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Worldwide Silicon Wafer Shipments Up 10%: SEMI

Quarter-over-quarter shipment growth in 2025 indicates early signs of recovery beyond memory.

Source: SEMI

The SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) reports, in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer industry, that worldwide silicon wafer shipments increased 9.6% year-on-year to 3,327 million square inches (MSI) from the 3,035 MSI recorded during the same quarter of 2024. Sequentially, shipments grew 14.9% quarter-over-quarter from the 2,896 MSI recorded during the first quarter of this year. This indicates emerging signs of recovery for select business sectors outside of memory. “The sil...

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