{"id":4077,"date":"2016-10-23T20:50:58","date_gmt":"2016-10-23T20:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.asminternational.org\/edfas\/results\/-\/journal_content\/56\/10192\/26916615\/NEWS\/"},"modified":"2023-02-07T04:52:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T04:52:59","slug":"wafer-shipments-forecast-to-increase-in-2016-2017-and-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asminternational.org\/edfas\/results\/-\/journal_content\/56\/10192\/26916615\/NEWS\/","title":{"rendered":"Wafer shipments forecast to increase in 2016, 2017, and 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tSEMI, San Jose, Calif., recently completed its annual silicon shipment forecast for the semiconductor industry, providing an outlook for the demand in silicon units for the period 2016\u20132018. The forecast shows polished and epitaxial silicon shipments totaling 10,444 million square inches in 2016; 10,642 million square inches in 2017; and 10,897 million square inches in 2018. Total wafer shipments this year are expected to exceed the market high set in 2015, and are forecast to continue shipping at record levels in 2017 and 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&#8220;Silicon shipment volumes have been gaining strength in recent months, after a soft start at the beginning of the year,&#8221; said Denny McGuirk, president and CEO of SEMI. &#8220;This positive momentum is expected to continue and result in modest annual growth for the segment this year, next year, and into 2018.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tShipments are for semiconductor applications only and do not include solar applications<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSilicon wafers are the fundamental building material for&nbsp;semiconductors, which in turn, are vital components of virtually all electronics goods, including computers, telecommunications products, and consumer electronics. The highly engineered thin round disks are produced in various diameters (from one inch to 12 inches) and serve as the substrate material on which most semiconductor devices or &#8220;chips&#8221; are fabricated.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAll data cited in this release is inclusive of polished silicon wafers, including virgin test wafers and epitaxial silicon wafers shipped by the wafer manufacturers to the end-users. Data do not include non-polished or reclaimed wafers.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t2016 Silicon Shipment Forecast<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTotal Electronic Grade Silicon Slices* \u2013 Does not Include Non-Polished Wafers<\/p>\n<p>\n\t(Millions of Square Inches, MSI)<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:644px;\" width=\"644\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:150px;\">\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:218px;\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tActual<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"width:338px;\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tForecast<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:150px;\">\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:110px;\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t2014<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:107px;\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t2015<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:105px;\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t2016<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:120px;\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t2017<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:113px;\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t2018<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:150px;\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tMSI<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:110px;\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t9,826<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:107px;\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t10,269<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:105px;\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t10,444<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:120px;\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t10,642<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:113px;\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t10,897<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:150px;\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tAnnual Growth<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:110px;\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t11%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:107px;\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t5%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:105px;\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t2%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:120px;\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t2%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:113px;\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t2%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n\tSource: SEMI, October 2016<\/p>\n<p>\n\t* Shipments are for semiconductor applications only and do not include solar applications<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.semi.org\/\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.9375em;\">www.semi.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEMI, San Jose, Calif., recently completed its annual silicon shipment forecast for the semiconductor industry, providing an outlook for the demand in silicon units for the period 2016\u20132018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63082,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[434,450,435,436,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electronics","category-general","category-news","category-news-articles","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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