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Industry Impact
Building America's Innovation Economy
Semiconductors are the brains of modern electronics, enabling technologies critical to U.S. economic growth, national security, and global competitiveness.
Semiconductors have driven advances in communications, computing, health care, military systems, transportation, clean energy, and countless other applications. And they are giving rise to new technologies that hold the promise to transform society for the better, including brain-inspired computing, virtual reality, the Internet of Things, energy-efficient sensing, automated devices, robotics, and artificial intelligence. Semiconductors’ greatest potential lies ahead.
State of the Industry Report
Industry Fact Sheet
50.2%
The U.S. semiconductor industry is the worldwide industry leader with 50.2% of global market share and sales of $264 billion in 2023.
2 Million
The semiconductor industry directly employs 338,000 people in the U.S. With a jobs multiplier of 6.7, the industry supports nearly 2 million additional jobs in the wider U.S. economy.
$52.7b
Semiconductors are a top-6 U.S. export, and over 70% of U.S. semiconductor companies’ sales are to overseas customers. The United States exported $52.7 billion in semiconductors in 2023 and maintains a consistent trade surplus in semiconductors, including with major trading partners such as China.
$59.3b
The U.S. semiconductor industry annual invests about one-fifth of its revenue into R&D, which is the second-highest share of any major U.S. industry, behind only the pharmaceutical industry. In 2023, U.S. headquartered companies spent $59.3 billion on R&D.
U.S. Semiconductor Ecosystem Map
The U.S. semiconductor industry is one of the world’s most advanced manufacturing and R&D sectors. The U.S. Semiconductor Ecosystem Map demonstrates the breadth of the industry, including locations conducting research and development (R&D), intellectual property and chip design software providers, chip design, semiconductor fabrication, and manufacturing by suppliers of semiconductor manufacturing equipment and materials. Adjust the filters below, hover over a pin, and zoom in on the map to see more information. A glossary of key terms can also be found below.
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Methodology:
The locations on this map are sourced from SIA’s compilation of company information, 10-K filings, and other public and internal sources. The included university locations are R&D partners of the Semiconductor Research Corporation or the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI). The map excludes locations whose only activities are administrative or operational. This map is not intended to be a reflection of all U.S. semiconductor ecosystem locations and largely represents the U.S. locations of SIA member companies. Please contact Alex Gordon at
[email protected]
with any questions.
Glossary
Intellectual Property (IP)
A design or verification unit that is pre-packed and available for licensing, generally as an “IP block” or “IP core.” IP has become essential for the creation of large and complex devices as it would be nearly impossible for any single company to develop all of the blocks necessary for these devices. (
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Electronic Design Automation (EDA)
Electronic Design Automation, or EDA, is a market segment consisting of software, hardware, and services with the collective goal of assisting in the definition, planning, design, implementation, verification, and subsequent manufacturing of semiconductor devices, or chips. (
Source
)
Fabless
A semiconductor design company with no or limited wafer fabrication capability. (
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Chip design
The process of laying out the “architecture” of a chip to achieve a specific function or application. An extremely R&D, engineering, and IP intensive process of mapping billions of transistors and electronic components (hardware) to relay instructions to the device (software).
Foundry
A factory that manufactures semiconductor chips on wafers. Usually used to denote a facility that is available on a contract basis to companies that do not have wafer fab capability of their own, or that wish to supplement their own capabilities. (
Source
)
Integrated Device Manufacturer (IDM)
A vertically integrated semiconductor company that designs, manufactures, and sells integrated circuits (ICs). (
Source
)
Outsourced Assembly and Test (OSAT)
Vendors that provide third-party semiconductor assembly, test, and packaging (ATP) services. IDMs and foundries with internal packaging operations also may outsource a certain percentage of their packaging production to OSATs. Fabless companies also outsource their packaging to the OSATs and/or foundries. (
Source
)
Equipment
Hundreds of different specialized pieces of semiconductor manufacturing equipment “tools” that conduct deposition, photoresist
coating, lithography, etching, ion implantation, packaging, and dozens more operations, all conducted under highly controlled conditions.
Materials
Hundreds of specialty and high-purity gases, chemicals, metals, and substrates that serve critical uses in the chipmaking and equipment making process, ranging from silicon and rare earth metals, to helium and optical lenses.
University R&D Partner
Universities with semiconductor programs and are partner institutions of the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) or the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI).
A Great American Success Story
Semiconductors were invented in America, and the United States still leads the world in leading-edge manufacturing, design, and research. The U.S. semiconductor industry is the worldwide industry leader with half of global market share through sales of $318 billion in 2024.
Roughly 70% of U.S. semiconductor companies’ sales are to overseas customers. The United States exported $57.0 billion in semiconductors in 2024 and maintains a consistent trade surplus in semiconductors.
The rapid pace of innovation has enabled the semiconductor industry to produce exponentially more advanced products at lower cost, a principle known as Moore’s Law. As a result, a single smartphone today has far more computing power than the computers used by NASA to land a person on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
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Industry Impact
Building America's Innovation Economy
Semiconductors are the brains of modern electronics, enabling technologies critical to U.S. economic growth, national security, and global competitiveness.
Semiconductors have driven advances in communications, computing, health care, military systems, transportation, clean energy, and countless other applications. And they are giving rise to new technologies that hold the promise to transform society for the better, including brain-inspired computing, virtual reality, the Internet of Things, energy-efficient sensing, automated devices, robotics, and artificial intelligence. Semiconductors’ greatest potential lies ahead.
State of the Industry Report
Industry Fact Sheet
50.2%
The U.S. semiconductor industry is the worldwide industry leader with 50.2% of global market share and sales of $264 billion in 2023.
2 Million
The semiconductor industry directly employs 338,000 people in the U.S. With a jobs multiplier of 6.7, the industry supports nearly 2 million additional jobs in the wider U.S. economy.
$52.7b
Semiconductors are a top-6 U.S. export, and over 70% of U.S. semiconductor companies’ sales are to overseas customers. The United States exported $52.7 billion in semiconductors in 2023 and maintains a consistent trade surplus in semiconductors, including with major trading partners such as China.
$59.3b
The U.S. semiconductor industry annual invests about one-fifth of its revenue into R&D, which is the second-highest share of any major U.S. industry, behind only the pharmaceutical industry. In 2023, U.S. headquartered companies spent $59.3 billion on R&D.
U.S. Semiconductor Ecosystem Map
The U.S. semiconductor industry is one of the world’s most advanced manufacturing and R&D sectors. The U.S. Semiconductor Ecosystem Map demonstrates the breadth of the industry, including locations conducting research and development (R&D), intellectual property and chip design software providers, chip design, semiconductor fabrication, and manufacturing by suppliers of semiconductor manufacturing equipment and materials. Adjust the filters below, hover over a pin, and zoom in on the map to see more information. A glossary of key terms can also be found below.
BY EXISTING/ANNOUNCED
BY FACILITY ACTIVITY
BY INDUSTRY SEGMENT
RESET
Semiconductors
Equipment
Materials
University R&D Partner
Search:
Sort by State:
Name
City
State
Industry Segment
Facility Activity
Investment
Jobs Expected
Existing / Announced
Source
Methodology:
The locations on this map are sourced from SIA’s compilation of company information, 10-K filings, and other public and internal sources. The included university locations are R&D partners of the Semiconductor Research Corporation or the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI). The map excludes locations whose only activities are administrative or operational. This map is not intended to be a reflection of all U.S. semiconductor ecosystem locations and largely represents the U.S. locations of SIA member companies. Please contact Alex Gordon at
[email protected]
with any questions.
Glossary
Intellectual Property (IP)
A design or verification unit that is pre-packed and available for licensing, generally as an “IP block” or “IP core.” IP has become essential for the creation of large and complex devices as it would be nearly impossible for any single company to develop all of the blocks necessary for these devices. (
Source
)
Electronic Design Automation (EDA)
Electronic Design Automation, or EDA, is a market segment consisting of software, hardware, and services with the collective goal of assisting in the definition, planning, design, implementation, verification, and subsequent manufacturing of semiconductor devices, or chips. (
Source
)
Fabless
A semiconductor design company with no or limited wafer fabrication capability. (
Source
)
Chip design
The process of laying out the “architecture” of a chip to achieve a specific function or application. An extremely R&D, engineering, and IP intensive process of mapping billions of transistors and electronic components (hardware) to relay instructions to the device (software).
Foundry
A factory that manufactures semiconductor chips on wafers. Usually used to denote a facility that is available on a contract basis to companies that do not have wafer fab capability of their own, or that wish to supplement their own capabilities. (
Source
)
Integrated Device Manufacturer (IDM)
A vertically integrated semiconductor company that designs, manufactures, and sells integrated circuits (ICs). (
Source
)
Outsourced Assembly and Test (OSAT)
Vendors that provide third-party semiconductor assembly, test, and packaging (ATP) services. IDMs and foundries with internal packaging operations also may outsource a certain percentage of their packaging production to OSATs. Fabless companies also outsource their packaging to the OSATs and/or foundries. (
Source
)
Equipment
Hundreds of different specialized pieces of semiconductor manufacturing equipment “tools” that conduct deposition, photoresist
coating, lithography, etching, ion implantation, packaging, and dozens more operations, all conducted under highly controlled conditions.
Materials
Hundreds of specialty and high-purity gases, chemicals, metals, and substrates that serve critical uses in the chipmaking and equipment making process, ranging from silicon and rare earth metals, to helium and optical lenses.
University R&D Partner
Universities with semiconductor programs and are partner institutions of the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) or the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI).
A Great American Success Story
Semiconductors were invented in America, and the United States still leads the world in leading-edge manufacturing, design, and research. The U.S. semiconductor industry is the worldwide industry leader with half of global market share through sales of $318 billion in 2024.
Roughly 70% of U.S. semiconductor companies’ sales are to overseas customers. The United States exported $57.0 billion in semiconductors in 2024 and maintains a consistent trade surplus in semiconductors.
The rapid pace of innovation has enabled the semiconductor industry to produce exponentially more advanced products at lower cost, a principle known as Moore’s Law. As a result, a single smartphone today has far more computing power than the computers used by NASA to land a person on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
View Industry Fact Sheet >
Learn more about the policies needed to promote continued growth and innovation.
Click Here >
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