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BILL PROVIDES NEW LEGAL TOOLS TO PREVENT THEFT OF TRADE SECRETS WASHINGTON—April 27, 2016—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today applauded congressional approval of The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2015 (S.1890), bipartisan legislation that provides new legal tools to prevent the theft of trade secrets. The […]

SALES DECREASE 3.2 PERCENT MONTH-TO-MONTH AND 6.2 PERCENT YEAR-TO-YEAR WASHINGTON—April 4, 2016—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $26.0 billion for the month of February 2016, a decrease of 3.2 percent compared to the previous month’s total of $26.9 billion and […]

SALES IN JANUARY DOWN 5.8 PERCENT YEAR-TO-YEAR AND 2.7 PERCENT MONTH-TO-MONTH WASHINGTON—March 3, 2016—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $26.9 billion for the month of January 2016, 2.7 percent lower than the previous month’s total of $27.6 billion and 5.8 […]

LEGISLATION ALLOWS GREATER COLLABORATION BETWEEN U.S. GOVERNMENT, SEMICONDUCTOR COMPANIES TO ROOT OUT DANGEROUS COUNTERFEITS WASHINGTON—Feb. 11, 2016—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today applauded congressional approval of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (H.R. 644/S.1269), bipartisan Customs legislation that includes a key provision to […]

WORLDWIDE SALES ROUGHLY FLAT COMPARED TO 2014; DECEMBER SALES DECREASE 4.4 PERCENT COMPARED TO PREVIOUS MONTH WASHINGTON—Feb. 1, 2016—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today announced the global semiconductor industry posted sales totaling $335.2 billion in 2015, a slight decrease of 0.2 percent compared to the 2014 […]

WORLDWIDE SALES DOWN 0.3 PERCENT MONTH-TO-MONTH, 3.0 PERCENT YEAR-TO-YEAR; INDUSTRY STILL ON PACE TO NARROWLY EXCEED 2014 SALES TOTAL WASHINGTON—Jan. 5, 2016—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $28.9 billion for the month of November 2015, 0.3 percent lower than the […]

WASHINGTON—Dec. 18, 2015—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today hailed final passage of legislation to permanently extend the R&D tax credit. A permanent credit will offer U.S. semiconductor companies certainty that the U.S. will continue to offer an incentive for domestic research, allowing them to plan investments […]

TUNC DOLUCA, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF MAXIM INTEGRATED, ELECTED SIA VICE CHAIR WASHINGTON—Dec. 3, 2015—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today announced the SIA Board of Directors has elected Dr. Necip Sayiner, President, CEO and Director of Intersil, as its 2016 Chair and Tunç Doluca, President and […]

MARKET PROJECTED TO GROW BY 0.2 PERCENT IN 2015, 1.4 PERCENT IN 2016, AND 3.1 PERCENT IN 2017 WASHINGTON—Dec. 3, 2015—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $29.0 billion for the month of October 2015, 1.9 percent higher than the previous […]

SEPTEMBER SALES UP SLIGHTLY COMPARED TO LAST MONTH, DOWN COMPARED TO LAST YEAR WASHINGTON—Nov. 2, 2015—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $85.2 billion during the third quarter of 2015. This total marks an increase of 1.5 percent compared to the […]

SIA CO-HOSTS ANNUAL MEETING OF INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE; SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS MADE ON RANGE OF INITIATIVES TO SPUR GROWTH AND OPEN MARKETS SAN FRANCISCO—Oct. 26, 2015—Semiconductor industry leaders last week met with governments from around the world at the 16th annual Governments/Authorities Meeting on Semiconductors (GAMS). The meeting was co-hosted in […]

WASHINGTON—Oct. 6, 2015—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and design, today applauded the work of law enforcement following the sentencing of Peter Picone, a confessed counterfeit semiconductor trafficker. Last June, Picone admitted to sending counterfeit semiconductors to the U.S. Naval Submarine Base in Connecticut, where the semiconductors were intended for […]