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Global semiconductor market boosted by PC sales
News Semiconductor sales grew 5.9 percent worldwide in April, a healthy rate given the current sluggish economy, the Semiconductor Industry Association reported on Monday. The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) noted that April sales were...
[June 3, 2008, 8:39]
Report: Chip market to grow, but slowly
News The semiconductor market is picking up steam, but it won't return to the heady growth of the dot-com era any time soon, an industry group said on Thursday. According to a report by the Semiconductor Industry Association, chip sales will grow 1.8...
[November 7, 2002, 8:14]
Gartner: Chip industry faces further decline in 2009
News The already hard-pressed semiconductor market will see a consecutive decline in annual revenues for the first time in its history, according to Gartner. In the meantime, the effect of the downturn on the semiconductor market "will be much broader...
[December 16, 2008, 13:11]
Chip designers paint a brighter picture
News Chip designers bucked the semiconductor slump of 2001, increasing revenues from sales of technology such as processor cores by 25 percent, according to a new report from market researcher Gartner. The designers, which compete in what Gartner calls...
[May 1, 2002, 7:31]
Chip firm predicts dramatic recovery for 2002
News A US semiconductor research group is predicting the world chip market will grow 21 percent in 2002, more than triple the estimates of most analysts. In its November newsletter, Semico Research says that the semiconductor market has gradually...
[November 19, 2001, 13:55]
Optimism in chip market
News Chip-making equipment provider Applied Materials said on Tuesday the semiconductor market appears to be picking up, indicating that the chip glut could be over. This prediction corresponds with the results of a recent study from technology research...
[February 16, 2005, 16:25]
Gartner: chip spending to fall 20 percent
Blog The analysts say that a weakening US economy and a collapsing dynamic random access memory (DRAM) market will result in worldwide semiconductor capital equipment spending to total $47.5 billion in 2008, a 19.8 per cent decline from 2007.
[April 16, 2008, 11:53]
European chip sales to fall 33 percent
News The European semiconductor market has suffered less than the global average this year, but will still have dropped 33 percent by the end of 2001, according to new figures from market researcher Gartner Dataquest.
[November 27, 2001, 15:18]
Intel seeks chip set domination
News "(Intel is) locking out a lot of competition and that's just bad for the market," said Peter Glaskowsky, senior analyst for semiconductor research firm MicroDesign Resources Inc. The primary motivator for Intel to move to the P6 bus was the...
[March 16, 1998, 9:47]
Euro chip sector faces leaner times
News The European semiconductor market will see a further drop in sales in 2002, according to predictions from within the chip industry. Things are expected to get better in 2003, when the WSTS expects to see the semiconductor market grow by 18.5 percent.
[October 26, 2001, 14:23]
Despite growth, semiconductor sector falters
News Analysts said the market jitters come down to several factors, such as a perceived slowdown in PC demand and worries that semiconductor makers may be about to face dropping prices for commodities such as DRAM memory chips.
[October 10, 2000, 14:00]
Chip market to grow 23 percent next year
News The semiconductor market will grow 23 percent next year, buoyed by this year's inventory slashing and renewed consumer demand, according to US technology market forecaster Semico Research. The company says that the worldwide semiconductor market...
[September 10, 2001, 16:19]
Semiconductors set for healthy 2004
News The semiconductor market will grow at 18 percent in 2004, according to International Data Corporation. Over the next five years to 2008, IDC has predicted the worldwide semiconductor market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 12.5 percent...
[December 31, 2003, 10:00]
Fairchild Semiconductor Centralizes Supply Chain Management Planning
White Papers Fairchild Semiconductor, a leading global player in the multi-market semiconductor industry, is focusing on streamlining its supply chain planning and production processes. The company faces a number of significant business challenges as it seeks...
[March 17, 2007, 0:00]
Chip recovery will start in 2002 - analyst
News After a devastating setback in 2001, the semiconductor market will need to go through a year of rehab before returning to better health, a research firm predicts. The semiconductor market will start to stabilise and show minute growth in 2002...
[October 31, 2001, 15:53]
Altis Semiconductor Improves Operational Efficiency and Bolsters Strategic Development
White Papers Altis Semiconductor, formerly a production company of IBM, is a major player on the semiconductor market in Europe. Altis Semiconductor worked with Oracle Consulting to implement Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise applications for financial...
[March 25, 2008, 0:01]
Chip equipment orders rise again
News Semiconductor equipment orders outpaced shipments again in April, another sign that the chip market may be on the road to recovery. While the jump in April's numbers likely reflect an end-of-quarter uptick in bookings, the fact that we have seen...
[May 19, 2002, 7:31]
Gartner: Asia leads semicon recovery
News Following a drastic decline in 2001, research firm Gartner Dataquest said the worldwide semiconductor market, buoyed largely by Asia-Pacific, is back in the black this year. Asia-Pacific, including China, is the largest regional semiconductor...
[December 18, 2002, 12:30]
Chip sales up in 2003, forecast improves
News A better-than-expected first quarter of the year boosted the forecast for the 2003 worldwide semiconductor market, according to a Gartner study. Earlier this year, Gartner said the worldwide semiconductor market would grow 8.9 percent this year.
[May 21, 2003, 8:53]
Tessera aims to wrap up IPO
News In the early days of the semiconductor market, a chip package might contain two or four electrical leads (for connecting the chip to the board), but now some packages can contain several hundred in a ball grid array, that series of bumps on the...
[October 30, 2003, 14:45]
