Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

CTOnews.com news on November 21, according to the Taiwan media Central News Agency, today, the wafer foundry said that the market demand has declined significantly, and 2023 will be a challenging year.

UMC said that due to the inventory adjustment in the semiconductor industry, capacity utilization will fall to 90% in the fourth quarter, and wafer shipments will be reduced by about 10%, but the average selling price of the product will be the same as in the third quarter.

Looking to the future, UMC pointed out that it will provide quarterly views on capacity utilization and quotation status, and will not comment on the trend of next year's quotation for the time being. Due to the marked decline in market demand, 2023 is expected to be a challenging year.

CTOnews.com learned that UMC said that there is a link between capacity utilization and quotation, and that most of the current customers focus on eliminating inventory, and lowering quotations should be of limited help to improve capacity utilization.

In addition, the legal person pointed out that UMC's 12-inch wafer demand is still robust, and the overall capacity utilization rate in the off-season is expected to remain above 85%. Benefiting from the continuous outsourced production of IDM factory, the demand for United trams is still hot.

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