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Applied Economics in US Manufacturing: Semiconductors
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Recently, semiconductor manufacturing has come into the national spotlight. Below are figures on the U.S. semiconductor manufacturing industry NIST AMS 100-49.
U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturing in Brief
Some brief figures on U.S. semiconductor manufacturing include the following:
U.S. semiconductor manufacturing value added was $30.4 billion in 2020
It was 10.6 % larger in 2020 than it was in 2008
Industry value added has had a 5-year compound annual growth rate of 4.2 %
The U.S. has 12 % of the global production capacity down from 37 % in 1990 (See Table A 1)
Table A 1 from NIST AMS 100-49: U.S. Share and Growth of Production Capacity
U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturing Sophistication
Smaller process technology equates to higher technological sophistication. Below are characteristics of U.S. production.
The U.S. has 43 % of the 10 nm to 22 nm process technology market
The U.S. has little to no capacity for the most advanced technology, which is at the 10 nm or less process technology
Table A 2 from NIST AMS 100-49: 2019 National Share of Global Process Technology and Value of Subsidies, 2019
U.S. Activities occurring Globally in Semiconductor Manufacturing
U.S. companies engage in activities domestically and abroad. Some characteristics are provided below.
U.S. owned firms, which own facilities around the world, have a commanding position in terms of the design of semiconductors
U.S. firms held significant proportions of national markets, including 49.9 % of the Chinese market
Table A 3 From NIST AMS 100-49: U.S. Company Semiconductor Value Added Occurring Globally, 2019
Table A 4 from NIST AMS 100-49: U.S. Firms Share of National Semiconductor Markets