Silicon wafer shipments rise 3% in 2015, says SEMI
Jessie Shen, DIGITIMES, Taipei [Monday 15 February 2016]
SEMI has reported that worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased 3% to a record high of 10.434 billion square inches in 2015.
Despite the record shipments, silicon wafer revenues decreased 6% in 2015 compared to 2014, according to SEMI. Revenues totaled US$7.2 billion, down from US$7.6 billion posted in 2014.
"Semiconductor silicon shipment levels remained strong throughout most of the year, resulting in record volume shipments," said Volker Braetsch, chairman of SEMI SMG and senior VP of Siltronic. "The strength in shipments was not enough to compensate headwinds from further price decline and some exchange rate impact; silicon revenues for the year decreased yet again and are significantly below their market high set in 2007."
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