Soitec, the SOI wafer specialist, had nine months revenues of 218.9 million euro 25% up on the first nine months of FY'17.
Jan. 18, 2018 –
"We continued to deliver strong revenue growth during the third quarter of the fiscal year," says Soitec CEO Paul Boudre, "growth mainly came from the sharp increase in our new innovative Digital 300-mm products, namely FD-SOI, Imager-SOI and Photonics SOI substrates, showing our ability to address new and growing market segments. This good performance also came from sustained demand in Communication and Power products, including a promising surge in 300-mm radiofrequency wafers."
"As we see significant growth ahead for the semiconductor industry to be driven by multiple applications across various industries, including the need for enhanced mobility, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence or augmented and virtual reality, Soitec is uniquely positioned to capture the different components of this growth. We are confident that the SOI footprint will increase in the four fast growing high-value end-markets that we are addressing, i.e. smartphones, automotive, cloud infrastructure and Internet of Things."
Communication & Power
In the third quarter of FY'18, the demand for 200-mm wafers – radiofrequency (RF-SOI) and power electronics (Power-SOI) products – remained buoyant. In addition, the demand for RF 300-mm wafers which started to pick up in the first quarter of FY'18 has substantially raised again in the third quarter of FY'18, confirming its potential for further growth.
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