# Semiconductors and Software and IT services

Semiconductors buys from Software and IT services; semiconductors depends on software and IT services.

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[Semiconductors](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/semiconductors/) (industry) and [Software and IT services](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/software_it/) (industry): 2 relationships.

## How they are linked

### 1. Buys from

*Physical flow · ₹2.1 per ₹100 · Semiconductors buys from Software and IT services*

Semiconductors buys goods or services from Software and IT services; counted through every round of supply, ₹2.1 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

- **₹2.1** of every ₹100 of Semiconductors output, all rounds
- **₹0.8** bought directly

### 2. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 5 of 5 · Software and IT services → Semiconductors*

3 of the enterprise types in Semiconductors depend on software and IT services.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- EDA software and IP-core vendors: tools are software products built and supported like enterprise software (criticality 5 of 5)
- Fabless chip designers: design software and engineering services, much of it delivered from Indian design centres (criticality 4 of 5)
- Component distributors: ordering and inventory systems (criticality 2 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.