The global semiconductor market grew 25% in the 1st quarter of 2026 from the 4th quarter of 2025 to reach $299 billion, according to WSTS. The 1st quarter of 2026 was up 79% from a year earlier. The 25% quarter-to-quarter growth was the highest in the over 40-year history of WSTS data, surpassing the 20% growth in the 2nd quarter of 2009.… Read More
May’s WSTS Report saw March’s total monthly semiconductor sales up 88.1 percent vs. March 2025, albeit down 8.5 percent from February 2026. This month-on-month decline needs to put in the context of February’s record-breaking 25.7 percent monthly growth.
This growth, however, was solely attributable to ICs, up 99.5 percent… Read More
The currently strong semiconductor market is being driven by AI applications. A McKinsey survey showed 88% of businesses used AI in 2025 compared to just 55% in 2023. According to Inc.com, 306 of the S&P 500 companies mentioned AI in their third quarter 2025 earnings conference calls, up from only 53 citations three years earlier… Read More
The global semiconductor market in 2Q 2025 was $180 billion, up 7.8% from 1Q 2025 and up 19.6% from 2Q 2024, according to WSTS. 2Q 2025 marked the sixth consecutive quarter with year-to-year growth of over 18%.
The table below shows the top twenty semiconductor companies by revenue. The list includes companies which sell devices… Read More
WSTS reported 1st quarter 2025 semiconductor market revenues of $167.7 billion, up 18.8% from a year earlier and down 2.8% from the prior quarter. The first quarter of 2025 was weak for most major semiconductor companies. Ten of the sixteen companies in the table below had declines in revenue versus 4Q 2024, ranging from -0.1% from… Read More
WSTS reported the global semiconductor market in 4th quarter 2024 was $170.9 billion, up 17% from a year earlier and up 3% from 3rd quarter 2024. The full year 2024 market was $628 billion, up 19.1% from 2023.
We at Semiconductor Intelligence give a virtual award for the most accurate semiconductor market forecast for the year. The… Read More
WSTS reported third-quarter 2024 semiconductor market growth of $166 billion, up 10.7 percent from second-quarter 2024. 3Q 2024 growth was the highest quarter-to-quarter growth since 11.6% in 3Q 2016, eight years ago. 3Q 2024 growth versus a year ago was 23.2%, the highest year-to-year growth since 28.3% in 4Q 2021.
Nvidia remained… Read More
The global semiconductor market reached $149.9 billion in the second quarter of 2024, according to WSTS. 2Q 2024 was up 6.5% from 1Q 2024 and up 18.3% from a year ago. WSTS revised 1Q 2024 up by $3 billion, making 1Q 2024 up 17.8% from a year ago instead of the previous 15.3%.
The major semiconductor companies posted generally strong… Read More
The state of the Semiconductor Industry before the earnings season. This post will give the industry’s status before the results are revealed. We are sharing the information available.
The first Q2 swallows
A few companies with quarters not aligned to calendar quarters have reported. Nvidia was slightly ahead of expectations,… Read More
The global semiconductor market grew 8.4% in 4Q 2023 from 3Q 2023, according to WSTS. The 8.4% gain was the highest quarter-to-quarter growth since 9.1% in 2Q 2021. This was also the highest 3Q to 4Q increase in 20 years, since an 11% rise in 4Q 2003. 4Q 2023 was up 11.6% from a year ago, following five quarters of negative year-to-year… Read More
