In 2025, the global semiconductor market grew sharply by 26.2% to US$795.640 billion, driven primarily by the rapid expansion of AI applications and rising demand for computing and data center infrastructure. Logic ICs and memory ICs both achieved double-digit growth, propelling the overall market's rapid expansion.
In 2025, the global fabless industry benefited from higher AI chip prices and specification upgrades in end devices. The market reached US$350.695 billion, representing annual growth of 49.0%. As AI applications extend from the cloud to end devices, competition is shifting from general-purpose chips toward deep hardware-software integration and system-level optimization.
I. Industry Category
II. Overview of the Semiconductor Industry in 2025
III. Key Semiconductor Issue - National Industrial Policy
IV. Emerging Product Technology Trends
V. Application of AI in Semiconductor Industry
VI. New Southbound Countries
VII. 2026 Industry Outlook
Figure 1 Structures of Taiwan IC Industry
Table 1 Definition of IC Industry