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Silicon wafer shipments declined in 2008, says SEMI
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LONDON — Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments decreased by 6 percent in 2008 when compared to 2007 area shipments according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its year-end analysis of the silicon wafer industry. Revenues also declined by 6 percent in 2008 compared to 2007.

Silicon wafer area shipments in 2008 totaled 8,137 million square inches (MSI), down from the 8,661 million square inches shipped during 2007. Revenues fell to $11.4 billion from $12.1 billion posted in 2007.

"Despite starting out the year strong, silicon shipments did not exceed levels seen in 2007," said Nobuo Katsuoka, chairman of SEMI SMG and director of the SOI process engineering department for Shin-Etsu Handotai Co. Ltd., in a statement issued by SEMI. "The semiconductor market was not immune to the economic turmoil caused by the global financial crisis."

Nonetheless silicon area shipments were 58 percent higher than they were five years previously in 2003 and revenues from wafer sales were nearly twice the $5.8 billion recorded for 2003.

The area and revenue data includes silicon wafers aimed at semiconductor applications rather than photovoltaic applications. It includes polished silicon wafers, virgin test wafers, epitaxial silicon wafers, and non-polished silicon wafers shipped by the wafer manufacturers to the end-users.

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