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{{short description|Design and fabrication of semiconductors}}

{{Semiconductor manufacturing processes}}

The '''semiconductor industry''' is the aggregate of companies engaged in the [[Electronic design automation|design]] and [[Fabrication (semiconductor)|fabrication]] of [[semiconductor]]s and [[semiconductor devices]], such as [[transistors]] and [[integrated circuit]]s. Its roots can be traced to the invention of the transistor by [[William Shockley|Shockley]], [[Walter Houser Brattain|Brattain]], and [[John Bardeen|Bardeen]] at [[Bell Labs]] in 1948.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bardeen |first1=John |last2=Brattain |first2=Walter |title=Oscillation Generator |journal=U.S. Patent Office |date=19 February 1952 |volume=2586597 |url=https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/da/87/56/660851ec62b07d/US2586597.pdf |access-date=8 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Shockley |first1=William |title=Bistable Circuits, Including Transistors |journal=U.S. Patent Office |date=13 October 1953 |volume=2655609 |url=https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/27/b7/2c/4e489b0ef85980/US2655609.pdf |access-date=8 December 2024}}</ref>  Bell Labs licensed the technology for $25,000,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Chris |title=Chip War |date=October 2022 |publisher=Simon & Schuster, Inc. |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-1-9821-7200-8 |page=13 |edition=1}}</ref> and soon many companies, including [[Motorola]] (1952),<ref>{{cite web |title=Motorola History Milestones |url=https://www.motorola.com/us/about/motorola-history-milestones?srsltid=AfmBOorJopVi5ToFPV7umWSI6yM5RgbngPK4-dh_0aVcTnl8nX9I7sa- |publisher=Motorola Solutions |access-date=8 December 2024}}</ref> [[Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory|Shockley Semiconductor]] (1955), [[Sylvania Electric Products|Sylvania]], Centralab, [[Fairchild Semiconductor]] and [[Texas Instruments]] were making transistors.  In 1958 [[Jack Kilby]] of Texas Instruments and [[Robert Noyce]] of Fairchild independently invented the [[Integrated Circuit]], a method of producing multiple transistors on a single "chip" of Semiconductor material. This kicked off a number of rapid advances in [[semiconductor device fabrication|fabrication technology]] leading to the exponential growth in [[semiconductor devices|semiconductor device]] production, known as [[Moore's law]] that has persisted over the past six or so decades. The industry's annual semiconductor sales revenue has since grown to over {{US$|481 billion|long=no}}, as of 2018.<ref name="deloitte"/>

In 2010, the semiconductor industry had the highest intensity of Research & Development in the [[European_Union|EU]] and ranked second after Biotechnology in the EU, [[United States]] and [[Japan]] combined.<ref>{{Cite web |title=European semiconductor industry declared Europe's most R&D intensive industry sector |url=https://www.eusemiconductors.eu/sites/default/files/uploads/110201_ESIA_press_release_on_RD_intensity2.pdf |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=European Semiconductor Industry Association}}</ref> 

The semiconductor industry is in turn the driving force behind the wider [[electronics industry]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Annual Semiconductor Sales Increase 21.6 Percent, Top $400 Billion for First Time |url=https://www.semiconductors.org/annual-semiconductor-sales-increase-21.6-percent-top-400-billion-for-first-time/ |access-date=11 October 2019 |work=[[Semiconductor Industry Association]] |date=5 February 2018}}</ref> with annual [[power electronics]] sales of £135{{nbsp}}[[billion]] ({{US$|{{To USD|135|GBR|year=2011|round=yes}} billion|long=no}}) as of 2011,<ref>{{cite web |title=Power Electronics: A Strategy for Success |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/31795/11-1073-power-electronics-strategy-for-success.pdf |website=[[Government of the United Kingdom]] |publisher=[[Department for Business, Innovation and Skills]] |date=October 2011 |access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref> annual [[consumer electronics]] sales expected to reach {{US$|2.9 trillion|long=no}} by 2020,<ref>{{cite news |title=Global Consumer Electronics Market to Reach US$ 2.9 Trillion by 2020 - Persistence Market Research |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/global-consumer-electronics-market-to-reach-us-29-trillion-by-2020---persistence-market-research-609486755.html |access-date=11 October 2019 |work=[[PR Newswire]] |publisher=Persistence Market Research |date=3 January 2017}}</ref> [[tech industry]] sales expected to reach {{US$|5 trillion|long=no}} in 2019,<ref>{{cite web |title=IT Industry Outlook 2019 |url=https://www.comptia.org/content/research/it-industry-trends-analysis |publisher=[[CompTIA]] |access-date=11 October 2019 |date=January 2019}}</ref> and [[e-commerce]] with over {{US$|29 trillion|long=no}} in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |title=Global e-Commerce sales surged to $29 trillion |url=https://unctad.org/en/pages/PressRelease.aspx?OriginalVersionID=505 |access-date=13 October 2019 |publisher=[[United Nations Conference on Trade and Development]] |date=29 March 2019}}</ref> In 2019, 32.4% of the semiconductor market segment was for networks and communications devices.<ref>{{Cite journal| doi = 10.25103/jestr.151.14| issn = 1791-2377| volume = 15| issue = 1| pages = 110–115| last = Kamal| first = Kamal Y.| title = The Silicon Age: Trends in Semiconductor Devices Industry| journal = Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review| accessdate = 2022-05-26| date = 2022| s2cid = 249074588| url = http://www.jestr.org/downloads/Volume15Issue1/fulltext141512022.pdf}}</ref>

In 2021, the sales of semiconductors reached a record $555.9 billion, up 26.2%, with sales in [[China]] reaching $192.5 billion, according to the [[Semiconductor Industry Association]]. A record 1.15 [[trillion]] semiconductor units were shipped in the calendar year.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kharpal |first= Arjun |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/15/global-chip-sales-in-2021-top-half-a-trillion-dollars-for-first-time.html |title=Global semiconductor sales top half a trillion dollars for first time as chip production gets boost |work=[[CNBC]] |date=2022-02-15 |accessdate=2022-02-15 }}</ref> The semiconductor industry is projected to reach $726.73 billion by 2027.<ref>{{Cite journal| doi = 10.25103/jestr.151.14| issn = 1791-2377| volume = 15| issue = 1| pages = 110–115| last = Kamal| first = Kamal Y.| title = The Silicon Age: Trends in Semiconductor Devices Industry| journal = Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review| accessdate = 2022-05-26| date = 2022| s2cid = 249074588| url = http://www.jestr.org/downloads/Volume15Issue1/fulltext141512022.pdf}}</ref>

==Industry structure==
The global semiconductor industry is dominated by companies from the [[United States]], [[Taiwan]], [[South Korea]], [[Japan]] and the [[Netherlands]], with [[Israel]] and [[Germany]] having significant presence in the field.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Semiconductor Manufacturing by Country 2024 |url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/semiconductor-manufacturing-by-country |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=worldpopulationreview.com}}</ref>

[[File:Who exported Electronic integrated circuits in 2016.svg|thumb|Electronic integrated circuit export by country or region as of 2016, by HS4 trade classification]]
[[File:Who exported Semiconductor devices in 2016.svg|thumb|Export of discrete semiconductors as of 2016, by United Nations Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding Systems 4]]

Unique features of the industry include continuous growth but in a cyclical pattern with high [[volatility (finance)|volatility]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Strahl |first1=Simon |last2=Lundholm |first2=Chester |title=Decoding Semiconductor Market Risks |url=https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1878404/ATTACHMENT01.pdf |access-date=August 6, 2025}}</ref> While the current 20-year annual average growth of the semiconductor industry is on the order of 13%, this has been accompanied by equally above-average market volatility, which can lead to significant if not dramatic cyclical swings. This has required the need for high degrees of flexibility and innovation in order to constantly adjust to the rapid pace of change in the market as many products embedding semiconductor devices often have a very short life cycle.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}

At the same time, the rate of constant price-performance improvement in the semiconductor industry is staggering. As a consequence, changes in the semiconductor market not only occur extremely rapidly but also anticipate changes in industries evolving at a slower pace. The semiconductor industry is widely recognized as a key driver and technology enabler for the whole electronics value chain.<ref>Staff, ReportLinker. “[http://www.reportlinker.com/p01360863-summary/Global-Semiconductor-Market-Outlook-to.html Global Semiconductor Market Outlook 2022] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923220803/http://www.reportlinker.com/p01360863-summary/Global-Semiconductor-Market-Outlook-to.html |date=2016-09-23 }}.” January 13, 2016. February 19, 2016.</ref>

Prior to the 1980s, the semiconductor industry was vertically integrated. Semiconductor companies both designed and manufactured chips in their own facilities. In many cases, this included inventing new processes, refining and purifying source chemicals and silicon wafers, and even manufacturing equipment, like furnaces, lithography tools and etchers. These companies also carried out the assembly and testing of their chips.  Over time, many of these functions were outsourced, such that today semiconductor manufacturers rely on a complex supply chain to provide wafers, high purity source chemicals, and processing equipment.  Further, starting with LSI in 1969, the industry has seen the emergence of [[Fabless manufacturing|Fabless Semiconductor Companies]] that focus solely on chip design and rely on other companies to manufacture their designs.  Initially, these other companies were [[integrated device manufacturer]]s (IDMs), companies that also designed and manufactured their own products, and thus were often competitors of the Fabless companies.  But, by the mid-1980's [[TSMC]] and [[United Microelectronics Corporation|UMC]] emerged as [[foundry model|foundries]], specializing solely in the manufacture of other companies' designs.

Today, much of the industry is based on the [[foundry model]], which consists of [[semiconductor fabrication plant]]s (foundries) and integrated circuit design operations, each belonging to separate companies or subsidiaries.  Some companies, known as [[integrated device manufacturer]]s, both design and manufacture semiconductors. The foundry model has resulted in [[Semiconductor consolidation|consolidation]] among foundries. As of 2021, only three firms are able to manufacture the most advanced semiconductors: [[TSMC]] of Taiwan, [[Samsung]] of South Korea, and [[Intel]] of the United States.<ref name="Economist2021">{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/business/2021/01/23/chipmaking-is-being-redesigned-effects-will-be-far-reaching| issn = 0013-0613| title = Chipmaking is being redesigned. Effects will be far-reaching| newspaper = The Economist| date = 2021-01-23}}</ref>  Part of this is due to the high capital costs of building foundries. TSMC's latest factory, capable of fabricating [[3 nm process]] semiconductors and completed in 2020, cost $19.5 billion.<ref name="Economist2021"/>

Intel is considering outsourcing some production to TSMC.  It currently can only produce 10&nbsp;nm semiconductors, while TSMC and Samsung can both produce 5&nbsp;nm.<ref name="Economist2021"/> [[GlobalFoundries]], an American-headquartered firm, uses a 12&nbsp;nm process for its most advanced chips due to the rapidly increasing development costs of smaller process nodes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/13277/globalfoundries-stops-all-7nm-development|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827201625/https://www.anandtech.com/show/13277/globalfoundries-stops-all-7nm-development|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 27, 2018|title=GlobalFoundries Stops All 7nm Development: Opts to Focus on Specialized Processes}}</ref>

==Semiconductor sales==
===Sales revenue===
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right"
|+ Annual [[semiconductor]] sales (1987{{ndash}}2018)
! Year
! Revenue (nominal)
! Revenue (inflation)
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!2022
|$601,694,000,000
|
| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gartner Says Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Grew 1.1% in 2022 |url=https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-01-17-gartner-says-worldwide-semiconductor-revenue-grew-one-percent-in-2022 |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=Gartner |language=en}}</ref>
|-
!2021
|$594,952,000,000
|
|-
!2020
|$466,237,000,000
|
| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gartner Says Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Grew 10.4% in 2020 |url=https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2020-04-12-gartner-says-worldwide-semiconductor-revenue-grew-10-4-percent-in-2020 |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=Gartner |language=en}}</ref>
|-
!2019
|$422,237,000,000
|
|-
!2018
|$481,090,000,000
|{{US$|{{Inflation|US|481090000000|2018|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|<ref name="deloitte">{{cite web |title=Semiconductors – the Next Wave |url=https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/cn/Documents/technology-media-telecommunications/deloitte-cn-tmt-semiconductors-the-next-wave-en-190422.pdf |publisher=[[Deloitte]] |date=April 2019 |access-date=11 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020223147/https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/cn/Documents/technology-media-telecommunications/deloitte-cn-tmt-semiconductors-the-next-wave-en-190422.pdf |archive-date=20 October 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
!2017
|$420,390,000,000
|{{US$|{{Inflation|US|420390000000|2017|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|<ref name="deloitte"/>
|-
!2016
|$345,850,000,000
|{{US$|{{Inflation|US|345850000000|2016|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|<ref name="deloitte"/>
|-
!2015
|$335,170,000,000
|{{US$|{{Inflation|US|335170000000|2015|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|rowspan="7" | <ref name="statista">{{cite web |title=Semiconductor sales revenue worldwide from 1987 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars) |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/266973/global-semiconductor-sales-since-1988/ |website=[[Statista]] |date=July 4, 2019 |access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
!2014
|$335,840,000,000
|{{US$|{{Inflation|US|335840000000|2014|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|-
!2013
|$305,580,000,000
|{{US$|{{Inflation|US|305580000000|2013|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|-
!2012
|$291,560,000,000
|{{US$|{{Inflation|US|291560000000|2012|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|-
!2011
|$299,520,000,000
|{{US$|{{Inflation|US|299520000000|2011|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|-
!2010
|$298,320,000,000
|{{US$|{{Inflation|US|298320000000|2010|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|-
!2009
|$226,310,000,000
|{{US$|{{Inflation|US|226310000000|2009|r=-7}}|long=no}}
|-
!2008
|$280,000,000,000
|{{US$|{{Inflation|US|280000000000|2008|r=-9}}|long=no}}
|
|-
!2007
|$255,600,000,000
|{{US$|{{Inflation|US|255600000000|2007|r=-8}}|long=no}}
|rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Global Chip Sales Hit $255.6 Billion in 2007 |url=https://www.semiconductors.org/global-chip-sales-hit-255-6-billion-in-2007/ |access-date=11 October 2019 |work=[[Semiconductor Industry Association]] |date=1 February 2008}}</ref>
|-
!2006
|$247,700,000,000
|{{US$|{{Inflation|US|247700000000|2006|r=-8}}|long=no}}
|-
!2005
|$227,000,000,000
|{{US$|{{Inflation|US|227000000000|2005|r=-9}}|long=no}}
|rowspan="7" | <ref name="statista"/>
|-
!2004
|$213,000,000,000
|{{US$|{{Inflation|US|213000000000|2004|r=-9}}|long=no}}
|-
!2000
|$204,000,000,000
|{{US$|{{Inflation|US|204000000000|2000|r=-9}}|long=no}}
|-
!1995
|$144,000,000,000
|{{US$|{{Inflation|US|144000000000|1995|r=-9}}|long=no}}
|-
!1992
|$60,000,000,000
|{{US$|{{Inflation|US|60000000000|1992|r=-9}}|long=no}}
|-
!1990
|$51,000,000,000
|{{US$|{{Inflation|US|51000000000|1990|r=-9}}|long=no}}
|-
!1987
|$33,000,000,000
|{{US$|{{Inflation|US|33000000000|1987|r=-9}}|long=no}}
|}
|
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 2017 sales breakdown<ref name="deloitte"/>
|-
! Industry sector
! data-sort-type="number" | Revenue
! Market share
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| [[Semiconductor memory|Memory]]
| $124 billion
| {{#expr:(124/412.12)*100 round 0}}%
| rowspan="3" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Annual Semiconductor Sales Increase 21.6 Percent, Top $400 Billion for First Time |url=https://www.semiconductors.org/annual-semiconductor-sales-increase-21.6-percent-top-400-billion-for-first-time/ |access-date=29 July 2019 |publisher=[[Semiconductor Industry Association]] |date=5 February 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[Logic family|Logic]]
| $102.2 billion
| {{#expr:(102.2/412.12)*100 round 0}}%
|-
| [[Microprocessor]]
| $63.9 billion
| {{#expr:(63.9/412.12)*100 round 0}}%
|-
| [[Power semiconductor device|Power semiconductors]]
| $36.8 billion
| {{#expr:(36.8/420.39)*100 round 0}}%
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Global Power Semiconductor Market 2017-2018 to 2023: Analysis by Material, Component, Industry and Region |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181002005795/en/Global-Power-Semiconductor-Market-2017-2018-2023-Analysis |access-date=11 October 2019 |work=[[Business Wire]] |publisher=Research and Markets |date=2 October 2018}}</ref>
|-
! Total
! $420.39 billion
! 100%
!
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 2008 sales breakdown
|-
! [[Semiconductor]] type
! data-sort-type="number" | Revenue
! data-sort-type="number" | Market share
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| [[Integrated circuit]] chip
| $250 billion
| {{#expr:(250/280)*100 round 1}}%
| rowspan="2" | <ref name="Woodall">{{cite book |last1=Woodall |first1=Jerry M. |chapter=Non-Silicon MOSFET Technology: A Long Time Coming |title=Fundamentals of III-V Semiconductor MOSFETs |date=2010 |publisher=[[Springer Science & Business Media]] |isbn=9781441915474 |page=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sk2SrZH3xEcC&pg=PA1}}</ref>
|-
| [[Compound semiconductors]]
| $20 billion
| {{#expr:(20/280)*100 round 1}}%
|-
| [[Power transistor]]s
| $10 billion
| {{#expr:(10/280)*100 round 1}}%
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Power Transistors to Hit Another Sales Record After Growth Bubble Ends |url=http://www.icinsights.com/news/bulletins/Power-Transistors-To-Hit-Another-Sales-Record-After-Growth-Bubble-Ends/ |access-date=11 October 2019 |work=IC Insights |date=May 14, 2019}}</ref>
|-
! Total
! {{US$|280 billion|long=no}}
! 100%
!
|}
|}
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===Market share===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ [[Microprocessor]] market share (2022)<ref name="Asthana">{{cite book |last1=Asthana |first1=Rajiv |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oWRXvrgFhqUC&pg=PA488 |title=Materials Processing and Manufacturing Science |last2=Kumar |first2=Ashok |last3=Dahotre |first3=Narendra B. |date=2022
 |publisher=[[Elsevier]] |isbn=9780080464886 |page=488}}</ref>
! Industry sector
! Market share
|-
|[[Computer]] and [[peripheral equipment]]
|32.3%
|-
|[[Consumer electronics]]
|21.2%
|-
|[[Telecommunications equipment]]
|16.5%
|-
|[[Industrial electronics]]
|14.3%
|-
|[[Defense technology|Defense]] and [[space industry]]
|11.5%
|-
|[[Automotive electronics|Transportation technology]]
|4.2%
|}

== Largest companies ==
{{See also|Foundry model#Foundry sales leaders by year|l1=Foundry sales leaders by year}}

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{| class="wikitable"
|+Largest semiconductor companies (annual semiconductor sales leaders) 
|-
!Rank
!2021<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-28 |title=Samsung Takes Semiconductor Crown From Intel in 2021 |url=https://www.counterpointresearch.com/semiconductor-revenue-ranking-2021/ |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=Counterpoint Research |language=en-US}}</ref>
!2020<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-23|title=ic insights|url=https://www.icinsights.com/news/bulletins/Intel-To-Keep-Its-Number-One-Semiconductor-Supplier-Ranking-In-2020/|access-date=2021-02-24|website=www.icinsights.com}}</ref>
!2018<ref name="electronics weekly">{{cite news |last1=Manners |first1=David |title=Top Ten (+5) Semiconductor Companies 2018 |url=https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/mannerisms/ten-best/top-ten-5-semiconductor-companies-2018-2018-11/ |access-date=15 June 2019 |work=[[Electronics Weekly]] |date=14 November 2018}}</ref>
!2017<ref name="electronics weekly"/>
!2011<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 25 2011 Semiconductor Sales Ranking |url=http://www.icinsights.com/news/bulletins/Extreme-Results-In-Top-25-2011-Semiconductor-Sales-Ranking/ |website=IC Insights |date=April 5, 2012 |access-date=9 July 2019}}</ref>
!2006<ref name="insights">{{cite news |title=Tracking the Top 10 Semiconductor Sales Leaders Over 26 Years |url=http://www.icinsights.com/news/bulletins/Tracking-The-Top-10-Semiconductor-Sales-Leaders-Over-26-Years/ |work=Semiconductor Market Research |publisher=IC Insights |date=December 12, 2011}}</ref>
!2000<ref name="insights"/>
!1995<ref name="insights" />
!1992<ref>{{cite web |title=WORLDWIDE IC MANUFACTURERS |url=http://smithsonianchips.si.edu/ice/cd/STATUS98/SEC02.PDF |publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]] |year=1997 |access-date=10 July 2019}}</ref>
!1990<ref name="insights" />
!1986<ref name="shmj">{{cite web |title=1980s Trends in the Semiconductor Industry |url=http://www.shmj.or.jp/english/trends/trd80s.html |website=Semiconductor History Museum of Japan |access-date=10 July 2019}}</ref>
!1985<ref name="insights" />
!1975<ref name="shmj"/>
|-
|1
|[[Samsung Electronics|Samsung]]
|[[Intel]]
|[[Samsung Electronics|Samsung]]
|[[Samsung Electronics|Samsung]]
|[[Intel]]
|[[Intel]]
|[[Intel]]
|[[Intel]]
|[[NEC Electronics|NEC]]
|[[NEC]]
|[[NEC]]
|[[NEC]]
|[[Texas Instruments|TI]]
|-
|2
|[[Intel]]
|[[Samsung Electronics|Samsung]]
|[[Intel]]
|[[Intel]]
|[[Samsung Electronics|Samsung]]
|[[Samsung Electronics|Samsung]]
|[[Toshiba]]
|[[NEC]]
|[[Toshiba]]
|[[Toshiba]]
|[[Toshiba]]
|[[Texas Instruments|TI]]
|[[Motorola]]
|-
|3
|[[SK Hynix]]
|[[TSMC]]
|[[SK Hynix]]
|[[TSMC]]
|[[TSMC]]
|[[Texas Instruments|TI]]
|[[NEC]]
|[[Toshiba]]
|[[Intel]]
|[[Hitachi]]
|[[Hitachi]]
|[[Motorola]]
|[[Philips]]
|-
|4
|[[Micron Technology|Micron]]
|[[SK Hynix]]
|[[TSMC]]
|[[SK Hynix]]
|[[Texas Instruments|TI]]
|[[Toshiba]]
|[[Samsung Electronics|Samsung]]
|[[Hitachi]]
|[[Motorola]]
|[[Intel]]
|{{?}}
|[[Hitachi]]
| rowspan="7" |{{?}}
|-
|5
|[[Qualcomm]]
|[[Micron Technology|Micron]]
|[[Micron Technology|Micron]]
|[[Micron Technology|Micron]]
|[[Toshiba]]
|[[STMicroelectronics|ST]]
|[[Texas Instruments|TI]]
|[[Motorola]]
|[[Hitachi]]
|[[Motorola]]
|{{?}}
|[[Toshiba]]
|-
|6
|[[Nvidia]]
|[[Qualcomm]]
|[[Broadcom Corporation|Broadcom]]
|[[Broadcom Corporation|Broadcom]]
|[[Renesas Electronics|Renesas]]
|[[Renesas Electronics|Renesas]]
|[[Motorola]]
|[[Samsung Electronics|Samsung]]
|[[Texas Instruments|TI]]
|[[Fujitsu]]
|{{?}}
|[[Fujitsu]]
|-
|7
|[[Broadcom]]
|[[Broadcom Corporation|Broadcom]]
|[[Qualcomm]]
|[[Qualcomm]]
|[[Qualcomm]]
|[[Hynix]]
|[[STMicroelectronics|ST]]
|[[Texas Instruments|TI]]
|{{?}}
|[[Mitsubishi Electric|Mitsubishi]]
|{{?}}
|[[Philips]]
|-
|8
|[[Texas Instruments|TI]]
|[[Nvidia]]
|[[Toshiba]]
|[[Texas Instruments|TI]]
|[[STMicroelectronics|ST]]
|[[Freescale Semiconductor|Freescale]]
|[[Hitachi]]
|[[IBM]]
|[[Mitsubishi]]
|[[Texas Instruments|TI]]
|{{?}}
|[[Intel]]
|-
|9
|[[MediaTek|Mediatek]]
|[[Texas Instruments|TI]]
|[[Texas Instruments|TI]]
|[[Toshiba]]
|[[Hynix]]
|[[NXP Semiconductors|NXP]]
|[[Infineon Technologies|Infineon]]
|[[Mitsubishi Electric|Mitsubishi]]
|{{?}}
|[[Philips]]
|{{?}}
|[[National Semiconductor|National]]
|-
|10
|[[AMD]]
|[[Infineon Technologies|Infineon]]
|[[Nvidia]]
|[[Nvidia]]
|[[Micron Technology|Micron]]
|[[NEC Electronics|NEC]]
|[[Philips]]
|[[Hyundai Electronics|Hyundai]]
|{{?}}
|[[Panasonic]]
|{{?}}
|[[Matsushita Corporation|Panasonic]]
|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Major semiconductor companies
!Name
!Country
!Manufacturer type<ref name="semiconductors">{{cite web |title=BEYOND BORDERS: THE GLOBAL SEMICONDUCTOR VALUE CHAIN |url=https://www.semiconductors.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/SIA-Beyond-Borders-Report-FINAL-June-7.pdf |publisher=[[Semiconductor Industry Association]] |date=May 2016 |access-date=10 July 2019}}</ref>
!Hardware products
|-
|[[Samsung Electronics]]
|{{flagcountry|South Korea}}
|[[Integrated device manufacturer|IDM]]
|[[NAND flash]] memory, [[DRAM]], [[CMOS sensor]], [[RF transceiver]]s, [[OLED]] display, [[SSD]]
|-
|[[Intel]]
|{{flagcountry|United States}}
|IDM
|[[x86-64]] [[microprocessor]], [[GPU]], [[SSD]], [[DRAM]]
|-
|[[TSMC]]
|{{flagcountry|Taiwan}}
|[[Foundry model|Pure-play]]
|
|-
|[[SK Hynix]]{{efn|Formerly [[Hyundai Electronics]].}}
|{{flagcountry|South Korea}}
|IDM
|flash memory, [[DRAM]], [[SSD]], [[CMOS sensor]]
|-
|[[Micron Technology|Micron]]{{efn|Acquired [[Elpida Memory]] and [[Powerchip]].}}
|{{flagcountry|United States}}
|IDM
|DRAM, NAND flash, SSD, [[NOR flash]], Managed NAND, multichip packages
|-
|[[Qualcomm]]
|{{flagcountry|United States}}
|[[Fabless manufacturing|Fabless]]
|[[RF module]], [[digital signal processor]], [[Qualcomm Snapdragon|Snapdragon]] [[system on chip]]
|-
|[[Broadcom]]
|{{flagcountry|United States}}
|Fabless
|[[Broadband]]/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth modems, Custom DSP & ARM CPUs
|-
|[[Kioxia]]{{Efn|Formerly [[Toshiba]] Memory.}}
|{{flagcountry|Japan}}
|IDM
|[[NAND flash]] memory, [[SSD]]
|-
|[[Texas Instruments]] (TI)
|{{flagcountry|United States}}
|IDM
|[[Microcontroller]], [[system on chip|SoC]], [[digital signal processor|DSP]], Amplifiers, data converters
|-
|[[Analog Devices]]{{Efn|Acquired [[Maxim Integrated]].}}
|{{flagcountry|United States}}
|IDM
|Amplifiers, data converters, audio & video products, RF & microwave, sensors, [[MEMS]]
|-
|[[Qorvo]]
|{{flagcountry|United States}}
|IDM
|RF module, filters, Amplifiers, [[Power management integrated circuit|PMIC]]
|-
|[[Microchip Technology|Microchip]]
|{{flagcountry|United States}}
|IDM
|[[Microcontroller]]s and analog semiconductors 
|-
|[[NXP]]
|{{flagcountry|Netherlands}}
|IDM
|PMIC [[Media processor]], [[MIFARE]], [[NXP LPC|LPC]]
|-
|[[MediaTek]]
|{{flagcountry|Taiwan}}
|Fabless
|[[System on a chip|SoC]], [[chipset]], [[CPU]], [[GPU]], [[Digital signal processor|DSP]]
|-
|[[Infineon]]{{Efn|Acquired [[Cypress Semiconductor]].}}
|{{flagcountry|Germany}}
|IDM
|Microcontrollers and [[power semiconductor device]]s
|-
|[[Robert Bosch GmbH|Bosch]]
|{{flagcountry|Germany}}
|IDM
|
|-
|[[STMicroelectronics]]
|{{flagcountry|France}}/{{flagcountry|Italy}}
|IDM
|[[ASIC]], [[Microcontrollers]]
|-
|[[Sony]]
|{{flagcountry|Japan}}
|IDM
|[[Active-pixel sensor]], [[NAND flash]] memory
|-
|[[Arm Holdings|ARM]]
|{{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}
|Fabless
|[[Instruction set architecture]]
|-
|[[Advanced Micro Devices|AMD]]
|{{flagcountry|United States}}
|Fabless
|[[x86-64]] CPU, GPU, motherboard chipset, SDRAM
|-
|[[Nvidia]]
|{{flagcountry|United States}}
|Fabless
|GPU
|-
|[[ON Semiconductor]]
|{{flagcountry|United States}}
|IDM
|
|-
|[[UMC (company)|UMC]]
|{{flagcountry|Taiwan}}
|Pure-play
|
|-
|[[Apple Inc.|Apple]]
|{{flagcountry|United States}}
|Fabless
|[[Apple silicon]]
|-
|[[IBM]]
|{{flagcountry|United States}}
|Fabless
|[[IBM Power microprocessors]], [[z/Architecture]]
|-
|[[Mitsubishi Electric]]
|{{flagcountry|Japan}}
|IDM
|Power semiconductor devices
|-
|[[Tower Semiconductor]]
|{{flagcountry|Israel}}
|IDM
|
|-
|[[Xilinx]]
|{{flagcountry|United States}}
|Fabless
|[[programmable logic device]]
|-
|[[Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation|SMIC]]
|{{flagcountry|China}}
|Pure-play
|
|-
|[[Wolfspeed]]
|{{flagcountry|United States}}
|IDM
|[[Silicon carbide|SiC]] 
|-
|[[Nordic Semiconductor]]
|{{flagcountry|Norway}}
|Fabless
|[[Bluetooth]], Wifi, Low Power Cellular
|-
|[https://scaleflux.com ScaleFlux]
|{{flagcountry|United States}}
|Fabless
|NVMe [[Solid-state drive|SSD]], [[SoC]]
|}

Notes:
*[[Foundry model|Pure-play foundries]] {{ndash}} They specialize in [[Semiconductor fabrication plant|foundry]] services. They may or may not offer design services to third parties, as well as mask ([[photomask]]) making, semiconductor packaging and testing services, which can also be outsourced to other companies. An example is TSMC, which offers design, testing and packaging services, TCE photomasks, which offers only mask making services, and ChipMOS, which offers only packaging and testing services.
*IDMs ([[integrated device manufacturer]]s) {{ndash}} They may or may not offer foundry services.
*[[Fabless]] suppliers {{ndash}} They do not offer foundry services. They may or may not offer design services to third parties.

==Device shipments==
{{Further|List of best-selling electronic devices}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right"
|+[[Semiconductor device]]s ({{estimation}} million manufactured units)<ref name="Texas">{{cite web |last1=Bahai |first1=Ahmed |title=Innovation in Power Electronics |url=http://www.semiconwest.org/sites/semiconwest.org/files/data15/docs/2_Ahmad%20Bahai_TI.pdf |website=SEMICON West |publisher=[[Texas Instruments]] |year=2015 |access-date=23 October 2019}}{{dead link|fix-attempted=yes|date=January 2023}}</ref>
|-
!Year
! data-sort-type="number" |[[Optoelectronics]]
! data-sort-type="number" |[[Sensor]] / [[Actuator]]
![[MOSFET]]<ref name="computerhistory2018">{{cite web |date=April 2, 2018 |title=13 Sextillion & Counting: The Long & Winding Road to the Most Frequently Manufactured Human Artifact in History |url=https://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/13-sextillion-counting-the-long-winding-road-to-the-most-frequently-manufactured-human-artifact-in-history/ |access-date=28 July 2019 |website=[[Computer History Museum]]}}</ref>
|-
!1960{{ndash}}2001
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
| rowspan="13" |2,900,000,000,000,000
|-
!2002
|23,164
|1,654
|-
!2003
|28,955
|2,482
|-
!2004
|38,056
|3,310
|-
!2005
|44,675
|4,137
|-
!2006<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=Semiconductor Unit Shipments To Exceed One Trillion Devices in 2016 |url=http://www.icinsights.com/news/bulletins/semiconductor-unit-shipments-to-exceed-one-trillion-devices-in-2016/ |access-date=15 October 2019 |work=IC Insights |date=February 18, 2014}}</ref>
|55,429
|4,137
|-
!2007<ref name="ic2015"/>
|67,839
|4,136
|-
!2008
|76,939
|4,964
|-
!2009
|91,003
|4,964
|-
!2010
|97,622
|6,619
|-
!2011
|110,031
|8,273
|-
!2012
|129,886
|11,583
|-
!2013
|131,541
|14,064
|-
!2014{{ndash}}2015
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
| rowspan="3" | {{formatnum:{{#expr:13000-2900}}|}},000,000,000,000
|-
!2016<ref name=":2">{{cite news |last1=Manners |first1=David |title=Semi units to hit a trillion next year |url=https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/semi-units-hit-trillion-next-year-2017-03/ |access-date=15 October 2019 |work=[[Electronics Weekly]] |date=10 March 2017}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite news |title=Research Report on China Integrated Circuit Industry, 2018-2022: In 2017, Sales Value of Local IC Companies Reached Approximately USD 80.15 Billion |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/05/08/1498129/0/en/Research-Report-on-China-Integrated-Circuit-Industry-2018-2022-In-2017-Sales-Value-of-Local-IC-Companies-Reached-Approximately-USD-80-15-Billion.html |access-date=15 October 2019 |work=[[GlobeNewswire]] |date=8 May 2018}}</ref>
|{{formatnum:{{#expr:868800*0.25}}|}}
|{{formatnum:{{#expr:868800*0.02}}|}}
|-
!2017{{ndash}}2018
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|-
! 1960{{ndash}}2018
! 1,112,340+
! 87,699+
! 13,000,000,000,000,000
|}

===Integrated circuits===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right"
|+[[Integrated circuit]] chips ({{estimation}} million manufactured units)<ref name="Texas" />
|-
!Year
! data-sort-type="number" |[[MOS memory]]
! data-sort-type="number" |[[Microprocessor|MPU]] / [[Microcontroller|MCU]]
! data-sort-type="number" |[[Mixed-signal integrated circuit|Analog]]
! data-sort-type="number" |[[Logic device|Logic]]
! data-sort-type="number" |[[ASIC]]
! data-sort-type="number" |[[Application-specific integrated circuit#Application-specific standard product|ASSP]]
! data-sort-type="number" | Total
|-
!1960{{ndash}}1991
|{{?}}
| rowspan="6" | 15,000<ref name="bloomberg" />
| rowspan="6" |{{?}}
| rowspan="6" |{{?}}
| rowspan="6" |{{?}}
| rowspan="6" |{{?}}
|rowspan="6" | 350,000<ref name="bloomberg">{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/1996-12-08/the-silicon-age-its-just-dawning|title=The Silicon Age? It's Just Dawning|last1=Port|first1=Otis|date=9 December 1996|access-date=15 October 2019|agency=[[Bloomberg News]]}}</ref>
|-
!1992<ref name="Smithsonian">{{cite web |title=The MOS Memory Market |url=http://smithsonianchips.si.edu/ice/cd/MEMORY97/SEC01.PDF#page=7 |website=Integrated Circuit Engineering Corporation |publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]] |year=1997 |pages=1–7 |access-date=16 October 2019}}</ref>
|3,706
|-
!1993<ref name="Smithsonian"/>
|4,060
|-
!1994<ref name="Smithsonian"/>
|4,938
|-
!1995<ref name="Smithsonian"/>
|6,092
|-
!1996<ref name="Smithsonian"/>
|6,206
|-
!1997
|7,155<ref>{{cite web |title=MOS Memory Market Trends |url=http://smithsonianchips.si.edu/ice/cd/STATUS98/SEC07.PDF |website=Integrated Circuit Engineering Corporation |publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]] |year=1998 |access-date=16 October 2019}}</ref>
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|60,100<ref name="ic2015">{{cite news |title=Semiconductor Unit Shipments To Exceed One Trillion Devices in 2017 |url=http://www.icinsights.com/news/bulletins/Semiconductor-Unit-Shipments-To-Exceed-One-Trillion-Devices-In-2017/ |website=IC Insights |date=February 17, 2015 |access-date=15 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
!1998{{ndash}}1999
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|-
!2000<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=McGrath |first1=Dylan |title=Semiconductor Shipments to Top 1 Trillion Units in 2018 |url=https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1329127 |access-date=15 October 2019 |work=[[EE Times]] |date=8 March 2016}}</ref>
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|89,100
|-
!2001
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|-
!2002
|9,100
|6,619
|24,819
|11,582
|2,482
|23,992
|78,594
|-
!2003
|10,755
|6,618
|30,611
|14,064
|1,655
|25,646
|89,349
|-
!2004
|13,237
|9,100
|33,092
|14,064
|1,654
|33,092
|104,239
|-
!2005
|15,719
|8,273
|37,229
|14,891
|2,481
|38,056
|116,649
|-
!2006<ref name=":0" />
|18,201
|10,755
|43,020
|18,200
|2,482
|45,501
|141,600
|-
!2007<ref name="ic2015" />
|23,992
|12,409
|48,811
|18,201
|3,309
|45,502
|156,000
|-
!2008
|25,646
|12,410
|49,639
|18,200
|1,655
|47,156
|154,706
|-
!2009
|28,128
|11,582
|43,020
|14,892
|2,482
|43,847
|143,951
|-
!2010<ref name=":1"/>
|33,919
|16,546
|57,084
|19,028
|1,654
|57,911
|189,800
|-
!2011
|33,919
|17,374
|56,256
|19,028
|1,655
|58,738
|186,970
|-
!2012
|34,747
|17,373
|57,084
|17,373
|1,655
|57,083
|185,315
|-
!2013
|33,919
|16,546
|67,839
|18,201
|2,481
|64,530
|203,516
|-
!2014
|{{?}}
|18,600<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roos |first1=Gina |title=Microcontroller Market Continues to Strengthen |url=https://epsnews.com/2015/02/04/microcontroller-market-continues-strengthen/ |access-date=26 October 2019 |work=EPS News |date=4 February 2015}}</ref>
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|-
!2015
|{{?}}
|22,058<ref name="electronicspecifier">{{cite news |title=Microcontroller sales set to soar, says IC Insights |url=https://www.electronicspecifier.com/around-the-industry/microcontroller-sales-set-to-soar-says-ic-insights |access-date=29 October 2019 |work=Electronic Specifier |date=13 September 2018}}</ref>
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|235,600<ref name=":1" />
|-
!2016<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />
|{{formatnum:{{#expr:868800*0.05}}|}}
|21,174<ref name="electronicspecifier"/>
|{{formatnum:{{#expr:868800*0.15}}|}}
|{{formatnum:{{#expr:868800*0.06}}|}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{formatnum:{{#expr:377000/1.101 round 0}}|}}
|-
!2017
|{{?}}
|25,797<ref name="electronicspecifier"/>
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{formatnum:{{#expr:(417600/1.108)+(217100/1.062) round 0}}|}}<ref name="prnewswire">{{cite news|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/global-and-china-578-bn-integrated-circuit-industries-markets-2014-2018--2019-2023-300862541.html|title=Global and China $578 Bn Integrated Circuit Industries Markets, 2014-2018 & 2019-2023|date=June 5, 2019|work=[[PR Newswire]]|access-date=24 October 2019|publisher=Research and Markets}}</ref>
|-
!2018
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{formatnum:{{#expr:417600+217100}}|}}<ref name="prnewswire"/>
|-
! 1960{{ndash}}2018
! 356,879+
! 274,298+
! 635,804+
! 249,852+
! 25,645+
! 541,054+
! 4,043,926+
|}

===Discrete devices===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right"
|+[[Discrete device]]s ({{estimation}} million manufactured units)<ref name="discrete">{{cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/668696/worldwide-discrete-semiconductor-market-shipments-by-type/|title=Global discrete semiconductor shipments by type 2011-2020|website=[[Statista]]|access-date=15 October 2019}}</ref><ref name="Texas"/>
|-
! rowspan="2" | Year
! colspan="3" |[[Discrete transistor]]s
! rowspan="2" | [[Diode]]
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="number" |Total
|-
![[Power transistor|Power]]
![[Small-signal model|Small-signal]]
!Total
|-
!1954{{ndash}}1956<ref name="Butrica">{{cite book |last1=Butrica |first1=Andrew J. |chapter=Chapter 3: NASA's Role in the Manufacture of Integrated Circuits |editor-last1=Dick |editor-first1=Steven J. |title=Historical Studies in the Societal Impact of Spaceflight |date=2015 |publisher=[[NASA]] |isbn=978-1-62683-027-1 |pages=149–250 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/historical-studies-societal-impact-spaceflight-ebook_tagged.pdf}}</ref>
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|28
|{{?}}
|28+
|-
!1957<ref name="Butrica" />
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|30
|{{?}}
|30+
|-
!1958{{ndash}}1962
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|-
!1963<ref name="Butrica" />
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|303
|{{?}}
|303+
|-
!1964{{ndash}}1965
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|-
!1966<ref name="Tariff">{{cite book |title=Electronic receiving tubes and transistors production and maintenance workers at RCA Corporation plant |date=1971 |publisher=[[United States Tariff Commission]] |page=A-15 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rMd3Bnxfdy0C&pg=SL1-PA15}}</ref>
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{#expr:895.265+72.248 round 0}}
|{{?}}
|{{#expr:895.265+72.248 round 0}}+
|-
!1967<ref name="Tariff" />
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{#expr:795.593+85.41 round 0}}
|{{?}}
|{{#expr:795.593+85.41 round 0}}+
|-
!1968<ref name="Tariff" />
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{#expr:873.619+123.359 round 0}}
|{{?}}
|{{#expr:873.619+123.359 round 0}}+
|-
!1969<ref name="Butrica" />
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|1,249
|{{?}}
|1,249+
|-
!1970<ref name="Tariff" />
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{#expr:664.654+249.529 round 0}}
|{{?}}
|{{#expr:664.654+249.529 round 0}}+
|-
!1971<ref name="Butrica" />
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|881
|{{?}}
|881+
|-
!1972{{ndash}}2001
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|-
!2002
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|232,472
|-
!2003
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|245,708
|-
!2004
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|287,901
|-
!2005
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|290,382
|-
!2006<ref name=":0" />
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|321,820
|-
!2007<ref name="ic2015" />
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|356,566
|-
!2008
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|324,301
|-
!2009
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|289,555
|-
!2010
|{{formatnum:{{#expr:58800/1.11 round -2}}|}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clarke |first1=Peter |title=Power transistor market set to grow 9% in 2011 |url=https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1259790 |access-date=29 October 2019 |work=[[EE Times]] |date=June 24, 2011}}</ref>
|{{?}}
|{{formatnum:{{#expr:58800/1.11 round -2}}|}}+
|{{?}}
|371,458
|-
!2011
|45,000
|110,000
|{{formatnum:{{#expr:45000+110000}}|}}
|143,000
|{{formatnum:{{#expr:143000+110000+4000+45000+54000}}|}}
|-
!2012
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|{{?}}
|345,812
|-
!2013
|44,000
|103,000
|{{formatnum:{{#expr:44000+103000}}|}}
|146,000
|358,000
|-
!2014
|48,000
|109,000
|{{formatnum:{{#expr:48000+109000}}|}}
|154,000
|380,000
|-
!2015<ref name=":1" />
|52,000
|107,000
|{{formatnum:{{#expr:52000+107000}}|}}
|150,000
|372,000
|-
!2016<ref name=":2" />
|{{formatnum:{{#expr:62800/1.08/1.09 round -2}}|}}
|{{?}}
|53,300+
|{{?}}
|{{formatnum:{{#expr:868800*0.44}}|}}
|-
!2017
|{{formatnum:{{#expr:62800/1.08 round -2}}|}}
|{{?}}
|58,100+
|{{?}}
|58,100+
|-
!2018
|62,800
|{{?}}
|62,800+
|{{?}}
|62,800+
|-
! 1954{{ndash}}2018
! 416,200+
! 429,000+
! 851,451+
! 593,000+
! 5,041,398+
|}

== Sales ==
Manufacturers headquartered in the following places are the sales leaders in the [[Foundry model|pure-play foundry]], [[Integrated device manufacturer|IDM]] (integrated device manufacturing), [[fabless manufacturing]] and [[:Category:Assembly and Test semiconductor companies|OSAT]] (outsourced semiconductor assembly and testing) sectors of the industry.<ref name="semiconductors"/>

{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
![[Foundry model|Foundry]]
![[Integrated device manufacturer|IDM]]
![[Fabless manufacturing|Fabless]]
![[:Category:Assembly and Test semiconductor companies|OSAT]]
|-
|1
|{{flagcountry|Taiwan}}
|{{flagcountry|United States}}
|{{flagcountry|United States}}
|{{flagcountry|Taiwan}}
|-
|2
|{{flagcountry|United States}}
|{{flagcountry|South Korea}}
|{{flagcountry|Taiwan}}
|{{flagcountry|United States}}
|-
|3
|{{flagcountry|China}}
|{{flagcountry|Japan}}
|{{flagcountry|China}}
|{{flagcountry|China}}
|-
|4
|{{flagcountry|South Korea}}
|{{flagcountry|European Union}}
|{{flagcountry|European Union}}
|{{flagcountry|Singapore}}
|-
|5
|{{flagcountry|Israel}}
|{{flagcountry|Taiwan}}
|{{flagcountry|Japan}}
|{{flagcountry|Japan}}
|}

Manufacturers headquartered in the United States have fabrication plants across the world, including over 50% in the [[Americas]], 39% in the [[Asia-Pacific]] region (including 9% in Japan), and 9% in Europe.<ref name="semiconductors"/>

==See also==
[[File:US Semiconductor Economy.webp|thumb|228px|[[List of semiconductor companies in the United States|Semiconductor companies in the United States]]]]
*[[Electronic design automation]]
*[[Electronics and semiconductor manufacturing industry in India]]
*[[Electronics and semiconductor manufacturing industry in Japan]]
*[[List of EDA companies]]
*[[List of semiconductor fabrication plants]]
*[[Semiconductor consolidation]]
*[[Semiconductor device fabrication]]
*[[Semiconductor fabrication plant]]
*[[Semiconductor Industry Association]]
*[[Semiconductor industry in India]]
*[[Semiconductor industry in Japan]]
*[[Semiconductor industry in Taiwan]]
*[[Semiconductor industry in China]]
*[[Semiconductor industry in South Korea]]
*[[Transistor count]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Industries}}

{{Authority control}}

==External links==
* [http://www.jestr.org/downloads/Volume15Issue1/fulltext141512022.pdf "The Silicon Age: Trends in Semiconductor Devices Industry]", 2022

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