“Global semiconductor sales continued to grow in August, far exceeding sales in August of last year,” says SIA CEOJohn Neuffer, “sales in the Asia Pacific region and the Americas continue to drive growth, with sales of memory and logic chips notably increasing.”
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 decreased in Japan (-6.9%). Month-to-month sales in August increased in the Asia Pacific/All Other (6.9%), Americas (4.3%), China (3.3%), Japan (2.0%), and Europe (1.0%).
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HI DAVID – The Cowan LRA forecasting model for global semi sales predicts 2025 sales and sales growth results of $739.2B and 17.2%, respectively. These updated forecast numbers are based upon the strong August 2025 SIA results you described above.