Date: 05/08/2009

79% quarterly growth in silicon semiconductor wafer shipments in 2Q09 but not yet crossed 2Q08 mark

SEMI's Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) has reported in it's quarterly analysis, the Worldwide silicon semiconductor wafer area shipments for semiconductor device applications (solar excluded) has increased by 79% to 1,686 million square inches during the 2nd quarter of 2009 compared to 940 million square inches shipped in the 1st quarter of 2009. But it's still not reached the Q2 2008 wafer shipment of 2303 milion of squre Inches.

The table below lists shippment figures.


Million of Square Inches


Q2 2008

Q1 2009

Q2 2009

TOTAL

2,303

940

1,686



"Silicon wafer shipments recovered sharply from the low levels reported in the first quarter, though remain well below last year's shipments," said Nobuo Katsuoka, chairman of SEMI SMG and director, SOI process Engineering Department for Shin-Etsu Handotai Co., Ltd. "The recovery in wafer shipments is inline with general trends reported elsewhere in the semiconductor industry."