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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 […]

SALES DECLINE BY 3.6 PERCENT FROM DECEMBER SAN JOSE, CA – March 3, 2008 — Worldwide sales of semiconductors in January were $21.5 billion, a nominal increase of 0.03 percent from January 2007, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. Sales declined by 3.6 percent from December 2007 when the industry reported sales of $22.3 […]

CHIP SALES RISE FOR SIXTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR San Jose, CA – February 1, 2008 – The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today reported that global sales of semiconductors grew for the sixth-consecutive year, reaching a record $255.6 billion in 2007, an increase of 3.2 percent from the $247.7 billion reported in 2006. Worldwide sales in December […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. – December 31, 2007- Worldwide sales of semiconductors rose to $23.1 billion in November, an increase of 2.3 percent from November 2006 when sales were $22.5 billion, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. Sales increased by 0.7 percent from the October sales of $22.9 billion. Year-to-date sales of $231 billion are […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. – December 3, 2007- Worldwide semiconductor sales in October rose to $23.1 billion, an increase of 5 percent over the $22 billion reported in October 2006 and 2 percent higher than the $22.6 billion reported in September of this year, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. Sales of $210.5 billion for […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. – August 3, 2007- Worldwide sales of semiconductors grew to $121 billion in the first half of 2007, an increase of 2 percent from the $118.4 billion reported for the first half of 2006, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today. Second-quarter sales of $59.9 billion declined by 2 percent from the […]