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by Greg LaRocca, Director of Market Research and Economic Policy

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) released its annual State of the Industry Report today. The report highlights opportunities for continued growth and innovation across the semiconductor industry and notes current and upcoming challenges to the industry’s sustained success. Last year, industry global sales reached $527 billion and nearly 1 trillion semiconductors were sold globally, more […]

by John Neuffer, President and CEO

As we mark the second anniversary of the historic CHIPS and Science Act, one thing is clear. The world will continue to need more semiconductors to power the technologies of today and tomorrow, including artificial intelligence, smartphones, cloud computing, electric vehicles, and countless others. For decades, the United States was producing a diminishing share of […]

by Mary Thornton, Vice President, Global Policy

Semiconductors, the chips at the heart of modern technology, power just about every sector of the global economy. Innovation in key end-markets—such as AI, automotive, and industrial—are expected to propel the semiconductor industry to $1 trillion by 2030. To meet increasing demand for chips, semiconductor companies are committing billions of dollars in new investments over […]

WASHINGTON—July 30, 2024—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer, urging Senate approval of the House-passed Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act (H.R. 7024). The legislation, which the Senate is expected to vote on later this week, includes two provisions critical to the semiconductor […]

U.S. forecast to increase its domestic chip manufacturing by 203% in the decade following enactment of the CHIPS and Science Act—and expand its share of the world’s total fab capacity for the first time in decades—according to new Semiconductor Industry Association/Boston Consulting Group report focused on the global chip supply chain WASHINGTON—May 8, 2024—The Semiconductor […]

by Mary Thornton, Vice President, Global Policy

To maintain U.S. semiconductor leadership, the United States needs a robust trade policy to complement efforts to run faster here at home. That was the main message of public comments SIA submitted on April 22 in response to the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) request for information on how trade policy can strengthen U.S. supply […]

WASHINGTON—March 4, 2024— The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer in response to the decision by the World Trade Organization (WTO) to renew the Moratorium on Customs Duties on Electronic Transmissions during the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi. “In terms of high drama, […]

WASHINGTON AND NEW DELHI—Feb. 14, 2024—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) and the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) today welcomed the release of a report evaluating India’s existing semiconductor ecosystem and policy frameworks and offering recommendations to facilitate longer-term strategic development of complementary semiconductor ecosystems in the U.S. and India. The report, titled “Assessing India’s […]

WASHINGTON—Nov. 2, 2023—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced Mary Thornton has joined the association as vice president of global policy. In this role, Thornton will lead SIA’s global policy team and direct the association’s global trade and economic security policy initiatives, among other issue areas. SIA represents 99% of the U.S. semiconductor industry by revenue and […]

by John Neuffer, President and CEO

The fresh fall air in Geneva this week appears to mirror the possibilities and benefits inherent in another expansion of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA), originally launched by the WTO in 1997 to eliminate tariffs on a broad swath of tech products, from cell phones to computers. By 2015, 53 nations […]

by Semiconductor Industry Association

SIA has long supported efforts to strengthen U.S.-India collaboration in the semiconductor supply chain. A new initial assessment—commissioned by SIA and the India Electronics Semiconductor Association (IESA) and authored by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)—finds that India brings significant strengths to the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. The U.S. and India ramped up cooperation in […]

by Semiconductor Industry Association

SIA and Arizona State University this week hosted the first North America Semiconductor Conference (NASC), a new trilateral endeavor between the governments, academic institutions, and private sectors of Mexico, Canada, and the United States. NASC aims to create a contiguous region of semiconductor development and production in North America and to leverage existing strengths of […]