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SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY AFFECTED BY GLOBAL ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN SAN JOSE, CA – March 2, 2009 – Worldwide sales of semiconductors were $15.3 billion in January, a decline of 28.6 percent compared to January 2008 sales of $21.5 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. Sales declined by 11.9 percent from December 2008 when sales were […]

SAN JOSE, CA – February 2, 2009 – Global sales of semiconductors were severely impacted by the world-wide economic turmoil in 2008 resulting in the first year-on-year drop in sales since 2001, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. Total sales for 2008 were $248.6 billion compared to $255.6 billion in 2007, a decrease of […]

INDUSTRY SALES UP 0.2% YEAR TO DATE THROUGH NOVEMBER San Jose, CA – January 2, 2009 – Worldwide sales of semiconductors declined in November to $20.8 billion, a decline of 9.8 percent from November 2007 when sales were $23.1 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. Sales were 7.2 percent lower than the $22.4 […]

San Jose, CA – December 1, 2008 – Worldwide sales of semiconductors declined by 2.4 percent in October to $22.5 billion compared to sales of $23.0 billion in October 2007, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. October sales were 2.1 percent lower than the $23.0 billion in September 2008. Sales for the first ten […]

SALES UP 4 PERCENT IN FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 2008 SAN JOSE, CA – October 30, 2008 – Worldwide sales of semiconductors, the second-largest U.S. export, increased by 1.6 percent to $23 billion in September compared to sales of $22.6 billion in September 2007. Sales grew by 1.1 percent from August 2008 when sales were […]

SIA CAUTIOUS ABOUT NEAR-TERM INDUSTRY OUTLOOK SAN JOSE, CA – October 2, 2008 – Worldwide sales of semiconductors grew by 5.5 percent to $22.7 billion in August from August 2007 sales of $21.5 billion. Sales grew by 2.4 percent from July when sales were $22.2 billion.Year-to-date sales through August were $170.2 billion, an increase of […]

SIA SAYS SALES OF CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, PCS AND CELL PHONES DRIVING DEMAND SAN JOSE, CA – September 2, 2008 – Worldwide sales of semiconductors grew by 7.6 percent to $22.2 billion in July from July 2007 sales of $20.6 billion. Sales grew by 2.8 percent from June when sales were $21.6 billion.Year-to-date sales through July […]

JUNE SALES ROSE BY 8 PERCENT YEAR-ON-YEAR SAN JOSE, CA – August 4, 2008– Global sales of semiconductors for the first half of 2008 grew to $127.5 billion, an increase of 5.4 percent over the first half of 2007 when sales were $121 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. June sales of $21.6 […]

CHIP SALES UP 2.8 PERCENT FROM APRIL SAN JOSE, CA – June 30, 2008 – Worldwide sales of semiconductors of $21.8 billion in May were 7.5 percent higher than the $20.3 billion reported for May 2007, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. May sales were 2.8 percent higher than the $21.2 billion reported for […]

SALES ESSENTIALLY FLAT WITH MARCH 2008 SAN JOSE, CA – June 2, 2008 – Worldwide sales of semiconductors of $21.2 billion in April were 5.9 percent higher than the $20.1 billion reported for April 2007, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. April sales were essentially flat sequentially with the $21.2 billion reported for March […]

SALES GROW BY 3.4 PERCENT FROM FEBRUARY SAN JOSE, CA – May 1, 2008 – Worldwide sales of semiconductors of $63.4 billion for the first quarter of 2008 were 3.8 percent higher than the $61.1 billion reported for the first quarter of 2007, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. March sales of $21.1 billion […]

SALES DECLINE BY 4.9 PERCENT FROM JANUARY SAN JOSE, CA – March 31, 2008 — Worldwide sales of semiconductors in February were $20.44 billion, an increase of 1.5 percent from February 2007 when sales were $20.14 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. Sales declined by 4.9 percent from January when the industry reported […]