Semiconductor Value Chain

Silicon Growth Slows as Chip Manufacturers Push-Out Fab Ramps 
Application Market Forecast Tool AMFT - Silicon - Q3 2012 
The Silicon Application Market Forecast Tool (SiAMFT) provides the user a model based on the iSuppli quarterly revenue forecast and calculating silicon wafer demand. The tool is updated on a quarterly basis using the most current iSuppli market forecast…
Key Issues
  • How much silicon will be required to support 300mm manufacturing operations? How much silicon will be used for mature technologies?
  • As the industry goes through its cycles of rapid growth followed by periods of slowing, what applications will continue to demand increased silicon capacity?
  • What will the impact of technology transitions be for silicon manufacturers?
  • What market applications are driving silicon consumption?
  • What will be the impact of technology transitions for the equipment and material suppliers?







Applicable To
  • Manufacturing Management for IDMs and Foundries
    • Expanding Capacity 
    • Purchasing Equipment
    • Forecasting CAPEX
    • Planning Wafer Transitions
  • Raw Materials Suppliers
    • Marketing
    • Sales
  • Equipment Manufacturers
    • Marketing
    • Sales
Forecast
  • Frequency
    • Annual
    • Quarterly
  • Measures  
    • Wafers (4-inch to 300 millimeter)
    • Technology (> 0.5 micron to 22 nanometer)
    • Discrete, Logic, Memory, Analog, Microcomponents
    • 93 Applications


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