On July 5, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) announced that global semiconductor industry sales in May 2022 were $51.8 billion, an increase of 18.0% from $43.9 billion in May 2021 and an increase of 1.8% from April 2022 totaling 509 One hundred million U.S. dollars. Monthly sales are compiled by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) organization and represent a three-month moving average. SIA represents 99 percent of the U.S. semiconductor industry’s revenue and nearly two-thirds of non-U.S. chip companies.
Global demand for semiconductors remained high in May, with strong year-over-year sales growth in all major regional markets and product categories,” said John Neuffer, SIA President and CEO. more chip research, design, and manufacturing in 2018. We urge leaders in Washington to quickly enact bipartisan innovation and competitiveness legislation to ensure that a significant portion of chip production and innovation occurs stateside. The clock is ticking. “Compared to April 2021, sales increased in the Americas (36.9%), Japan (19.8%), Europe (16.1%), Asia Pacific/All other regions (15.8%) and China (9.1%). Monthly sales increased in Japan (3.9%), Americas (2.9%), China (1.7%) and Asia Pacific/All Others (1.1%), but declined slightly in Europe (-0.7%).