Tag: wafer
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Worldwide silicon wafer shipments set new record
Worldwide silicon wafer shipments reached a new record of 3,741 million square inches (MSI) in the third quarter of 2022, according to industry association SEMI. This is an increase of 1 percent quarter-over-quarter and growth of 2.5 percent from the 3,649 MSI recorded during the same quarter last year, the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG)…
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Global semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales surge 44 percent to record $103 billion
Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment in 2021 surged 44 percent to an all-time record of $102.6 billion from $71.2 billion in 2020, SEMI, the industry association representing the global electronics product design and manufacturing supply chain, reported. The data is now available in SEMI’s Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics (WWSEMS) Report. China claimed the…
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Worldwide silicon wafer shipments and revenue ‘set new records in 2021’
Worldwide silicon wafer shipments and revenue “set new records in 2021”, according to a new report by semiconductor manufacturing industry association SEMI. SEMI says that worldwide silicon wafer area shipments in 2021 increased 14 percent while wafer revenue rose 13 percent compared to 2020, topping $12 billion, to reach new “all-time highs”. The study was…
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Bosch produces its first semiconductor wafers through ‘fully automated’ fabrication process
Bosch says it has produced the first semiconductor wafers through its “fully automated” fabrication process at its facility in Dresden, Germany. The industrial giant describes it as “a milestone on the path to the chip factory of the future”. Bosch says this is a key step toward the start of production operations at the factory,…
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Kuka develops mobile robot for semiconductor production
Kuka has developed a mobile robot for semiconductor production. The system integrates a robotic arm with an autonomous wheeled platform. Kuka says it developed the system because the production of semiconductors is particularly complex. Until now there was no mobile, automated semiconductor production system that enabled component transfer from one step to the next. That…