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Global semiconductor sales continue to rise

Worldwide chip sales has risen 4.5 percent last month, as the industry continues to recover from the recession via healthy sales of PCs, phones and car tech Read more

7 July, 2010 by Ben Woods

Samsung profits as it becomes top global handset firm

...success has helped the Korean firm realise record quarterly profits, despite plummeting semiconductor sales. Strong sales of the Samsung Galaxy Note and other Galaxy phones... Read more

27 April, 2012

Economic downturn hits chip industry

...IHS said on Thursday it has dramatically reduced its forecast for semiconductor sales worldwide for 2011, cutting the expected growth rate from 2.9... Read more

18 November, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

Apple taps TSMC for test run of A6 chips

...processor provider Samsung. The Taiwanese company, the fourth-largest chip manufacturer by semiconductor sales, has already begun a production test run of the next-generation... Read more

15 July, 2011 by Jack Clark

Asia helps lift May chip sales

The chip sector was a little bit merrier in May. Worldwide semiconductor sales rose close to 3 percent to $11.4bn for the month... Read more

2 July, 2002 by John G.Spooner

Intel's Barrett: PC market on the mend

The market for PC hardware is 'stabilising', particularly outside the US - but it's still a very uncertain world, the chip giant says Read more

26 February, 2002 by Michael Kanellos

Via plans 1.2GHz chip as strong sales boost confidence

Chipset maker Via bucks the trend with strong results, and plans a 1.2GHz x86 processor for launch later this year Read more

3 May, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

Semiconductor sales defy energy price rises

...sales led to 5.4 percent year-on-year growth in worldwide semiconductor sales in the first half of this year, according to the Semiconductor... Read more

5 August, 2008 by David Meyer

Worldwide semiconductor sales soar

Sales for semiconductors grew by almost 15 per cent during the year reaching a record high worldwide figure of $11.8... Read more

7 November, 1997 by Marc Ambasna Jones

Semiconductor sales soar says survey

Worldwide semiconductor sales were up $18.28bn in November 2000 despite Flash memory chip... Read more

3 January, 2001 by silicon.com staff

Chip sales bounce back in August

...according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. On a year-on-year basis, semiconductor sales were down 16 percent, the industry group said in a statement... Read more

5 October, 2009 by Sam Diaz

Chip sales increase strongest since 1990

...on strong foundations, the PC market -- which accounts for 30 percent of semiconductor sales -- was driven by both consumer and business spending. Consumer buying rose... Read more

3 November, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

UK chip sales sag

...and the US dollar is causing significant distortion in the picture. European semiconductor sales measured in dollars show significant growth. The EECA and ESIA, citing... Read more

3 September, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

Bumpy ride seen for chips

...to shrink by six percent. Memory chips generate 25 percent of total semiconductor sales in 2000. Other types of semiconductors, such as logic chips which... Read more

14 November, 2000 by ZDNet

Chip market heats up in July

Global semiconductor sales rose again in July, for the fifth consecutive month Read more

3 September, 2003 by Ed Frauenheim

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