Date: 6th Aug 2010
Semiconductor fabs' silicon consumption
up 7% quarterly
Semiconductor equipment group SEMI has reported total silicon
wafer area shipments were 2,365 million square inches during
the most recent quarter, a 7 percent increase from the 2,214
million square inches shipped during the previous quarter.
New quarterly total area shipments are 40 percent greater
than second quarter 2009 shipments and are at their highest
levels ever.
Semiconductor fabs worldover are running full time and
the delivary scheduled are delayed due to spike in demand.
The leading semiconductor analysts in semiconductor domain
have analysed the overall semiconductor devices industry
has grown by 50% in 1st half of 2010 compared to year ago.
"Total silicon shipped in terms of MSI has finally
exceeded the high-water mark set in the second quarter of
2008," said Takashi Yamada, chairman of SEMI SMG and
General Manager SUMCO. "We are encouraged by five consecutive
quarters of growth in silicon shipments and expect silicon
shipments to continue to trend with devices."
These figures exclude silicon shipped for solar semiconductor
applications.
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