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Silicon wafer shipments up 12 percent from 2006, reports SEMI |
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Aug 07, 2007 at 10:20 AM |
 Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments continued to grow, increasing nearly 5 percent during the second quarter of 2007 on figures for the first quarter of 2007, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer industry.
"Despite recent concerns regarding the health of the industry, wafer shipments continue to increase," said Dr. Volker Braetsch, Chairman SEMI SMG and Corporate Vice President of Siltronic AG. "Growth is primarily coming from 300mm shipments, which in the second quarter accounted for roughly 35 percent of the total silicon area shipped."
Total silicon wafer area shipments were 2,201 million square inches during the most recent quarter, up from the 2,100 million square inches shipped during the previous quarter. The new quarterly total area shipments are about 12 percent greater than second quarter 2006 shipments.
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