Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing
Feb 17, 2008
Foundries, wafer demand to recover in 2002
“Usually they have bucked the trend. But the downturn, which affected communications chips from fabless companies, resulted in a 25 per cent cut in demand. "But the growth in 2002 will more than make up for last year”
For the foundry industry, the increase in wafer demand translates into 37 per cent growth for finished products in 2002, Itow said, a year after utilisation rates dropped to the low 40 per cent range, or even ... via Electronics Weekly
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