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In 2023, semiconductor orders in the Asia-Pacific region generated a total revenue of nearly *** billion U.S. dollars. This represented a decrease from almost *** billion dollars of annual revenue generated in 2022.

The silicon age

Due to the systematic nature of how trends like artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things are impacting countless sectors and changing our daily lives, they are often referred to as the Fourth Industrial Revolution or simply Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0's infrastructure is largely based on semiconductors and therefore inherently reliant on them. Reflective of this reliance, the semiconductor market revenue worldwide has grown steadily over the last four decades. While the demand for semiconductors has been increasing virtually everywhere, the capacity to physically manufacture them is largely concentrated in Asia. Taiwan was estimated to account for more than two-thirds of the semiconductor foundries market share worldwide as of 2024.

Leading companies

The leading semiconductor companies by market revenue worldwide in 2023 were Intel and Samsung, which are integrated device manufacturers, meaning they design and manufacture their products themselves. But many other fabless companies, such as Qualcomm or Nvidia, outsource their production to foundries. The global semiconductor foundry market is central to the semiconductor industry, and it is dominated by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). TSMC produces the world’s most advanced semiconductors and accounted for more than ** percent of the semiconductor foundries revenue share globally as of Q3, 2024.