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SAN JOSE, CA – March 1, 2010 – The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today reported that worldwide semiconductor sales in January were $22.5 billion, an increase of 0.3 percent from December sales of $22.4 billion. Sales increased by 47.2 percent from January 2009 when sales were $15.3 billion. All monthly sales numbers represent a three-month […]

SAN JOSE, CA – February 1, 2010 – The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today reported that worldwide semiconductor sales in 2009 were $226.3 billion, a decline of 9 percent from 2008 when sales were $248.6 billion. Total sales for 2009 surpassed the SIA forecast of $219.7 billion. December sales were $22.4 billion, an increase of […]

SALES UP 3.7 PERCENT FROM OCTOBER, UP 8.5 PERCENT FROM NOVEMBER 2008 SAN JOSE, CA – January 4, 2010 – Worldwide sales of semiconductors rose to $22.6 billion in November, a 3.7 percent increase from October when sales were $21.8 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. Sales were 8.5 percent higher than November […]

SALES UP 5.1 PERCENT FROM SEPTEMBER, DOWN 3.5 PERCENT FROM OCTOBER 2008 SAN JOSE, CA – November 30, 2009 – Worldwide sales of semiconductors rose to $21.7 billion in October, a 5.1 percent increase from September when sales were $20.6 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. Sales are 3.5 percent below October 2008 […]

YEAR-ON-YEAR SALES REMAIN NEGATIVE, BUT SEQUENTIAL SALES SHOW STRONG GAINS SAN JOSE, CA – November 2, 2009 – Worldwide sales of semiconductors in the quarter ended September 30 were $61.9 billion, an increase of 19.7 percent from the prior quarter when sales were $51.7 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. Third-quarter sales were […]

SAN JOSE, CA – October 2, 2009 – Worldwide sales of semiconductors in August were $19.1 billion, an increase of 5 percent from July 2009 when sales were $18.2 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. Sales declined 16.1 per cent from August 2008, when sales were $22.7 billion. Sales were up sequentially in […]

SAN JOSE, CA – August 31, 2009 – Worldwide sales of semiconductors in July were $18.2 billion, an increase of 5.3 percent from June 2009 when sales were $17.2 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. SIA noted that the year-on-year rate of decline has moderated as the year has progressed. The first six […]

SAN JOSE, CA – August 3, 2009 – Worldwide sales of semiconductors for the second quarter of 2009 were $51.7 billion, a 17 percent increase from the first quarter when sales were $44.2 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. Second-quarter sales declined by 20 percent from the $64.7 billion recorded in the like […]

SAN JOSE, CA – July 3, 2009 – Worldwide sales of semiconductors rose to $16.5 billion in May, an increase of 5.4 percent from April when sales were $15.6 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. May sales were 23.2 percent lower than May 2008 when sales were $21.5 billion. All sales numbers represent […]

SAN JOSE, CA – June 1, 2009 – Worldwide sales of semiconductors rose to $15.6 billion in April, an increase of 6.4 percent from March when sales were $14.7 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. April sales were 25 percent lower than April 2008 when sales were $20.9 billion. All sales numbers represent […]

FIRST QUARTER SALES DECLINE YEAR-ON-YEAR SAN JOSE, CA – May 1, 2009 – Worldwide sales of semiconductors were $14.7 billion in March, a gain of 3.3 percent from the prior month when sales were $14.2 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. Sales for the first quarter of 2009 amounted to $44.0 billion, a […]

SAN JOSE, CA – April 3, 2009 – Worldwide sales of semiconductors were $14.2 billion in February, a decline of 30.4 percent compared to February 2008 sales of $20.3 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. Sales declined by 7.6 percent from January when sales were $15.3 billion. “The global semiconductor industry is going […]