Semiconductor sales at a record level in 2021 at 555.9 billion dollars

The Semiconductor Industry Association announced that semiconductor sales worldwide hit a record high of $ 555.9 billion in 2021, up 26.2% year-on-year, and forecast 8.8% growth for 2022 as manufacturing companies semiconductors continue to increase production capacity to meet demand.

“The trend is still very low in relation to increased demand. They just are not going to have that kind of impact we had on the pandemic,” said Union CEO John Neuffer of the much slower growth forecast. for 2022.

Sales in 2020 increased by 6.8% in the previous year, while 2021 was the first year since 2018 when the number of processors sold exceeded 1 trillion.

While major semiconductor companies such as Taiwan Semiconductor, Samsung Electronics and Intel Corp. have announced tens of billions of dollars in investment in new plants over the past year, Neuffer said the digitization trend reinforced by the pandemic will continue. increases demand.

“We believe that in the near future there will be a great demand to do very, very aggressive construction at the factory,” he stressed.

Source: Capital

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