Silicon wafer shipments up in Q2

Aug. 15, 2005 — Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased 10 percent during the second quarter when compared to the first quarter shipments, according to the SEMI silicon manufacturers group’s quarterly analysis.

Total silicon wafer area shipments were 1,606 million square inches during the most recent quarter, up from the 1,465 million square inches shipped during the previous quarter. The new quarter’s total is 1 percent below second quarter 2004 shipments.

Makoto Tsukada, chairman SEMI’s silicon manufacturers group and general manager of Shin-Etsu Handotai Co. Ltd., said in a prepared statement that after reaching a cyclical low point in the first quarter, silicon shipment recovered in the second quarter, adding that while 300mm unit shipments remain strong, 200mm shipments are close to peak levels.

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