The silicon wafer reclaim market grew 19% to US$603 million in 2018, following a 18% increase in 2017, according to SEMI.

GlobalWafers expects the US tariff increase on Chinese goods to have an insignificant impact on its performance this year, as the silicon wafer supplier will enjoy another year of...

Silicon wafer manufacturer GlobalWafers saw its net profit increase 3.8% sequentially and 39% on year to a record high of NT$3.86 billion (US$124.9 million) in the first quarter of...

Silicon wafer suppliers have seen 12-inch wafer demand plummet recently, due mainly to weak demand coming from the memory chip sector, according to industry sources. Prices for 12-inch...

Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments dropped 5.6% sequentially to 3.05 billion square inches in the first quarter of 2019 - the lowest levels since the fourth quarter of 2017, according...

GlobalWafers' Novara plant in Italy dedicated to making 8-inch silicon wafers became the largest supplier of 8-inch silicon wafers in Europe in 2018, with a 24% market share, according...

Silicon wafer company GlobalWafers has reported consolidated revenues increased 12.1% from a year earlier to NT$15.59 billion (US$505.6 million) in the first quarter of 2019.

Silicon wafer company GlobalWafers continues to see its 8- and 12-inch wafer manufacturing lines run at full capacity utilization, as the majority of orders is based on long-term...

Silicon wafer company GlobalWafers has reiterated its sales outlook for the first quarter of 2019, and claimed the majority of its production capacity this year is already being reserved...

The silicon wafer market will likely become oversupplied later in the first quarter of 2019, and the situation may worsen in the following quarter,...

A batch of 6-inch silicon wafers has been recalled recently by a China-based company due to concerns about quality, according industry sources.

GlobalWafers has disclosed revenues for January 2019 hit the third highest monthly levels in the company's history, while Formosa Sumco Technology (FST) saw its January revenues slip...

Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments in 2018 increased 8% to a record high, while revenues jumped 31% on year exceeding the US$10 billion mark for the first time since 2018, according...

Increased regional economic uncertainty is affecting negatively customer demand in the first quarter of 2019, but GlobalWafers expects no impact to its long-term supply contract prices,...

Unwavering in its drive to build a self-sufficient semiconductor supply chain, China plans more new fab projects than any other region in the world from 2017 to 2020, and its expansion...

Silicon wafer market growth for 2019 will depend on chipmakers' 12-inch fab expansions and smartphone demand, Digitimes Research believes.

Taiwan-based IC fabrication and packaging material distributors including Topco Scientific, Niching Industrial and Wahlee Industrial are expected to end 2018 with impressive annual...

Taiwan-based GlobalWafers, the world's third-largest silicon wafer supplier, has reported consolidated revenues increased 5.5% sequentially to a record high of NT$5.28 billion (US$172.1...

China-based crystal-growing furnace makers who have long been focusing on the PV industry, have developed tools looking to build their presence in the semiconductor sector, according...

Tight supply of 8-inch and 12-inch silicon wafers will persist into 2020 thanks to strong market demand despite the US-China trade conflicts, but customers have shown mixed demand...

Silicon wafer supplier GlobalWafers has announced net profits surged 119.8% from a year earlier to NT$3.63 billion (US$117.3 million) in the third quarter of 2018. EPS for the quarter...

Samsung Electronics has started wafer production of its 7nm LPP with extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology, according to the company.

Silicon wafer supplier GlobalWafers has disclosed plans to build new production lines for 12-inch wafers at its existing plant in South Korea.

Winbond Electronics will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for its new 12-inch wafer fab in southern Taiwan on October 3, according to the Kaohsiung city government.

Semiconductor silicon wafer provider Sumco has suspended production at its local plant in Hokkaido, Japan where a magnitude-6.7 earthquake hit on September 6 causing landslides and...