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To: pcyhuang who wrote (30671)5/25/2006 11:37:00 AM
From: Proud_Infidel  Respond to of 95572
 
Why on earth are you posting a forecast for 2005 sales?????


sia-online.org

The Semiconductor Industry Association forecasts 2005 global sales of semiconductor products to increase by 6.8 percent to $227.6 billion



To: pcyhuang who wrote (30671)5/25/2006 11:40:08 AM
From: Ian@SI  Respond to of 95572
 
It seems that $300B chip sales has been forecast to happen about 3 years from the current date for at least the last decade.

Sort of like the death of optical lithography being a decade away for the past 3 decades.



To: pcyhuang who wrote (30671)5/25/2006 11:50:26 AM
From: Gottfried  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 95572
 
pc, that article is a bit dated [November 2005] and so is the forecast.