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SEMI: 2 Scenarios for COVID-19 Impact on 2020 Global Silicon Wafer Market Sales

SEMI expects a drop in silicon wafer sales in the second half of 2020 with possible ripple effects on price negotiations in 2021.

Global silicon wafer market sales could dip if the uncertainty surrounding the impact of COVID-19 to the semiconductor industry persists or climb on the strength of rebounding chip sales, SEMI said in a new quarterly report that lays out two wafer market scenarios for the second half of 2020.    With the world continuing to combat the novel coronavirus, SEMI expects a drop in silicon wafer sales in the second half of 2020 with possible ripple effects on price negotiations in 2021. SEMI descr...

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