<\/span> EDGE<\/span> HIGHER<\/span> IN<\/span> FIRST<\/span> QUARTER<\/span> 2021 TO<\/span> SET<\/span> NEW<\/span> RECORD<\/span>, SEMI<\/span> REPORTS<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"

MILPITAS<\/span>, Calif. \u2014 May 3, 2021 \u2014<\/strong> World\u00adwi\u00adde sili\u00adcon wafer area ship\u00adments increased 4% to 3,337 mil\u00adli\u00adon squa\u00adre inches in the first quar\u00adter of 2021 com\u00adpared to the fourth quar\u00adter of 2020, top\u00adping the pre\u00advious his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adcal high set in the third quar\u00adter of 2018, accor\u00adding to the SEMI<\/span> Sili\u00adcon Manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders Group (SMG<\/span>) in its quar\u00adter\u00adly ana\u00adly\u00adsis of the sili\u00adcon wafer indus\u00adtry. First-quar\u00adter 2021 sili\u00adcon wafer ship\u00adments saw 14% growth from the 2,920 mil\u00adli\u00adon squa\u00adre inches log\u00adged during the same quar\u00adter last year.<\/p>\n

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\u201c<\/span>Logic and foundry con\u00adti\u00adnue to dri\u00adve strong demand for sili\u00adcon wafers,\u201d said Neil Wea\u00adver, chair\u00adman SEMI<\/span> SMG<\/span> and Vice Pre\u00adsi\u00addent, Pro\u00adduct Deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and Appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons Engi\u00adnee\u00adring at Shin Etsu Han\u00addo\u00adtai Ame\u00adri\u00adca. \u201cThe memo\u00adry mar\u00adket reco\u00advery fur\u00adther bols\u00adte\u00adred ship\u00adment growth in the first quar\u00adter of 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sili\u00adcon Area Ship\u00adment Trends \u2013 Semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor Appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons Only<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Mil\u00adli\u00adons of Squa\u00adre Inches<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

 <\/td>\n4Q<\/span> 2019<\/strong><\/td>\n1Q<\/span> 2020<\/strong><\/td>\n2Q<\/span> 2020<\/strong><\/td>\n3Q<\/span> 2020<\/strong><\/td>\n4Q<\/span> 2020<\/strong><\/td>\n1Q<\/span> 2021<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/strong><\/td>\n2,844<\/td>\n2,920<\/td>\n3,152<\/td>\n3,135<\/td>\n3,200<\/td>\n3,337<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Source: SEMI<\/span> (www.semi.org), May 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Data cited in this release includes polished sili\u00adcon wafers such as vir\u00adgin test and epi\u00adtaxi\u00adal sili\u00adcon wafers, as well as non-polished sili\u00adcon wafers ship\u00adped to end users.<\/p>\n

Sili\u00adcon wafers are the fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal buil\u00adding mate\u00adri\u00adal for the majo\u00adri\u00adty of semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtors, which, in turn, are vital com\u00adpon\u00adents of all elec\u00adtro\u00adnics goods, inclu\u00adding com\u00adpu\u00adters, tele\u00adcom\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons pro\u00adducts, and con\u00adsu\u00admer elec\u00adtro\u00adnics. The high\u00adly engi\u00adnee\u00adred thin disks are pro\u00addu\u00adced in dia\u00adme\u00adters of up to 12 inches and ser\u00adve as the sub\u00adstra\u00adte mate\u00adri\u00adal on which most semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor devices, or chips, are fabricated.<\/p>\n

The SMG<\/span> is a sub-com\u00admit\u00adtee of the SEMI<\/span> Elec\u00adtro\u00adnic Mate\u00adri\u00adals Group (EMG<\/span>) and is open to SEMI<\/span> mem\u00adbers invol\u00adved in manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring poly\u00adcrystal\u00adli\u00adne sili\u00adcon, mono\u00adcrystal\u00adli\u00adne sili\u00adcon or sili\u00adcon wafers (e.g., as cut, polished, epi). The pur\u00adpo\u00adse of the SMG<\/span> is to faci\u00adli\u00adta\u00adte coll\u00adec\u00adti\u00adve efforts on issues rela\u00adted to the sili\u00adcon indus\u00adtry inclu\u00adding the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of mar\u00adket infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon and sta\u00adtis\u00adtics on the sili\u00adcon indus\u00adtry and the semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor market.<\/p>\n

For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon, plea\u00adse visit SEMI<\/span> World\u00adwi\u00adde Sili\u00adcon Wafer Ship\u00adment Sta\u00adtis\u00adtics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About SEMI<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

SEMI<\/span>\u00ae<\/sup> con\u00adnects more than 2,400 mem\u00adber com\u00adpa\u00adnies and 1.3 mil\u00adli\u00adon pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnals world\u00adwi\u00adde to advan\u00adce the tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy and busi\u00adness of elec\u00adtro\u00adnics design and manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring. SEMI<\/span> mem\u00adbers are respon\u00adsi\u00adble for the inno\u00adva\u00adtions in mate\u00adri\u00adals, design, equip\u00adment, soft\u00adware, devices, and ser\u00advices that enable smar\u00adter, fas\u00adter, more powerful, and more afforda\u00adble elec\u00adtro\u00adnic pro\u00adducts. Elec\u00adtro\u00adnic Sys\u00adtem Design Alli\u00adance (ESD<\/span> Alli\u00adance), Flex\u00adTech, the Fab Owners Alli\u00adance (FOA<\/span>) and the MEMS<\/span> &<\/span> Sen\u00adsors Indus\u00adtry Group (MSIG<\/span>) are SEMI<\/span> Stra\u00adte\u00adgic Asso\u00adcia\u00adti\u00adon Part\u00adners, defi\u00adned com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adties within SEMI<\/span> focu\u00adsed on spe\u00adci\u00adfic tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies. Visit www.semi.org<\/a> to learn more, cont\u00adact one of our world\u00adwi\u00adde offices, and con\u00adnect with SEMI<\/span> on Lin\u00adke\u00addIn<\/a> and Twit\u00adter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Asso\u00adcia\u00adti\u00adon Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n

Micha\u00adel Hall\/SEMI<\/span>
\nPho\u00adne: 1.408.943.7988
\nEmail: mhall@semi.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MILPITAS<\/span>, Calif. \u2014 May 3, 2021 \u2014<\/strong> World\u00adwi\u00adde sili\u00adcon wafer area ship\u00adments increased 4% to 3,337 mil\u00adli\u00adon squa\u00adre inches in the first quar\u00adter of 2021 com\u00adpared to the fourth quar\u00adter of 2020, top\u00adping the pre\u00advious his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adcal high set in the third quar\u00adter of 2018, accor\u00adding to the SEMI<\/span> Sili\u00adcon Manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders Group (SMG<\/span>) in its quar\u00adter\u00adly ana\u00adly\u00adsis of the sili\u00adcon wafer indus\u00adtry. First-quar\u00adter 2021 sili\u00adcon wafer ship\u00adments saw 14% growth from the 2,920 mil\u00adli\u00adon squa\u00adre inches log\u00adged during the same quar\u00adter last year. (\u2026) Wei\u00adter\u00adle\u00adsen \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":593,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[2562,2480],"class_list":["post-62686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressemitteilungen","tag-semi","tag-wafer","entry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/593"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62687,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62686\/revisions\/62687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}