The move to 300mm is in progress now, and Semicon West 2000 should be the key exhibition for showcasing solutions. The 300mm trends we expect to see for etch and chemical mechanical planarization (CMP ...

Fig. 1: Silicon wafer revenue forecast (Feb. 2022 update). Silicon wafer revenues grew 14.5% in 2021, finally reaching the same levels they were at in 2007. Source: Techcet. But now, with capacity ...

The semiconductor industry is in the midst of its single most expensive advancement-the shift to 300mm wafers. Analysts are forecasting that chipmakers will spend more than $8 billion on 300mm wafer ...

Last month, ON Semiconductor and Globalfoundries announced a $430 million agreement to transfer ownership of Globalfoundries 300mm Fab 10 in East Fishkill, NY. While the deal is still pending ...

There are nine 300mm wafer fabs scheduled to open in 2019 (five of them located in China) following seven that opened in 2018. Nine new fabs in 2019 would be the most opened in a single year since ...

“Initially, we called peak capacity at 28nm [to be] 330,000 wafer starts a month. Then it was 400,000, then it was 450,000, and now it’s 500,000 wafer starts a month.” Cost-volume trade off. One of ...

According to IC Insights, the number of 300mm IC wafer fabs is expected to reach 121 in 2019. According to IC Insights, the number of 300mm IC wafer fabs is expected to reach 121 in 2019. Discover ...

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Prior to 2008, 200mm wafers were used in more cases for manufacturing ICs than any other wafer size. However, since 2008, the majority of IC fabrication has taken place on 300mm wafers, according ...

A few years ago, multiple high-end companies were backing the idea of moving from 300mm to 450mm silicon wafers. Historically, moving to larger wafers was a critical way that foundries and fabs ...