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Global semiconductor market set for strongest growth in four years in 2014, says IHS
Press release; Jessie Shen, DIGITIMES [Tuesday 23 December 2014]
Worldwide semiconductor market revenues are on track to achieve a 9.4% expansion in 2014, with broad-based growth across multiple chip segments driving the best industry performance since 2010, according to IHS.
Global revenues are expected to total US$353.2 billion in 2014, up from US$322.8 billion in 2013, said IHS. The nearly double-digit-percentage increase follows respectable growth of 6.4% in 2013, a decline of more than 2% in 2012 and a marginal increase of 1% in 2011. The performance in 2014 represents the highest rate of annual growth since the 33% boom of 2010.
"This is the healthiest the semiconductor business has been in many years, not only in light of the overall growth, but also because of the broad-based nature of the market expansion," said Dale Ford, VP and chief analyst at IHS Technology. "While the upswing in 2013 was almost entirely driven by growth in a few specific memory segments, the rise in 2014 is built on a widespread increase in demand for a variety of different types of chips. Because of this, nearly all semiconductor suppliers can enjoy good cheer as they enter the 2014 holiday season."
Of the 28 key sub-segments of the semiconductor market tracked by IHS, 22 are expected to expand in 2014. In contrast, only 12 sub-segments of the semiconductor industry grew in 2013.
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