With the global rush to build eight-inch wafer plants, the number of plants worldwide grew from only 46 in 1994 to 73 in 1995, and has leapt again to 170 in 1996.
八吋晶圓廠的建廠風橫掃全球，從一九九四年全球僅有四十六座、到九五年的七十三座、躍升為九六年的一百七十座！