美国半导体行业协会：2020美国半导体行业报告（英文版）（20页）.pdf

1、STATE OF THE U.S. SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY 2020 2 | SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION INTRODUCTION U.S. companies have for decades led the world in producing these tiny chips that power modern technologies. Our countrys leadership in semiconductors is a big reason America has the worlds largest econo

2、my and most advanced technologies. Since the onset in early 2020 of the COVID-19 pandemic, semiconductor-enabled technology has been deployed to find treatments, care for patients, work and study from home, order groceries and other essential products, and sustain countless other systems that underp

3、in modern society. It is a reminder of the importance of semiconductors in responding to the worlds most urgent challenges and crises. The U.S. semiconductor industry has continued to maintain its global leadership position in semiconductor technologies essential for the future, including artificial

4、 intelligence (AI), quantum computing, and advanced wireless networks such as 5G. The U.S. semiconductor industry has also maintained its global market share leadership, even though worldwide year-over-year sales growth in 2019 was negative, and has kept steady its very high levels of investment in

5、research and development (R sales leadership enables the U.S. industry to invest more into R and 2) having a competitive workforce. U.S. total capex investments were second only to Korea in 2019, and the U.S. led in spending for plant and equipment to manufacture advanced logic, where it accounted f

6、or 44 percent of the worlds total. A key U.S. advantage has been the ability to attract talented people from all over the globe who come to study at American universities and choose to stay. Having access to a highly educated workforce, strong in STEM, is critical to the future of Americas leadershi