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Monday 26 June 2017
China foundries striving for more dummy wafer supplies
China-based logic IC and memory foundries including Nexchip Semiconductor and Rui-Li (transliterated from Chinese) Integrated Circuit have offered 20% higher prices than what their...
Monday 26 June 2017
Episil planning to raise epi-wafer prices
Taiwan-based Episil, which makes silicon epitaxial wafers as well as providing foundry services at its 5- and 6-inch wafer fabs, plans to revise upward its epi-wafer prices to reflect...
Monday 5 June 2017
Taiwan solar-grade silicon wafer makers decrease domestic supply
Taiwan-based solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer makers, which are unable to compete with China-based makers due to high slurry-based slicing costs, have increased exports of solar-grade...
Wednesday 24 May 2017
Hefei Chang Xin keeps low profile but DRAM ambition remains unchanged
Hefei Chang Xin's ambition to grow its DRAM business has seen some progress though the China-based firm has now chosen to keep a low profile. The company has been quietly renamed...
Wednesday 17 May 2017
Silicon wafer shipments hit record levels in 1Q17, says SEMI
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments were at their highest recorded quarterly level in the first quarter of 2017, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its...
Monday 15 May 2017
Sumco says new capacity to arrive in 2019
Sumco expects its additional new capacity to come online in 2019 at the earliest, according to the Japan-based silicon wafer vendor, adding that it will enhance and optimize its existing...
Wednesday 26 April 2017
GlobalWafers seeing robust semiconductor wafer demand
Demand for semiconductor-grade silicon wafers has been robust, according to GlobalWafers, which expects the market to see tight supply through the end of 2018.
Tuesday 25 April 2017
Silicon wafer suppliers seeking long-term contracts
Silicon wafer suppliers have advised their semiconductor customers to sign long-term contracts amid tight supply, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 21 February 2017
Silicon wafer prices to rise in 2017, says GlobalWafers
Semiconductor-grade silicon wafer prices on a per-square inch basis, which reached an 11-year low of US$0.67, are set to rise in 2017 thanks to the already low point last year and...
Tuesday 14 February 2017
Andes growing customer base in China
Andes Technology, one of the very few Taiwan-based CPU IP providers, has been expanding its customer portfolio in China at a gradual pace.
Monday 13 February 2017
GCL-Poly Energy sets up polycrystalline black silicon wafer capacity
China-based GCL-Poly Energy Holdings has set up 2GWp of annual capacity for solar-grade polycrystalline black silicon wafers and will expand to 10GWp eventually, according to the...
Friday 20 January 2017
Prices for 12-inch silicon wafers set to continue growth
Prices for 12-inch blank silicon wafers are set to continue rising, driven by robust demand from foundries and memory chipmakers, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 11 January 2017
Shunfeng to expand solar wafer capacity
China-based Shunfeng International Clean Energy, who makes poly-Si solar wafers, cells and PV modules, and undertakes PV power station projects, will invest CNY2.2 billion (US$318...
Wednesday 28 December 2016
Silicon wafer suppliers hike contract prices by 10% for 1Q17
Local and international silicon wafer suppliers have settled contract prices for 12-inch wafers for the first quarter of 2017 with Taiwan-based semiconductor firms, with overall prices...
Tuesday 13 December 2016
Commentary: Silicon wafer industry headed for consolidation
With Siltronic reportedly drawing interest from China's state-backed industry group, the global silicon wafer industry is expected to go through a period of consolidation in 2017.
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