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SEMI SALES EXCEEDED SIA EXPECTATIONS -
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8/3/00 3:38 pm
Msg: 144496 of 144504
AND affirm SIA (Semiconductor Industry Association) forecast for a strong 2000.
By SBN Staff
Semiconductor Business News
(08/03/00, 11:55:14 AM EST)
Stronger-than-expected demand for integrated circuits pushed worldwide chip sales to a record $16.6 billion in June, which
was a 48.1% increase over revenues in the same month last year and 5.2% growth over billings in May, said the
Semiconductor Industry Association today. June was the fourth consecutive month that set a record high for semiconductor
sales, based on the SIA's three-month moving average.
"June's numbers exceeded our expectations and affirm our forecast for a strong 2000," said George Scalise, president of the
SIA, referring to the group's revised forecast for 31% growth in semiconductor revenues to $195 billion this year. "These
record-high [June] numbers reflect the growth in the Internet infrastructure and wireless communications markets," Scalise
added.
According to the San Jose-based trade group, sales of flash memories grew 167% in June, compared to shipments in the
month last year. Field programmable logic devices were up 106%; digital signal processors (DSPs) grew 51%; standard
analog chips rose 70%, and optoelectronics devices increased 65%, said the SIA, which did not release sales figures for
those product categories.
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