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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.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

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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