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, ...

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 ...

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

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 ...