Global semiconductor sales surge 21.7% Y/Y in August

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Pavel Muravev

The Semiconductor Industry Association said global semiconductor sales surged 21.7% year-over-year in August to $64.9B.

Semiconductor sales climbed [https://www.semiconductors.org/global-semiconductor-sales-increase-21-7-year-to-year-in-august/] 4.4% month-over-month, when it amounted to $62.1B in July 2025.

“Global semiconductor sales continued to grow in August, far exceeding sales in August of last year,” said John Neuffer, Semiconductor Industry Association, or SIA, president and CEO. “Sales in the Asia Pacific region and the Americas continue to drive growth, with sales of memory and logic chips notably increasing.”

Semiconductor Industry Association, or SIA, noted that SIA represents 99% of the U.S. semiconductor industry by revenue and nearly two-thirds of non-U.S. chip firms.

Regionally, year-to-year in August sales were up in the Asia Pacific/All Other (43.1%), Americas (25.5%), China (12.4%), and Europe (4.4%), but fell in Japan (-6.9%).

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