100 IC Wafer Fabs Closed or Repurposed Since 2009
Hardest hit are ≤200mm wafer fabs, 70% of closures in Japan and North America. Over the past decade, the IC industry has been paring down its older capacity as manufacturers have consolidated or transitioned to the fab-lite or fabless business models. In its recently released Global Wafer Capacity 2020-2024 report, IC Insights shows that due to the […]