with polished wafer shipments falling slightly more year-over-year than EPI wafer shipments,” said Lee Chungwei (李崇偉), Chairman of SEMI SMG and Vice President and Chief Auditor at GlobalWafers.

or silicon carbide (SiC) wafers, which offer higher power capacity and resilience than silicon alone. Tesla (TSLA.US) blazed a trail by using silicon carbide in the inverters for its Model 3 ...

while weakening foundry and analog uptake accounted for a drop in shipments of 8-inch wafers. "Shipments of 12-inch polished and epi wafers contracted 13% and 5% in 2023, respectively,” said Lee ...