December 2013 alone reached $26.6 billion, marking the strongest December on record. Also, Q4 2013 global sales reached $79.9, a 7.7% increase from the $74.2 billion reached in Q4 2012.
“The global semiconductor industry exceeded $300 billion in sales for the first time ever in 2013, spurred by consistent, steady growth across nearly all regions and product categories,” said Brian Toohey, president and CEO, SIA. “The industry finished the year on a strong note with its best December on record, indicating that recent momentum is likely to carry over into 2014.”
Strong demand was seen in several product segments in 2013, with Logic being the largest semiconductor category by sales, reaching $85.9 billion in 2013, a 5.2% increase from 2012. Memory at $67.0 billion and MOS Micro-ICs at $58.7 billion, were also up in the top 3 in terms of revenue sales. Memory was the fastest growing segment with an increase of 17.6% in 2013, with DRAM performing particularly well, increasing by 33.3% year-over-year. While NAND flash also experienced a strong growth of 8.1%.
Other well performing product segments include; optoelectronic products which reached $27.6 billion in sales with a 5.3% annual increase, and Analog which reached $40.1 billion in sales with a 2.1% annual increase.
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