IC Insights recently released its Global Wafer Capacity 2020-2024 report that provides in-depth analyses and forecasts of IC industry capacity by wafer size, by process geometry, by region, and by product type through 2024.

Typically, the IC industry meets most of its IC unit demand by increasing wafer starts, not by dramatically increasing the number of dice per wafer.

The number of good ICs shipped per wafer increased by an average of only 0.9% annually from 2000 through 2019.

Typically, the IC industry meets most of its IC unit demand by increasing wafer starts, not by dramatically increasing the number of dice per wafer.

The number of good ICs shipped per wafer increased by an average of only 0.9% annually from 2000 through 2019.

The average annual capacity increase during the past five-year (2014-2019) timeperiod came in at only 5.1%.  For 2019-2024, annual growth in IC industry capacity is forecast to be slightly higher at 5.9%.