Q2 wafer area shipments reached their highest quarterly recorded level at 2,706 million square inches, up 6.6% increase from 2,538 million square inches in Q1. “Silicon shipment growth continues to gain momentum resulting in a quarterly volume shipment high,” says Dr. Volker Braetsch, chairman SEMI SMG and svp at Siltronic, “although year-to-date shipments are effectively …