India, Feb. 26 -- Based on the latest data from the US Semiconductor Industry Association released in early February, global semiconductor sales reached $791.7bn in 2025, an increase of 25.6% compared with 2024.

The logic chips that power up AI models and applications, from the GPUs used for training large language models to smartphone processors, drove the market momentum, with sales reaching $301.9bn in 2025, up by 39.9% from a year earlier, SIA figures show.

Memory chips also posted a strong performance, generating revenues for $223.1bn in 2025, up by 34.8% from the year prior.

From a geographical standpoint, the Asia-Pacific region (excluding China and Japan) and the Americas posted the strongest growth rates, with sales growing by...