SEMI: Silicon wafer shipments slip slightly in Q3 2013
Global silicon wafer area shipments declined during the third quarter 2013 when compared to second quarter 2013 area shipments according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer industry.
Total silicon wafer area shipments were 2,341 million square inches during the most recent quarter, a 2.0 percent decrease from the 2,390 million square inches shipped during the previous quarter. New quarterly total area shipments are 2.0 percent lower than third quarter 2012 shipments.
"Total quarterly silicon shipment volumes declined in the most recent quarter when compared to the second quarter," says Byungseop (Brad) Hong, chairman of SEMI SMG and director of Global Marketing at LG Siltron. "In spite of this recent decline, year-to-date silicon shipment volumes remain essentially flat when compared to the first nine months of 2012."
Quarterly Silicon Area Shipment Trends
Semiconductor Silicon Shipments* - Millions of Square Inches
*Shipments are for semiconductor applications only and do not include solar applications
All data cited in this release is inclusive of polished silicon wafers, including virgin test wafers, epitaxial silicon wafers, and non-polished silicon wafers shipped by the wafer manufacturers to the end-users.