150mm and 200mm wafer fabs accounted for two-thirds of total closures. March 01, 2018 -- Since the global economic recession of 2008-2009, the IC industry has been on a mission to pare down older ...

High volume 450mm IC wafer fabs not expected until after 2020. April 19, 2016 -- IC Insights recently released its new Global Wafer Capacity 2016-2020 report that provides in-depth detail, analyses, ...

Companies poured billions into fabs and facilities around the world as regions continue to build self-sufficiency and form ...

Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) anticipates wafer shipments will stay flat sequentially in the first quarter ...

These factors reduce the overall number of wafers an IC manufacturer can process in a given time, and also raise production costs per chip. Extreme ultraviolet lithography can achieve these ...

An image of a mask containing the structure of an integrated circuit (IC) is projected onto a silicon wafer, which is coated with a light-sensitive material known as a photoresist. When the ...