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Installed capacity, foundry segment, 200mm-equivalent wafers

SEMI on 2025. 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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12.6 million wpm in 2025

Issued 2025-01-07 by SEMI · World Fab Forecast, SEMI press release, 7 January 2025

Wafer basis: 200mm equivalent. That is the publisher's own words. The publisher's own words. SEMI's World Fab Forecast releases state the basis with the figures: the 18 June 2024 release writes "33.7 million wafers per month (wpm: 8-inch equivalent)" inline, and the 7 January 2025 release carries the footnote "200mm equivalent". So this basis is quoted, not deduced.

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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
2025-01-0712.6 million wpm in 2025first on the recordWorld Fab Forecast, SEMI press release, 7 January 2025
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The result

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SEMI, installed capacity, foundry segment, 200mm-equivalent wafers, target 2025: 12.6 million wpm in 2025, issued 2025-01-07. Source: World Fab Forecast, SEMI press release, 7 January 2025, https://www.semi.org/en/semi-press-release/eighteen-new-semiconductor-fabs-to-start-construction-in-2025-semi-reports. Recorded by Silicon Almanac, which retains every prior value: https://siliconalmanac.com/figure/semi-foundry-capacity/2025/  

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Source: SEMI (2025-01-07), World Fab Forecast, SEMI press release, 7 January 2025. Revision history: https://siliconalmanac.com/figure/semi-foundry-capacity/2025/  

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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 capacity, foundry segment, 200mm-equivalent wafers	2025	12.6 million wpm in 2025	2025-01-07		World Fab Forecast, SEMI press release, 7 January 2025	https://www.semi.org/en/semi-press-release/eighteen-new-semiconductor-fabs-to-start-construction-in-2025-semi-reports			https://siliconalmanac.com/figure/semi-foundry-capacity/2025/

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The same figure, other periods: 2026

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