Global Crystal, the world’s third largest silicon wafer factory: Q1 revenue increased by 10.1% year-on-year, and the current production capacity continues to be fully loaded

IT House May 4 news, according to the Taiwan Economic Daily, Xu Xiulan, chairman of Universal Crystal, the largest semiconductor silicon wafer factory in Taiwan and the third largest in the world, revealed at the French conference on the 3rd that the current production capacity continues to operate at full capacity. , as of the end of the first quarter of this year,Customer Advance Payments Up About 15% MoMreaching a record high of NT$33.11 billion (about 7.45 billion yuan).

The legal person said that it is a good phenomenon that the advance payment of customers in Global Crystal continues to increase, which means that customers are willing to sign long-term contracts.Demand for semiconductor silicon wafers has not waned.

Xu Xiulan pointed out,The current demand for silicon wafers of all sizes is very good, of which 12-inch is the strongest, followed by compound semiconductor wafers, and the strong demand for 8-inch FZ is unprecedented. Although the market demand for mobile phones, PCs and other applications has slowed down, the strong demand for automotive and industrial applications has pushed up the production capacity of Universal Crystal to continue to be fully loaded.

IT House has learned that Global Crystal data shows that as emerging applications continue to expand demand for advanced process wafers, Global Crystal’s revenue in the first quarter reached NT$16.31 billion (about 3.67 billion yuan),A month-on-month increase of 3.5% and a year-on-year increase of 10.1%and hit a record high single-quarter revenue.