Marking the fourth consecutive quarterly decline, worldwide silicon wafer area shipments totaled 2,932 million square inches in the third quarter of 2019, down 1.7% from the 2,983 million square inches shipped in the second quarter of the year and 9.9% lower than shipments during the same period in 2018, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer industry. “Global silicon wafer shipments continue to ship at lower volumes relative...