TECHCET CA, an advisory service firm providing electronic materials
information, today announced that the silicon wafer supply for semiconductor
device fabrication is forecasted to appreciably lag demand starting
next year, and could remain in shortage through the year 2021 despite
investments in China. Silicon wafer area demand is forecasted to
steadily increase at a CAGR of ~3.1% over the 2016-2021 period to reach
over 13,000 million square inches (MSI). Executives of silicon wafer
suppliers have stated that average selling prices have remained too low
to allow for investment in 300mm expansions, as detailed in a quarterly
update to the TECHCET Critical Materials Report, “Silicon Wafers Market & Supply-Chain.”
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