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Installed 200mm capacity worldwide, actual 200mm wafers

SEMI on 2026. Every value ever published for this period, in the order it was issued. Nothing here is computed: no delta, no percentage, no judgement about the movement.

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more than 7.7 million wafers per month (wpm)

Issued 2023-09-19 by SEMI · Global 200mm Fabs to Reach Record High Capacity by 2026, SEMI Reports, 19 September 2023

lower bound The publisher stated a floor, not a figure.

Wafer basis: 200mm actual. That is this record's reading of which report the figure came from. NOT the publisher's words. The release says "200mm fab capacity" and "wafers per month" without the word actual; the basis follows from the product, SEMI's 200mm Fab Outlook, which covers 200mm fabs only and therefore has nothing to convert to equivalents. This record's reasoning, written down here rather than asserted as a quotation.

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Everything published for this period

1 statement, so this figure has been published once. That is a fact about the publisher, not a gap in this record. Ordered by the date each was issued.

IssuedValue as publishedSource
2023-09-19more than 7.7 million wafers per month (wpm)
lower bound
first on the recordGlobal 200mm Fabs to Reach Record High Capacity by 2026, SEMI Reports, 19 September 2023
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SEMI, installed 200mm capacity worldwide, actual 200mm wafers, target 2026: more than 7.7 million wafers per month (wpm), issued 2023-09-19 (stated as a lower bound). Source: Global 200mm Fabs to Reach Record High Capacity by 2026, SEMI Reports, 19 September 2023, https://www.semi.org/en/news-media-press-releases/semi-press-releases/global-200-mm-fabs-to-reach-record-high-capacity-by-2026-semi-reports. Recorded by Silicon Almanac, which retains every prior value: https://siliconalmanac.com/figure/semi-200mm-capacity/2026/  

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Source: SEMI (2023-09-19), Global 200mm Fabs to Reach Record High Capacity by 2026, SEMI Reports, 19 September 2023. Figure as published is stated as a lower bound. Revision history: https://siliconalmanac.com/figure/semi-200mm-capacity/2026/  

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publisher	figure	target_period	value_as_published	issued	qualifiers	source_title	source_url	previous_value	previous_issued	figure_page	retrieved
SEMI	Installed 200mm capacity worldwide, actual 200mm wafers	2026	more than 7.7 million wafers per month (wpm)	2023-09-19	stated as a lower bound	Global 200mm Fabs to Reach Record High Capacity by 2026, SEMI Reports, 19 September 2023	https://www.semi.org/en/news-media-press-releases/semi-press-releases/global-200-mm-fabs-to-reach-record-high-capacity-by-2026-semi-reports			https://siliconalmanac.com/figure/semi-200mm-capacity/2026/

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