Q3 silicon wafer area shipments fell 0.5% on Q2 to 3,135 million square inches  but were up 6.9% from the 2,932 million square inches shipped in Q3 2019, says the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer industry.

“After a strong rebound in the first half of 2020, global silicon wafer shipments in the third quarter were flat to the previous quarter,” said Neil Weaver, chairman of SEMI SMG and vice president of Product Development and Applications Engineering at Shin Etsu Handotai America.

Silicon Area Shipment Trends – Semiconductor Applications Only

Millions of Square Inches

2Q 2019    
3Q 2019
4Q 2019    1Q 2020    2Q 2020    3Q 2020

Total    2,983    2,932    2,844    2,920    3,152    3,135

Source: SEMI (www.semi.org), November 2020

All data cited includes polished silicon wafers such as virgin test wafers and epitaxial silicon wafers, as well as non-polished silicon wafers shipped to end users.