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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (1029)	6/6/2002 5:09:03 PM
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DRAMs, microprocessors and other ICs to show growth in 2002, says SIA Semiconductor Business News (06/06/02 09:36 a.m. EST) REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- After a horrific year in 2001, suppliers of microprocessors, DRAMs and other chip products are expected to rebound and show decent growth in 2002 and beyond, according to figures from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) here on Wednesday. In total, the worldwide semiconductor market is expected to hit $143 billion in 2002, a modest 3.1% increase over 2001, according to the SIA. In 2003, the SIA forecasts growth of 23.2% to $177 billion, 20.9% to $213 billion in 2004, and a slowdown in growth of 0.9% to $215 billion in 2005. But this year's increases will come solely from the Asia-Pacific region, which is expected to grow 27% over last year. Other geographic regions--the Americas, Europe and Japan--are expected to show revenue declines in 2002(see June 5 story ). In terms of the chip markets, discrete components, including power transistors and radio frequency (RF) solutions for wireless consumer products, will remain essentially flat in 2002 with 1% growth to $12 billion. Discretes are then forecasted to grow 22% to $15 billion in 2003, 16% to $17 billion in 2004, and 4% to $18 billion in 2005. Optoelectronic devices are expected to decline 15% to $6 billion in 2002, but then grow 16% to $7 billion in 2003, 17% to $9 billion in 2004, and 8% to $9 billion in 2005. Analog ICs, which makes up 17% of the global market, will grow 3% to $24 billion in 2004. This market will grow 25% to $30 billion in 2003, 20% to $36 billion in 2004, and 7% to $39 billion by 2005. Microprocessors for PCs and embedded applications will increase 14% to $27 billion in 2002, and then grow 12% to $30 billion in 2003, 9% to $33 billion in 2004, and 4% to $34 billion in 2005. The global microcontroller market will decrease 5% to $9 billion in 2002, and then grow 23% to $11 billion in 2003, 16% to $13 billion in 2004, and 6% to $14 billion by 2005. The digital signal processor market is forecasted to increase in sales 9% to $5 billion in 2002, and then 34% in 2003 to $6 billion, 25% to $8 billion in 2004, and 17% to $9 billion in 2005. The DRAM market is expected to grow 39% to $16 billion in 2002, 39% to $22 billion in 2003, and 43% to $31 billion in 2004. In 2005, DRAMs will significantly decrease to 29% with $22 billion in sales. In 2002, the flash memory market is expected to decline 2% to $7 billion, and then surge 45% to $11 billion in 2003, and 25% to $14 billion in 2004. In 2005, however, flash is expected to decline 10%.