Wafer Shortage Improvement In Sight For 300mm, But Not 200mm

Fig. 3: 300mm wafer global capacity and demand forecast (Feb. 2022). Even with brownfield and greenfield investments in capacity expansion, customer demand will exceed available global wafer capacity for years to come. Source: Sumco

Wafer Shortage Improvement In Sight For 300mm, But Not 200mm

Suppliers are investing new 300mm capacity, but it’s probably not enough. And despite burgeoning 200mm demand, only Okmetic and new players in China are adding capacity.