From quartz sand to silicon wafers, the manufacturing process is critical for achieving the purity and quality needed for advanced semiconductor applications.

GlobalWafers chairman Doris Hsu said rising adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) is sustaining long-term demand for advanced 12-inch silicon wafers, as ...

Specialty devices are the unsung heroes of modern life. For many in the semiconductor industry today, the spotlight is on the SiC and GaN power devices used in automotive, green energy, fast-charge ...

At the same time, the semiconductor industry has been moving toward 200 mm (8-inch) wafers to improve manufacturing ...

Researchers from Australian National University and Longi used photoluminescence imaging to analyze dopant distributions in RCz-grown silicon wafers doped with antimony, phosphorus, and gallium, ...

MILPITAS, Calif., April 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Worldwide silicon wafer shipments increased 2.2% year-on-year (YoY) to 2,896 million square inches (MSI) from the 2,834 MSI recorded during the same ...

Prices may be falling, and competition is fierce, but the silicon wafer industry is still booming as China strives to build an independent supply chain for advanced semiconductors. Against this ...

In the latter half of 2024, global demand for silicon wafers began to rebound from the industry's downturn experienced in 2023, as reported by the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its ...

Plans to build Australia’s first large-scale silicon ingot and wafer manufacturing facility in Queensland have been put on the fast track by the federal government in a nod to the project’s potential ...

With a thickness of only 20 µm and a diameter of 300 mm, Infineon’s silicon power wafers are the thinnest in the industry. These ultra-thin wafers are a quarter the thickness of a human hair and half ...

Federal Labor awards major project status to two companies seeking to strengthen Australia's homegrown solar supply chain.