According to foreign media reports, the US Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said in a statement on the evening of March 5 that January chip sales reached 37.6 billion US dollars, and has grown for 18 consecutive months. The association said chip sales in January increased 22.7% from a year earlier to a record 37.6 billion. Semiconductor sales in the United States recorded the largest year-on-year increase of 40.6%, followed by Europe by 19.9% and Asia Pacific / all other regions by 18.6%. In January, China's chip sales reached 12 billion US dollars, an increase of 18.3%. SIA President and CEO John Neuffer said in a statement that following the highest annual record sales in 2017, the global semiconductor industry in 2018 ushered in a strong and promising start, January sales not only hit the highest record over the same period, meanwhile recorded a year-on-year increase for 18th consecutive months.