Semiconductor Manufacturing Facilities Map
Semiconductor Geography 2024 - Project Update
Semiconductor manufacturing is highly concentrated in a few regions clustering in the United States, the European Union, and East Asia. Around 92% of facilities are located in these three regions. Furthermore, the most advanced semiconductors that are printed smaller than 14nm are produced in the facilities of these regions.
East Asian cluster accounts for about 66% of manufacturing facilities with 292 sites in number. The region holds three-fourths of global chip production. Taiwan manufactures 60% of semiconductors and 90% most advanced semiconductors in the world while Korean companies play a dominant role in the memory chip market with more than 60% share.
American cluster accounts for about 17% of semiconductor manufacturing facilities. There are 76 facilities concentrated in Oregon, Arizona, Texas, and California. These four states embrace more than half of manufacturing facilities in the United States. However, the US shows a decreasing trend of chip manufacturing from 37% in 1990 to 12% in current times.
European cluster includes 37 out of global 438 manufacturing facilities. Germany plays a central role in the European Union with 20 facilities and a 22nm printing capacity overall. In terms of the processing technology, facilities in Ireland and the Netherlands can print 14nm and 10nm semiconductors accordingly. The European Union gives less than 10% of manufactured global semiconductors.
Gray zones are characterized by the sparse location of manufacturing facilities in the different regions of the world. These zones cover Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Central Asia, East Europe, and Australia. The Gray zones can be divided into high-potential countries (Russia, Israel, India, Costa Rica, Switzerland, etc), medium-potential countries (Brazil, Argentine, Australia, etc), and low-potential countries (countries without any semiconductor facilities) according to the existing capacity of processing technologies in the facilities, resources, companies and scientific environment.
In terms of cities (municipalities), 34 fabs are operating in Hsinchu while Singapore possesses 15 facilities. Shanghai with 12 fabs can be seen as the center of Chinese semiconductor manufacturing and Dresden has the highest number in Germany with 5 facilities. Chandler and Hillsboro with 6 fabs are the leaders among the cities in the United States.
The data about the locations of semiconductor manufacturing facilities is collected from open sources and visualized under the Semiconductor Geography project. You can see the map of Semiconductor manufacturing facilities in Google Maps or Google Earth in a more informative and detailed form by clicking the link.
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