June's numbers exceeded our expectations and affirm our forecast for a strong 2000, |
June's numbers exceeded our expectations and affirm our forecast for a strong 2000. |
Korea is a significant market for American semiconductor producers -- in 2005, the Korean semiconductor market was approximately $4.5 billion. |
Our forecast released in November calls fourth-quarter sales to be 4.7 percent higher than the third quarter, and with two months of data now in, we are on target to meet that projection. |
Semiconductor sales in April are continuing the steady growth exhibited in the first quarter of this year, another sign that the industry is rebounding from 2001, |
Semiconductor sales in April are continuing the steady growth exhibited in the first quarter of this year, another sign that the industry is rebounding from 2001. |
Semiconductor sales would be even stronger if not for the continuing depression in DRAM [chip] prices and the economic uncertainties in several Asian markets. |
Strong competition contributed to declining prices for semiconductors, which resulted in nominal growth on higher unit sales in July, |
Strong holiday season sales of consumer products such as cell phones, digital cameras, and MP3 players drove record sales of semiconductors in November. |
The biggest surprise is that the increase in energy cost didn't impact us at all. |
The financial turbulence of Asia and other market changes have crimped the expected expansion of global chip markets in early 1998, |
The industry is currently experiencing lower sales due to an inventory overhang and deceleration in the end-equipment markets, ... Current forecasts suggest the inventory adjustment will be completed by the end of the third quarter, and end-market product demand will improve later in the year. |
The industry is currently experiencing lower sales due to an inventory overhang and deceleration in the end-equipment markets. Current forecasts suggest the inventory adjustment will be completed by the end of the third quarter, and end-market product demand will improve later in the year. |
The information we have now says that the major foundries out there are ramping back up again and they had no damage to their facility or their equipment, |
The issues we're dealing with here are what it will take to maintain this leadership in the industry . . . what will be required to establish the next generation of technology. |