GlobalWafers

GlobalWafers is a major in the Materials segment of the semiconductor & AI supply chain, headquartered in Hsinchu, TW. Its key suppliers include Wacker Chemie, Tokuyama. Its key customers include TSMC, Samsung Electronics, Intel.

Third-largest silicon wafer maker; expanding US capacity in Texas.

Ticker
TWSE: 6488
Headquarters
Hsinchu, TW
Founded
2011
Market position
major
Value-chain segment
Silicon Wafers
Key products
silicon wafers, SOI wafers

About GlobalWafers

GlobalWafers, headquartered in Taiwan, operates in the Silicon Wafers segment of the semiconductor & AI supply chain and is positioned as a market major there. Its key products include silicon wafers, SOI wafers. wafergraph maps 2 tracked suppliers and 9 tracked customers for GlobalWafers across the value chain. It has a supply-chain criticality score of 70/100, with 243 companies downstream of it. GlobalWafers is a party to 1 tracked deal, including GlobalWafers' attempted Siltronic deal.

GlobalWafers Co., Ltd. is a Taiwanese semiconductor company. As of 2022, they are the world's third largest silicon wafer supplier.

Role in the chain

GlobalWafers is a market major in Materials (Silicon Wafers), headquartered in Taiwan. Third-largest silicon wafer maker; expanding US capacity in Texas.

Diligence questions

  1. The dataset records 2 tracked suppliers for GlobalWafers. Which of those edges are researched (named in a filing or primary source) versus segment-inferred, and what happens if one of them stops shipping?
  2. The dataset names 9 tracked customers for GlobalWafers. How concentrated is demand among those names, and which of them have a documented second source in this graph?
  3. GlobalWafers is headquartered in Taiwan. What jurisdiction, export-control or logistics risk sits at that HQ, versus at the fabs or plants the filings actually name?
  4. GlobalWafers trades as TWSE:6488. What does the latest reported period say about capacity and backlog versus the graph position above?
  5. Before treating any edge as a verified relationship, check the provenance labels on the company page and the method note at /methodology.

Full diligence pack for GlobalWafers

Key products

  • silicon wafers
  • SOI wafers

Suppliers

Customers

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Compare with

Shin-Etsu Chemical · National Silicon Industry Group · SUMCO · Wacker Chemie · Siltronic · Wafer Works

Sources

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Cite as: wafergraph, “GlobalWafers — supply chain, financials & market position”, https://wafergraph.com/company/globalwafers (data as of 2026-09-05).

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