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Worldwide chip sales down 18.5% year-to-year WASHINGTON—March 3, 2023—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced global semiconductor industry sales totaled $41.3 billion during the month of January 2023, a decrease of 5.2% compared to the December 2022 total of $43.6 billion and 18.5% less than the January 2022 total of $50.7 billion. Monthly sales are […]

by Robert Casanova, Director, Industry Statistics and Economic Policy

Global semiconductor sales data released last week showed the industry experienced significant ups and downs in 2022. While chip sales reached the highest-ever annual total in 2022, the slowdown in the second half of the year substantially limited growth. A deeper dive into the year-end data reveals how this pattern is consistent with the semiconductor […]

Note: This release reflects updated sales data released on March 3, 2023 Worldwide industry sales totaled a record $574.1 billion in 2022, but sales slowed significantly during second half of year WASHINGTON—Feb. 3, 2023—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced global semiconductor industry sales totaled $574.1 billion in 2022, the highest-ever annual total and an […]

Worldwide chip sales down 9.2% year-to-year WASHINGTON—Jan. 9, 2023—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced global semiconductor industry sales were $45.5 billion during the month of November 2022, a decrease of 2.9% compared to the October 2022 total of $46.9 billion and 9.2% less than the November 2021 total of $50.0 billion. Monthly sales are […]

Worldwide chip sales down 4.6% year-to-year WASHINGTON—Dec. 5, 2022—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced global semiconductor industry sales were $46.9 billion during the month of October 2022, a slight decrease of 0.3% compared to the September 2022 total of $47.0 billion and down 4.6% compared to the October 2021 total of $49.1 billion. Monthly […]

Global sales in third quarter 3.0% lower than Q3 2021 and 6.3% less than Q2 2022  WASHINGTON—Oct. 28, 2022—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced global semiconductor sales for the month of September 2022 were down 0.5% compared to August 2022 and 3.0% less than September 2021. Worldwide sales of semiconductors totaled $141 billion during the […]

Worldwide chip sales decrease 3.4% month-to-month WASHINGTON—Oct. 3, 2022—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced global semiconductor industry sales were $47.4 billion during the month of August 2022, a slight increase of 0.1% over the August 2021 total of $47.3 billion but a decrease of 3.4% compared to the July 2022 total of $49.0 billion. […]

Worldwide sales in July decrease 2.3% on a month-to-month basis WASHINGTON—Sept. 6, 2022—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced global semiconductor industry sales were $49.0 billion in the month of July 2022, an increase of 7.3% over the July 2021 total of $45.7 billion, but a decrease of 2.3% compared to the June 2022 total […]

Worldwide sales for June decrease 1.9% month-to-month WASHINGTON—Aug. 1, 2022—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors totaled $152.5 billion during the second quarter of 2022, an increase of 13.3% over the second quarter of 2021 and 0.5% more than the first quarter of 2022. Global sales for the month of June […]

Sales into the Americas increase 36.9% year-to-year to lead all regional markets WASHINGTON—July 5, 2022—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced global semiconductor industry sales were $51.8 billion in the month of May 2022, an increase of 18.0% over the May 2021 total of $43.9 billion and 1.8% more than the April 2022 total of […]

Sales into the Americas increase 40.9% year-to-year to lead all regional markets WASHINGTON—June 6, 2022—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced global semiconductor industry sales were $50.9 billion in the month of April 2022, an increase of 21.1% over the April 2021 total of $42.0 billion and 0.7% more than the March 2022 total of […]

by Semiconductor Industry Association

In 2021, amid the ongoing global chip shortage, semiconductor companies substantially ramped up production and innovation to address persistently high demand, leading to record chip sales and units shipped. Global semiconductor sales reached $556 billion in 2021, and U.S. semiconductor companies accounted for sales totaling $258 billion, or 46% of the global market. To remain […]