In 2008, 300mm wafers took over as the industry's primary wafer size in terms of total surface area used. The number of 300mm wafer fabrication facilities in operation continues to grow and is ...

At the end of 2018, there were 112 production-class IC fabs utilizing 300mm wafers (there are R&D fabs and several high-volume fabs around the globe that make “non-IC” products using 300mm wafers, but ...

150mm and 200mm wafer fabs accounted for two-thirds of total closures. March 01, 2018 -- Since the global economic recession of 2008-2009, the IC industry has been on a mission to pare down older ...

IC wafer capacity is forecast to grow 8.7% in 2022 after rising 8.5% in 2021, thanks to the addition of 10 new 300mm fabs that are scheduled to open this year, according to IC Insights. Save my User ...

The IC industry has been on a mission to pare down older capacity (i.e. ≤200mm wafers) in order to produce devices more cost-effectively on larger wafers. In its recently released Global Wafer ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Wafer And Integrated Circuits (IC) Shipping And Handling Market By Product [Wafer Shipping & Handling, IC Shipping & ...

The IC industry has been on a mission to pare down older capacity (i.e., ≤200mm wafers) in order to produce devices more cost-effectively on larger wafers. In its recently released Global Wafer ...

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On February 26, 2024, at the Mobile World Congress ("MWC") 2024, the largest worldwide telecommunications event, was held in Barcelona. Leading global ...

200mm wafer starts are increasing and currently account for nearly a third of the semiconductor industry’s capacity, says IC Insights. “Fabs running 200mm wafers will continue to be profitable for ...

Nine new 300mm wafer fabs scheduled to open in 2019, five of them in China IC Insights recently released its Global Wafer Capacity 2019-2023 report that provides in-depth analyses and forecasts of IC ...