Globally, July chip sales of $51.3 billion were up 18.7% on the July 2003 sales figure of $43.2 billion and up 2.7% on the June 2024 total of $50 billion, says the SIA.
“The global semiconductor market continued to grow substantially on a year-to-year basis in July, and month-to-month sales increased for the fourth consecutive month,” says SIA CEO John Neuffer, “the Americas market experienced particularly strong growth in July, with a year-to-year sales increase of 40.1%.”
Regionally, year-to-year sales were up in the Americas (40.1%), China (19.5%), and Asia Pacific/All Other (16.7%), but down in Japan (-0.8%) and Europe (-12.0%). Month-to-month sales in May increased in the Americas (4.3%), Asia Pacific/All Other (3.9%), Japan (3.3%), and China (0.9%), but decreased in Europe (-0.5%).
