Record high! The scale of semiconductor equipment will reach 114 billion US dollars this year

Semi pointed out that benefiting from advanced technology investment and strong memory equipment expenditure, semiconductor equipment will further expand to US $114 billion this year, with an annual increase of about 10-12%. At the same time, the association said that this year, the scale of semiconductor equipment will not only stand at 100 billion US dollars for two consecutive years, but also continue to reach an all-time high.

From the perspective of science and technology or economy, the importance of semiconductors is very great. CNMO learned that in the past two years, semiconductors have been in "short supply" for a long time. In response to this situation, industry manufacturers have taken measures to expand production capacity. According to the data released by the semiconductor industry association (SIA), the global semiconductor sales reached US $555.9 billion (equivalent to about 3702.57 billion yuan) in 2021, with a year-on-year increase of 26.2%; China is still the world's largest semiconductor market, with sales reaching US $192.5 billion (equivalent to about 1282.14 billion yuan), a year-on-year increase of 27.1%.

However, some research institutions report that with the narrowing of the supply and demand gap of most parts, the global shortage of semiconductor chips may continue to be alleviated in the second half of 2022.