TrendForce expects Samsung Electronics’ 8-inch wafer fab capacity utilization rate to be only 50% next year

According to news on October 15, Samsung Electronics, currently the second largest wafer foundry, may not be optimistic about its capacity utilization rate next year. TrendForce predicts that the capacity utilization rate of their 8-inch wafer fab will be only 50% next year. % about.

TrendForce said that due to the decline in demand, Samsung Electronics' 8-inch wafer fab has shown signs of declining capacity utilization since the second half of this year.

Foreign media disclosed in reports that Samsung Electronics currently operates an 8-inch wafer fab in Giheung, Gyeonggi Province, with a monthly production capacity of 200,000 wafers. It mainly produces driver integrated circuits, image sensors, smartphone power management chips, etc.

Foreign media also mentioned in the report that the output of Samsung Electronics' 8-inch wafer fab has been sharply reduced in recent times due to customers cutting orders.

Of course, foreign media also mentioned in reports that Samsung Electronics is not the only 8-inch wafer OEM that lacks orders. Due to inventory management problems, manufacturers such as Infineon are also reducing their supply of advanced and other 8-inch wafers in the world. OEM orders.

Although orders from 8-inch wafer OEMs are currently decreasing, in the past 2-3 years, global OEM demand for 8-inch wafers has increased sharply, and production capacity has also become tight. Some OEMs have also raised OEM prices. .