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Global Semiconductor Fab Capacity to Expand: SEMI

Projected to expand 6% in 2024 and 7% in 2025.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

To keep pace with unremitting growth in demand for chips, the global semiconductor manufacturing industry is expected to increase capacity by 6% in 2024 and post a 7% gain in 2025, reaching a record capacity high of 33.7 million wafers per month (wpm: 8-inch equivalent), SEMI announced in its latest quarterly World Fab Forecast report. Leading-edge capacity for 5nm nodes and under is expected to grow 13% in 2024, chiefly driven by generative artificial intelligence (AI) for data center traini...

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