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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 600-13. 

### ***U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturing in Brief***

Some brief figures on U.S. semiconductor manufacturing include the following:
                  - U.S. semiconductor manufacturing value added was $34.4 billion in 2021 
                  - It was 26.1 % larger in 2021 than it was in 2008 
                  - Industry value added has had a 5-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.4 % 
                  - In 2020, the U.S. had 12 % of the global production capacity down from 37 % in 1990 (See Table A 1)
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Table A 1 from NIST AMS 600-13: U.S. Share and Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of Production Capacity

### ***U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturing Sophistication***

Smaller process technology equates to higher technological sophistication. Below are characteristics of U.S. production. 
                  - In 2019, the U.S. had 43 % of the 10 nm to 22 nm process technology market
                  - In 2019, the U.S. had 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 600-13: 2019 National Share of Global Process Technology and Value of Subsidies, 2019
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### ***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 53.4 % of the Chinese market

Table A 4 from NIST AMS 100-49: U.S. Firms Share of National Semiconductor Markets
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For more information, please see AMS 600-13.

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