INDUSTRY OVERVIEW - Semiconductor Industry （行业概述半导体行业）.pdf

Section 1 INDUSTRY OVERVIEW (C) 2015 Semiconductor Industry Association All Rights Reserved. Section 1: Industry Overview - 1 - SECTION 1: INDUSTRY OVERVIEW THE GLOBAL SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY IS A KEY GROWTH SECTOR IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY Worldwide semiconductor sales increased from $101.9 billion in 1994 to $335.8 billion in 2014, an average annual rate of increase of 11.5 percent per year. According to the WSTS Spring 2015 Semiconductor Industry Forecast, worldwide semiconductor industry sales are forecast to reach $347 billion in 2015, $359 billion in *WSTS, Fall 2014 Semiconductor Industry Forecast. 400 Global Semiconductor Sales ($Billion) 350 300 250 200 150 100 +9.9% 13/14 50 0 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Source: World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) and SIA Estimates. (C) 2015 Semiconductor Industry Association All Rights Reserved. Section 1: Industry Overview - 2 - SECTION 1: INDUSTRY OVERVIEW THE U.S. SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY HAS OVER HALF THE GLOBAL MARKET SHARE Semiconductor producers based in the Americas experienced a significant loss in market share during the 1982 to 1988 period. In the early 1980s, the Americas-based producers held more than 50 percent of worldwide semiconductor sales. Due to intense competitive pressure from Japan-based firms, the effect of illegal du