The Silicon Carbide Report focuses on silicon carbide used for and with semiconductor process equipment. A contrast between silicon carbide and quartz is provided. Market forecasts and market share statistics are included.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. HIGHLIGHTS
SiC Advantages over Quartz

3. MANUFACTURING METHODS
Conversion Process from Graphite

4. DIFFERENT TYPES OF SILICON CARBIDE
4.1 The Quartz Advantage

5. MARKET SHARE

6. WORLDWIDE MARKET SIZE
6.1 SELECTED WORLDWIDE GROWTH MARKETS

7. QUALITY AND DISTRIBUTION

8. SUPPLY CHAIN
8.1 Coors Tec, Inc. and recent acquisition Saint Gobain / Crystar Components (sintered process SiC)
8.2 Toshiba
8.3 Asahi Glass Electronic Materials Inc. (AGEM)
8.4 Entegris, Inc. SiC (Previously Poco Graphite, referred to as “Poco brand”)
8.5 Luch
8.6 Bridgestone
8.7 Dow Chemical Advanced Materials (formerly Rohm and Haas, Inc. CVD SiC)
8.8 SCHUNK

9. CONCLUSION


List of Figures

Figure 1 Typical Sintered Material Process
Figure 2 2010 SiC Market in US $ by Manufacturing Method (chart does not include 1-2% for silicon parts/carriers) Does not include PTV wafers
Figure 3 SiC Market Share, WW Estimate, 2010 in $ Volume as a % of Total
Figure 4 Estimated WW Market for Semiconductor SiC in $M USD
Figure 5: Estimated 2010 Quartz vs SiC Market Split
Figure 6A & B: Future Projected Quartz vs SiC Market Split 2011
Figure 7 Estimated 2010 SiC Percent of OEM Sales by Application

List of Tables

Table 1 Projected Regional Estimates for indirect Materials Consumption (expressed as a % of WW consumption) for IC Producers
Table 2: Estimated Asia/Pacific Semiconductor SiC Market size (2010 estimates in Millions of US$, Japan not included)