{"id":167873,"date":"2026-04-13T07:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T06:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/?p=167873"},"modified":"2026-04-13T07:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T06:19:09","slug":"gartner-predicts-worldwide-semiconductor-revenue-to-exceed-us1-3-trillion-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/2026\/04\/13\/gartner-predicts-worldwide-semiconductor-revenue-to-exceed-us1-3-trillion-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Gartner predicts worldwide semiconductor revenue to exceed US$1.3 trillion in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Strong demand for AI processing, data centre infrastructure and rising memory prices are set to drive record semiconductor growth through 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worldwide semiconductor revenue is expected to exceed US$1.3 trillion in 2026, showing the highest growth in the last two decades, according to Gartner, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Amid high demand for Artificial Intelligence (AI) processing, data centre networks and power for them, and memory price inflation (memflation), the semiconductor industry is expected to achieve the third consecutive year of double-digit growth in 2026 \u2013 a milestone that underscores the industry’s key role in the AI technology stack,” says Rajeev Rajput, Senior Principal Analyst, Gartner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gartner predicts that semiconductor revenue will grow 64% in 2026, with memory revenue predicted to triple amid memflation. Gartner analysts claim that memory price inflation is deep, but it is not permanent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gartner estimates that annual DRAM and NAND flash memory prices in 2026 will increase by 125% and 234%, respectively, and no significant price relief is expected until the end of 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI semiconductors are expected to account for approximately 30% of total semiconductor revenue in 2026 and remain the driving force behind the industry’s overall growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hyperscaler investment in building AI infrastructure remains strong, with spending predicted to increase by more than 50% in 2026, driving demand for AI accelerators, including Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) and non-GPU custom chips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Memflation will destroy, or at least delay, non-AI demand until 2028, to varying degrees depending on the application,” Rajput says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Technology vendors should prepare for higher prices during the first half of 2026, followed by persistent but moderate price increases throughout the rest of the year. CIOs and IT leaders should be cautious about signing supply contracts with related terms at unfavourable pricing that extend beyond 2027.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Strong demand for AI processing, data centre infrastructure and rising memory prices are set to drive record semiconductor growth through 2026. Worldwide semiconductor revenue is expected to exceed US$1.3 trillion in 2026, showing the highest growth in the last two decades, according to Gartner, Inc. “Amid high demand for Artificial Intelligence (AI) processing, data centre […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":167874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22774,649,93],"tags":[24977,19517,98,24978,2179,11330,24979,24980,24981,24982],"class_list":["post-167873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","category-manufacturing","category-top-stories","tag-ai-chips","tag-ai-infrastructure","tag-data-centres","tag-dram-prices","tag-gartner","tag-gpus","tag-memflation","tag-nand-flash","tag-semiconductor-revenue","tag-technology-forecast"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167875,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167873\/revisions\/167875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}