Q1 semi sales up 17.8%

March sales were $41 billion – up 3.7% compared on February.

“Global semiconductor sales remained strong during the first quarter of 2021, topping sales from the previous quarter and substantially outpacing the total from the first quarter of last year,” says SIA CEO John Neuffer, “year-to-year and month-to-month sales in March increased across all major regional markets, and demand grew across a range of product categories.”

Regionally, year-to-year sales increased across all markets: China (25.6%), Asia Pacific/All Other (19.6%), Japan (13.0%), the Americas (9.2%), and Europe (8.7%). Month-to-month sales increased in Europe (5.8% percent), China (5.3%), Asia Pacific/All Other (3.4%), Japan (3.1%), and the Americas (0.6%).