The company sees rising demand for silicon wafers this year, as the AI boom boosts industry interest in advanced chips and chip packaging technologies, GlobalWafers said yesterday. Additionally, customer inventories are improving significantly, stimulating higher demand for silicon wafers than last year, it said. GlobalWafers Co chairwoman and chief executive officer Doris Hsu poses for a photograph at a media gathering in Hsinchu yesterday. GlobalWafers counts Apple Inc, Micron Technology Inc and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (台積電) among its customers with operations in the US. Last year, GlobalWafers’ revenue fell 3.24 percent to NT$60.6 billion (US$1.92 billion) from NT$62.63 billion in 2024.
