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Fourth-quarter sales were 8.3% higher than 2019 Q4, 3.5% more than 2020 Q3
WASHINGTON Feb. 1, 2021 The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced the global semiconductor industry sales were $439.0 billion in 2020, an increase of 6.5% compared to the 2019 total of $412.3 billion. Global sales for the month of December 2020 were $39.2 billion, an increase of 8.3% compared to the December 2019 total and 2.0% less than the total from November 2020. Fourth-quarter sales of $117.5 billion were 8.3% more than the total from the fourth quarter of 2019 and 3.5% higher than the total from third quarter of 2020. Monthly sales are compiled by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) organization and represent a three-month moving average. SIA represents 98% of the U.S. semiconductor industry by revenue and nearly two-thirds of non-U.S. chip firms.
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Taiwan’s semiconductor success
By Liu Pei-chen 劉佩真
In terms of the economic outlook for the semiconductor industry, Taiwan has outperformed the rest of the world for three consecutive years. This is quite rare.
In addition, Taiwan has been playing an important role in the US-China technology dispute, and both want Taiwan on their side, reflecting the remaking of the nation’s semiconductor industry.
Under the leadership of above all Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the industry as a whole has shifted from a focus on capacity to a focus on quality, as companies now have to be able to provide integration of hardware and software, as well as a powerful ecosystem, to succeed.
ETF investors don’t have to sacrifice performance for low cost. The
VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF (SMH) is up over 60% within the past year with just a 0.35% expense ratio.
With a categorical average of 0.51%, SMH’s expense ratio comes in at 12 basis points lower.
For that low cost of entry, ETF investors have snagged a top performer over the last 12 months:
SMH seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MVIS® US Listed Semiconductor 25 Index. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the fund’s benchmark index.
5G, IoT Poised to Disrupt Semiconductor Industry: Micron India MD
Jan. 08, 2021 at 12:41 pm
January 11, 2021
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic cast a shadow of uncertainty across multiple markets, including the semiconductor industry. Fortunately, increase in chip sales and rising consumption of memory chip saw the prospects for the semiconductor sector have improved since midyear in 2020. In June, the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics said for 2021, chip sales will accelerate to 8.4% growth, reaching $469 billion from $433 billion in 2020 with a growth of 5.1%. In a recent interaction with CXOToday,
Anand Ramamoorthy, Managing Director, Micron India, sheds light on how the pandemic has accelerated the journey towards digital transformation for companies across the globe, leading to the revival of the semiconductor industry and how technologies such as the internet of things (IoT) and 5G networks are poised to disrupt this segment. He also explains Micron India’s busines