As a result, IC industry capacity is also becoming more concentrated and this trend is especially prevalent in 300mm wafer technology. Figure 1 lists the 300mm installed capacity leaders for 2012 and ...

Wafer capacity growth of 8% forecast for 2018 and 2019 versus 4.8% average yearly growth from 2012-2017. February 12, 2018 -- IC industry wafer capacity, specifically in the memory segment, was ...

However, not all chips perform equally, even if they come from the same wafer. This is where chip binning comes in. After dicing, each die is tested and sorted based on factors like speed ...