MILPITAS, CA – Sales of printed circuit board and multichip module design software increased 13.9% to $333.7 million in the period ended Dec. 31, the ESD Alliance announced in April.

The four-quarter moving average for PCB and MCM, which compares the most recent four quarters to the prior four, rose 15.1%.

Overall electronic system design (ESD) revenue increased 14.4% to $3.47 billion. The four-quarter moving average rose 15.8%.

Companies tracked in the report employed 51,236 people globally in the quarter, up 5.7% year-over-year and 0.1% sequentially.

Computer-aided engineering revenue increased 11.2% to $1.06 billion, IC physical design and verification revenue decreased 2% to $625 million, semiconductor intellectual property revenue jumped 25% to $1.3 billion, and services revenue increased 43% to $131 million.

The Americas was the largest reporting region by revenue, up 21% to $1.58 billion. Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) rose 5.5% to $482.5 million, Japan fell 2.4% to $223 million, and Asia Pacific rose 14% to $1.19 billion.

MILPITAS, CA – Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment in 2021 surged 44% year-over-year to an all-time record of $102.6 billion, says SEMI.

China claimed the largest market for semiconductor equipment for the second time with sales expanding 58% to $29.6 billion to mark the fourth consecutive year of growth. Korea, the second-largest equipment market, registered a sales increase of 55% to $25 billion, after showing strong growth in 2020. Taiwan logged 45% growth to $24.9 billion to claim the third position. Annual semiconductor equipment spending increased 23% in Europe and 17% in North America, which continues to recover from a contraction in 2020. Rest of world sales jumped 79% in 2021.