Silicon Wafer Market Report 2026: Industry to Grow by $5.5 Billion Over 2026-2030

Key opportunities include tapping into the rising demand for electric vehicles, growth in renewable energy installations, and ...
New Electronics

Veeco and imec develop 300mm process for integrating barium titanate into silicon photonics

Veeco Instruments and research organisation imec have jointly developed a manufacturing process that enables the integration of barium titanate onto 300mm silicon photonics wafers, addressing a ...

Chiral raises $12M to unlock post-silicon computing beyond Moore’s Law

Chiral, a Swiss nanotechnology company pioneering next-generation semiconductor and quantum technologies with nanomaterials, ...
Seeking Alpha

Worldwide Silicon Wafer Shipments Increase 2% Year-on-Year in Q1 2025, SEMI Reports

MILPITAS, Calif., April 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Worldwide silicon wafer shipments increased 2.2% year-on-year (YoY) to 2,896 million square inches (MSI) from the 2,834 MSI recorded during the same ...
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Infineon unveils world’s thinnest silicon power wafers

Infineon has unveiled the world’s thinnest silicon power wafers, with a thickness of 20 micrometers and a diameter of 300 millimeters. The company said the newly produced wafers are half as thick as ...
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GlobalWafers opens first U.S. advanced silicon wafer facility in Sherman

SHERMAN, Texas (KXII) - Since breaking ground in December of 2022, the idea that GlobalWafers America should be in Sherman, TX has become reality. GWA President Mark England says the 300 millimeter ...
pv magazine International

Hongyuan rolls out 40 µm ‘engineering-ready’ ultra-thin silicon wafers

Hongyuan Green Energy says it has produced a first batch of 40 µm monocrystalline silicon wafers that support full-size and half-cut formats, with slicing completed using the company’s in-house ...
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U.S. in Preliminary $400M Deal with GlobalWafers to Build 300mm Silicon Wafer Fabs

The U.S. Department of Commerce yesterday announced a p roposed $400 million CHIPS + Science Act investment to build what the agency said would be the first domestic fab for 300mm silicon wafers and ...
RenewEconomy

Can Australian-made solar wafers compete with Chinese giants? This report suggests they can

Australia is keen to build key components of the solar supply chain, and a new study says a plan to make solar wafers could ...
Los Angeles Times

ZMC Acquires Leading Semiconductor Silicon Solutions and Services Company Pure Wafer

Private equity firm ZMC has announced via press release that it has acquired a controlling stake in Pure Wafer, the largest semiconductor silicon solutions and services company in the United States.
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Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw describes silicon wafer capabilities and precision manufacturing

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw describes silicon wafer capabilities and precision manufacturing ...
pv magazine International

Assessing fractures in G12 monocrystalline wafer processing

Scientists in China have investigated the fracture strength of commercial G12 monocrystalline wafers via the 4-point bending test and have found that wafer thickness, the position of the silicon wafer ...