The overall shipments of semiconductors are expected to cross the 1 trillion unit mark this year. This includes shipments of ICs along with optoelectronics, sensor/actuator, and discrete (O-S-D) devices.
According to a DigiTimes report, the semiconductor shipments will rise by 13 percent in 2021, reaching a record high of 1.135 trillion units. This would also be the third time that semiconductor units have surpassed the one trillion mark in a calendar year. Furthermore, the 13 percent rise that arrives a year after the coronavirus pandemic had adversely impacted the global economy and affected shipments for the industry as well.
Back in the period between 2004 and 2007, the shipments broke through the 400, 500, and 600 billion unit levels, just before the global financial meltdown led to a sharp fall in shipments in 2008 and 2009. Since then, the industry and the shipments bounced back strong, with 2010 seeing shipments surpass 700 billion units. Since then, another strong increase was back in 2017, with a 12 percent growth that had it reach 900 billion units.
The first time shipments crossed the one trillion unit mark was back in 2018. Notably, the news also arrives despite the world suffering from a major shortage of semiconductors. This has caused various industries like the automobile industry. On the other hand, the growth of the shipments saw industries like autonomous systems, cloud computing systems, contactless systems, and more see the strongest rise.
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