Industry Impact (2024)

U.S. Semiconductor Ecosystem Map

The U.S. semiconductor industry is one of the world’s most advanced manufacturingand R&Dsectors.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 inon the mapto see more information.A glossary of key terms can also be found below.

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 about half of global market share through sales of $209 billion in 2018.

More than 80 percent of U.S. semiconductor companies’ sales are to overseas customers. The United States exported $44 billion in semiconductors in 2017 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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