Chip sales on the rise?
-- Test & Measurement World, 1/21/2010 2:23:42 PM
In what may be a hopeful sign for the test industry, the Semiconductor Industry Assocation reports that worldwide sales of semiconductors rose to $22.6 billion in November 2009, a 3.7% increase over the $21.8 billion of sales in October (monthly sales numbers represent a three-month moving average). The organization also found that sales were 8.5% higher than the $20.9 billion in sales in November 2008. This was a bit of good news at the end of a year in which sales for the first 11 months declined 13.2% from the same period in 2008.
"For the first time in 2009, worldwide semiconductor sales in November were in positive territory compared to one year ago," said SIA president George Scalise in a prepared statement. "2009 ended with sales of many IT and consumer products faring better than earlier projections. Sales of personal computers continue to strengthen in line with recent projections and appear to signal the beginning of recovery of demand from the business sector. The release of the Windows 7 operating system in October has been a positive factor. Unit sales of handsets should come in roughly even with 2008 levels. In the consumer space, there have been a few bright spots including LCD TVs, which saw an increase of 25 to 30% in units in 2009."
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