SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) reported that global silicon wafer shIPMents in the first quarter of 2024 decreased by 5.4% month on month to 2.834 billion square inches. Compared to 3.265 billion square inches in the first quarter of 2019, it decreased by 13.2%. Last year in the same quarter.

Li Zhongwei, Chairman of SEMI SMG and Vice President and Chief Auditor of Global Wafers, stated that the decline in utilization of integrated circuit manufacturing facilities and inventory adjustments led to negative growth in all wafer sizes in the first quarter of 2024. Compared to the same period last year, the shipment volume of polished wafers has slightly decreased in EPI wafers.

It is worth noting that due to the increasing acceptance of artificial intelligence, the demand for technologically advanced logic products and memory in data centers is higher, and the utilization rate of some semiconductor manufacturing factories reached its lowest level in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Silicon wafers are the main foundational material for most semiconductors, and semiconductors are an important component of all electronic devices. The meticulously designed slender disc has a maximum diameter of 12 inches and is the foundation material for most semiconductor manufacturing.

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