Semiconductor industry

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The semiconductor industry is the aggregate of companies engaged in the design and fabrication of semiconductors and semiconductor devices, such as transistors and integrated circuits. Its roots can be traced to the invention of the transistor by Shockley, Brattain, and Bardeen at Bell Labs in 1948.[1][2] Bell Labs licensed the technology for $25,000,[3] and soon many companies, including Motorola (1952),[4] Shockley Semiconductor (1955), Sylvania, Centralab, Fairchild Semiconductor and Texas Instruments were making transistors. In 1958 Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments and Robert Noyce of Fairchild independently invented the Integrated Circuit, a method of producing multiple transistors on a single "chip" of Semiconductor material. This kicked off a number of rapid advances in fabrication technology leading to the exponential growth in semiconductor device production, known as Moore's law that has persisted over the past six or so decades. The industry's annual semiconductor sales revenue has since grown to over Template:US$, as of 2018.[5]

In 2010, the semiconductor industry had the highest intensity of Research & Development in the EU and ranked second after Biotechnology in the EU, United States and Japan combined.[6]

The semiconductor industry is in turn the driving force behind the wider electronics industry,[7] with annual power electronics sales of £135Script error: No such module "String".billion (Template:US$) as of 2011,[8] annual consumer electronics sales expected to reach Template:US$ by 2020,[9] tech industry sales expected to reach Template:US$ in 2019,[10] and e-commerce with over Template:US$ in 2017.[11] In 2019, 32.4% of the semiconductor market segment was for networks and communications devices.[12]

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.[13] The semiconductor industry is projected to reach $726.73 billion by 2027.[14]

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.[15]

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Electronic integrated circuit export by country or region as of 2016, by HS4 trade classification
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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.[16] 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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.[17]

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 Semiconductor Companies that focus solely on chip design and rely on other companies to manufacture their designs. Initially, these other companies were integrated device manufacturers (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 UMC emerged as 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 plants (foundries) and integrated circuit design operations, each belonging to separate companies or subsidiaries. Some companies, known as integrated device manufacturers, both design and manufacture semiconductors. The foundry model has resulted in 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.[18] 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.[18]

Intel is considering outsourcing some production to TSMC. It currently can only produce 10 nm semiconductors, while TSMC and Samsung can both produce 5 nm.[18] GlobalFoundries, an American-headquartered firm, uses a 12 nm process for its most advanced chips due to the rapidly increasing development costs of smaller process nodes.[19]

Semiconductor sales

Sales revenue

Annual semiconductor sales (1987Template:Ndash2018)
Year Revenue (nominal) Revenue (inflation) Ref.
2022 $601,694,000,000 [20]
2021 $594,952,000,000
2020 $466,237,000,000 [21]
2019 $422,237,000,000
2018 $481,090,000,000 Template:US$ [5]
2017 $420,390,000,000 Template:US$ [5]
2016 $345,850,000,000 Template:US$ [5]
2015 $335,170,000,000 Template:US$ [22]
2014 $335,840,000,000 Template:US$
2013 $305,580,000,000 Template:US$
2012 $291,560,000,000 Template:US$
2011 $299,520,000,000 Template:US$
2010 $298,320,000,000 Template:US$
2009 $226,310,000,000 Template:US$
2008 $280,000,000,000 Template:US$
2007 $255,600,000,000 Template:US$ [23]
2006 $247,700,000,000 Template:US$
2005 $227,000,000,000 Template:US$ [22]
2004 $213,000,000,000 Template:US$
2000 $204,000,000,000 Template:US$
1995 $144,000,000,000 Template:US$
1992 $60,000,000,000 Template:US$
1990 $51,000,000,000 Template:US$
1987 $33,000,000,000 Template:US$
2017 sales breakdown[5]
Industry sector Revenue Market share Ref.
Memory $124 billion 30% [24]
Logic $102.2 billion 25%
Microprocessor $63.9 billion 16%
Power semiconductors $36.8 billion 9% [25]
Total $420.39 billion 100%
2008 sales breakdown
Semiconductor type Revenue Market share Ref.
Integrated circuit chip $250 billion 89.3% [26]
Compound semiconductors $20 billion 7.1%
Power transistors $10 billion 3.6% [27]
Total Template:US$ 100%

Market share

Microprocessor market share (2022)[28]
Industry sector Market share
Computer and peripheral equipment 32.3%
Consumer electronics 21.2%
Telecommunications equipment 16.5%
Industrial electronics 14.3%
Defense and space industry 11.5%
Transportation technology 4.2%

Largest companies

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Largest semiconductor companies (annual semiconductor sales leaders)
Rank 2021[29] 2020[30] 2018[31] 2017[31] 2011[32] 2006[33] 2000[33] 1995[33] 1992[34] 1990[33] 1986[35] 1985[33] 1975[35]
1 Samsung Intel Samsung Samsung Intel Intel Intel Intel NEC NEC NEC NEC TI
2 Intel Samsung Intel Intel Samsung Samsung Toshiba NEC Toshiba Toshiba Toshiba TI Motorola
3 SK Hynix TSMC SK Hynix TSMC TSMC TI NEC Toshiba Intel Hitachi Hitachi Motorola Philips
4 Micron SK Hynix TSMC SK Hynix TI Toshiba Samsung Hitachi Motorola Intel ? Hitachi ?
5 Qualcomm Micron Micron Micron Toshiba ST TI Motorola Hitachi Motorola ? Toshiba
6 Nvidia Qualcomm Broadcom Broadcom Renesas Renesas Motorola Samsung TI Fujitsu ? Fujitsu
7 Broadcom Broadcom Qualcomm Qualcomm Qualcomm Hynix ST TI ? Mitsubishi ? Philips
8 TI Nvidia Toshiba TI ST Freescale Hitachi IBM Mitsubishi TI ? Intel
9 Mediatek TI TI Toshiba Hynix NXP Infineon Mitsubishi ? Philips ? National
10 AMD Infineon Nvidia Nvidia Micron NEC Philips Hyundai ? Panasonic ? Panasonic
Major semiconductor companies
Name Country Manufacturer type[36] Hardware products
Samsung Electronics Template:Flagcountry IDM NAND flash memory, DRAM, CMOS sensor, RF transceivers, OLED display, SSD
Intel Template:Flagcountry IDM x86-64 microprocessor, GPU, SSD, DRAM
TSMC Template:Flagcountry Pure-play
SK HynixTemplate:Efn Template:Flagcountry IDM flash memory, DRAM, SSD, CMOS sensor
MicronTemplate:Efn Template:Flagcountry IDM DRAM, NAND flash, SSD, NOR flash, Managed NAND, multichip packages
Qualcomm Template:Flagcountry Fabless RF module, digital signal processor, Snapdragon system on chip
Broadcom Template:Flagcountry Fabless Broadband/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth modems, Custom DSP & ARM CPUs
KioxiaTemplate:Efn Template:Flagcountry IDM NAND flash memory, SSD
Texas Instruments (TI) Template:Flagcountry IDM Microcontroller, SoC, DSP, Amplifiers, data converters
Analog DevicesTemplate:Efn Template:Flagcountry IDM Amplifiers, data converters, audio & video products, RF & microwave, sensors, MEMS
Qorvo Template:Flagcountry IDM RF module, filters, Amplifiers, PMIC
Microchip Template:Flagcountry IDM Microcontrollers and analog semiconductors
NXP Template:Flagcountry IDM PMIC Media processor, MIFARE, LPC
MediaTek Template:Flagcountry Fabless SoC, chipset, CPU, GPU, DSP
InfineonTemplate:Efn Template:Flagcountry IDM Microcontrollers and power semiconductor devices
Bosch Template:Flagcountry IDM
STMicroelectronics Template:Flagcountry/Template:Flagcountry IDM ASIC, Microcontrollers
Sony Template:Flagcountry IDM Active-pixel sensor, NAND flash memory
ARM Template:Flagcountry Fabless Instruction set architecture
AMD Template:Flagcountry Fabless x86-64 CPU, GPU, motherboard chipset, SDRAM
Nvidia Template:Flagcountry Fabless GPU
ON Semiconductor Template:Flagcountry IDM
UMC Template:Flagcountry Pure-play
Apple Template:Flagcountry Fabless Apple silicon
IBM Template:Flagcountry Fabless IBM Power microprocessors, z/Architecture
Mitsubishi Electric Template:Flagcountry IDM Power semiconductor devices
Tower Semiconductor Template:Flagcountry IDM
Xilinx Template:Flagcountry Fabless programmable logic device
SMIC Template:Flagcountry Pure-play
Wolfspeed Template:Flagcountry IDM SiC
Nordic Semiconductor Template:Flagcountry Fabless Bluetooth, Wifi, Low Power Cellular
ScaleFlux Template:Flagcountry Fabless NVMe SSD, SoC

Notes:

  • Pure-play foundries Template:Ndash They specialize in 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 manufacturers) Template:Ndash They may or may not offer foundry services.
  • Fabless suppliers Template:Ndash They do not offer foundry services. They may or may not offer design services to third parties.

Device shipments

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Semiconductor devices (Template:Estimation million manufactured units)[37]
Year Optoelectronics Sensor / Actuator MOSFET[38]
1960Template:Ndash2001 ? ? 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[39] 55,429 4,137
2007[40] 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
2014Template:Ndash2015 ? ? 10,100,000,000,000,000
2016[41][42] 217,200 17,376
2017Template:Ndash2018 ? ?
1960Template:Ndash2018 1,112,340+ 87,699+ 13,000,000,000,000,000

Integrated circuits

Integrated circuit chips (Template:Estimation million manufactured units)[37]
Year MOS memory MPU / MCU Analog Logic ASIC ASSP Total
1960Template:Ndash1991 ? 15,000[43] ? ? ? ? 350,000[43]
1992[44] 3,706
1993[44] 4,060
1994[44] 4,938
1995[44] 6,092
1996[44] 6,206
1997 7,155[45] ? ? ? ? ? 60,100[40]
1998Template:Ndash1999 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
2000[46] ? ? ? ? ? ? 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[39] 18,201 10,755 43,020 18,200 2,482 45,501 141,600
2007[40] 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[46] 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[47] ? ? ? ? ?
2015 ? 22,058[48] ? ? ? ? 235,600[46]
2016[41][42] 43,440 21,174[48] 130,320 52,128 ? ? 342,416
2017 ? 25,797[48] ? ? ? ? 581,321[49]
2018 ? ? ? ? ? ? 634,700[49]
1960Template:Ndash2018 356,879+ 274,298+ 635,804+ 249,852+ 25,645+ 541,054+ 4,043,926+

Discrete devices

Discrete devices (Template:Estimation million manufactured units)[50][37]
Year Discrete transistors Diode Total
Power Small-signal Total
1954Template:Ndash1956[51] ? ? 28 ? 28+
1957[51] ? ? 30 ? 30+
1958Template:Ndash1962 ? ? ? ? ?
1963[51] ? ? 303 ? 303+
1964Template:Ndash1965 ? ? ? ? ?
1966[52] ? ? 968 ? 968+
1967[52] ? ? 881 ? 881+
1968[52] ? ? 997 ? 997+
1969[51] ? ? 1,249 ? 1,249+
1970[52] ? ? 914 ? 914+
1971[51] ? ? 881 ? 881+
1972Template:Ndash2001 ? ? ? ? ?
2002 ? ? ? ? 232,472
2003 ? ? ? ? 245,708
2004 ? ? ? ? 287,901
2005 ? ? ? ? 290,382
2006[39] ? ? ? ? 321,820
2007[40] ? ? ? ? 356,566
2008 ? ? ? ? 324,301
2009 ? ? ? ? 289,555
2010 53,000[53] ? 53,000+ ? 371,458
2011 45,000 110,000 155,000 143,000 356,000
2012 ? ? ? ? 345,812
2013 44,000 103,000 147,000 146,000 358,000
2014 48,000 109,000 157,000 154,000 380,000
2015[46] 52,000 107,000 159,000 150,000 372,000
2016[41] 53,300 ? 53,300+ ? 382,272
2017 58,100 ? 58,100+ ? 58,100+
2018 62,800 ? 62,800+ ? 62,800+
1954Template:Ndash2018 416,200+ 429,000+ 851,451+ 593,000+ 5,041,398+

Sales

Manufacturers headquartered in the following places are the sales leaders in the pure-play foundry, IDM (integrated device manufacturing), fabless manufacturing and OSAT (outsourced semiconductor assembly and testing) sectors of the industry.[36]

Rank Foundry IDM Fabless OSAT
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2 Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry
3 Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry
4 Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry
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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.[36]

See also

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Semiconductor companies in the United States

Notes

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