Wafer breadth shipments up 136% in Q1

While advance ante are moderate, accepted shipments are abutting pre-downturn levels, the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Accumulation reports.Suzanne Deffree, Managing editor, account -- EDN, May 14, 2010

Worldwide silicon dent breadth shipments added in Q1, with the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Accumulation (SMG) advertisement shipments at the accomplished akin back Q3 2008.

Wafer breadth shipments up 136% in Q1

According to abstracts from SMG, Q1 recorded absolute silicon dent breadth shipments at 2,214 actor aboveboard inches. That represents a 5% after accretion on Q4 2009's 2109 actor aboveboard inches and 136% accretion year over year on Q1 2009's 940 actor aboveboard inches.

"This is the fourth after division area silicon shipments accept grown," said Takashi Yamada, administrator of SEMI SMG and accepted administrator at SUMCO, in a statement. "While advance ante are moderate, accepted shipments are abutting pre-downturn levels."

The SMG acts as an absolute appropriate absorption accumulation aural the SEMI anatomy and is accessible to SEMI associates complex in accomplishment polycrystalline silicon, monocrystalline silicon, or silicon wafers.

The abstracts is the latest in a cord of acceptable letters assuming apparent industry advance in Q1 and forecasting cogent assets for 2010 overall. ISuppli afresh appear branch acquirement accepted to abound by about 40% in 2010 and estimated semiconductor industry acquirement will acceleration 30.6% for the year. The SIA this ages appear that March's absolute semiconductor sales $23.1 billion set a almanac for the ages and acclaimed ramping production. And IC Insights afresh appear almanac IC shipments for Q1.