150mm and 200mm wafer fabs accounted for two-thirds of total closures. March 01, 2018 -- Since the global economic recession of 2008-2009, the IC industry has been on a mission to pare down older ...

Wafer capacity growth of 8% forecast for 2018 and 2019 versus 4.8% average yearly growth from 2012-2017. February 12, 2018 -- IC industry wafer capacity, specifically in the memory segment, was ...

Some capacity was in the form of existing plants with no equipment ... This compares to 15.9% growth in 2018, according to the WSTS. The IC slowdown will impact the silicon wafer industry in three key ...

and other leading-edge ICs in either wafer form factor before they are assembled into single or multi-die stacked packages, or in singulated die or module form factor.