Record silicon wafer area shipments in Q2

Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased during Q2 2015

Total silicon wafer area shipments were 2,702 million square inches during the most recent quarter, a 2.5% increase from the 2,637 million square inches shipped during the previous quarter resulting in a new quarterly volume shipment record, says SEMI’s Silicon Manufacturers” Group.

New quarterly total area shipments are 4.4% higher than second quarter 2014 shipments. First half 2015 shipments are 7.8% higher than the first half of 2014.

“For two consecutive quarters, strong silicon shipment growth has been recorded by the Silicon Manufacturers Group,” says Ginji Yada, chairman of SEMI SMG and general manager, International Sales & Marketing Department of SUMCO Corporation, “continued growth off of the record level shipped in the first quarter, produced another record level of shipments in the most recent quarter.”

The increasing level of silicon shipped since Q2 last year, measured in million square inches is:

Q2 2014 – 2,587, Q1 – 2015 – 2,637, Q2 2015 – 2,702, H1 – 4,951, H2 2015 – 5,339.

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SEMI is a global industry association serving the nano- and micro-electronic manufacturing supply chains with 1,900 member companies.

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