200mm wafer shortages may persist for years. SilTerra is a 200mm semiconductor wafer foundry. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dagang NeXchange Bhd's (Dnex) subsidiary SilTerra Malaysia Sdn Bhd is investing RM645 million on an expansion plan that will increase its annual capacity by 20 percent. SilTerra is a 200mm semiconductor wafer foundry.
200mm foundry capacity is fully booked in the first half of 2022, according to Gartner. Beyond that, demand for 200mm foundry capacity will continue to outstrip supply.
The supply-demand situation will return to relative normalcy by mid-2022, except for some automotive chips. By mid-2022, though, many chipmakers should have enough 300mm fab capacity to meet demand. But 200mm is a different story.
Starting in the 2000s, many chipmakers migrated from 200mm to 300mm fabs. During this period, 200mm fabs were still in use. But 200mm was a forgotten market until 2015, when the industry saw a surge in demand for chips based on more mature processes. Suddenly, 200mm fab utilization rates at the foundries were hovering at 100%. Capacity shortages appeared. From 2016 to 2021, 200mm capacity was tight. 200mm foundries have been operating at near 100% capacity.
Building new 200mm fabs is an obvious solution. Today, several companies are building new 200mm fabs. In total, the industry has increased 200mm fab capacity by over 300,000 wafers per month (wpm) in 2021, up 5% over 2020.
However, that’s not nearly enough capacity to meet demand. Why is the capacity increased at such a low pace?
Cost The cost of a new 200mm fab ranges anywhere from $450 million for a MEMS facility to $1.3 billion for a power semi plant.
Lack of supplier
Even if you build a new 200mm capacity, chipmakers will run into another problem. It’s difficult to find new 200mm equipment in the marketplace as equipment makers had shifted their focus to 300mm fabs.
In short, supply shortage for 200mm wafer will persist and the new supply is not coming in fast enough. This will bring to a huge demand for the current 200mm foundry. Besides providing a higher average selling price for Silterra, increasing its revenue, the increased utilization rate will also generate positive effects on its bottom line.
This is definetely the most active forum among all counters. These two days are unusually full of comments from various sectors : naysayers, promoters , well wishers, dreamers and of course sorties , contra players , investors etc etc. Each with their respective purpose . So tomorrow will be the most exciting showdown day for all !! Have a nice sleep tonight and prepare for the battle tomorrow, good luck !!
For me it's easy, bought earlier and with lower avg cost (topped up a few times when the price dipped). With 200mm chip shortage still in play, higher oil price, and reputated management team, I will hold on it till end of year at least, unless something not right happen along the way. Good luck to those bought and interested to buy in DNeX. Perhaps the recent price movement hint of something. Let's see in 5 days.
"No effect on the share price after announcement of upcoming QR"? This is a hogwash statement! What IF the QR announces a LOSS? Think! What IF the QR announces a profit of +300 mil? Think!
while at 70-80sen also same people same arguements....even so called self proclaimed 'sifu' rr88 under his diligence study predicted,dnex will go down to below 40 sen....kikikikikikih
After careful thought, we must thanks IDSS indirectly for maintaining the share price at this level. Unless the bull can continue for a longer period, one day, IDSS will take advantage of it.
High end technological wafer is distance between transistor to transistor (node) which is lesser than 28 nanometers in single die in wafer whereas low end technological wafer is more than 28 nanometers. Light does not present or exist in semiconductor but outside semiconductor and in stanfibre optic cable which is outside integrated circuit (IC). High end or low end technological wafer dissociate with speed of light. Understand that SilTera only manage to produce wafer of 180 nanometers(nm) node process whereas your neighbour foundry Infineon can produce wafer of 90 nanometers(nm) node process. Infineon can produce small and more compact photonic chip than SilTera.
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Exciting show tomorrow. Lol