Volume is up 25% quarter-over-quarter, and sales totaled $99.5 billion in March alone.
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That nearly $300 billion of total revenue accounts for sales of logic, memory, analog, mixed signal and other types of chips. In March 2026, monthly revenue stood at $99.5 billion, which represents a 79.2% increase from $55.5 billion recorded in March 2025 and 11.5% higher from February 2026 levels. These monthly figures are calculated as a rolling three-month average by World Semiconductor Trade Statistics.
The Semiconductor Industry Association represents 99% of semiconductor revenue generated by U.S.-based companies and nearly two-thirds of chip firms headquartered outside the U.S., which means that actual sales of chips by various makers was higher than $300 billion in Q1 2026.
You may like Semiconductor industry on track to hit $1 trillion in sales in 2026, SIA predicts Global semiconductor foundry market hit a record $320 billion in 2025 as TSMC pulled further ahead Nvidia posts record $215 billion annual revenue in latest quarterly earnings report Unfortunately, the actual total revenue of semiconductor makers across the world is hard to estimate accurately, as privately owned companies do not share their financial results with the public.
Some companies are partially integrated and sales of their semiconductors cannot be accurately estimated (e.g, Apple, Bosch, Huawei, Sony , and Tesla). Numerous companies from China tend to fly under the U.S. radar and are therefore reluctant to share sales data with the SIA.
On a regional basis, March 2026 sales compared to the same month a year earlier increased by 108.5% in Asia Pacific, 83.1% in the Americas, 74.8% in China, 46.5% in Europe, and 7.4% in Japan. Sequentially, March sales also grew across all key markets, including 13.3% in Americas, 12.7% in China, 9.8% in APAC, 8.4% in Europe, and 7.1% in Japan.
"Global chip sales remain on track to reach $1 trillion in 2026, with Q1 sales significantly exceeding sales in Q4 2025," said John Neuffer, SIA president and CEO. "Strong sales across the Asia Pacific region, the Americas, and China drove global semiconductor market growth, highlighting broad and robust demand for semiconductors and the countless tech products they enable."
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