Microchip sales rose 8.9 percent in 2006
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Global sales of microchips are expected to rise about 10 percent to $273.8 billion this year after increasing 8.9 percent to $247.7 billion in 2006, an industry group said on Friday.
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Global semiconductor sales rose 1.1 percent to &#36;18.2 billion in August from the previous month and it appears as though chip inventories are declining, an industry trade group said on Thursday.
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Worldwide sales of computer chips are expected to set a record this year, according to the San Jose, Calif.-based trade group Semiconductor Industry Association.
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Czech Republic: The sales of computers increased by roughly 20% during 2Q 2006 compared to 2Q 2005. The sales of computers increased by 22% and the sales of notebooks by 60% in 2005 compared to 2004. Notebook two-core processors with a 40% higher output will be available from 2006.
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Worldwide semiconductor sales rose a  scant 1.5 percent in October, to $18.8 billion from $18.5  billion in September, as many chip users pared bloated  inventories, the Semiconductor Industry Association said on  Friday.
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So much for Intel, AMD price cuts World chip sales grew a little in July, with sale up just 1.8 per cent on the previous month's figure, the US Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported this past Friday. Sales for the month total $20.1bn.â¦
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Intel Corp. INTC.O, the world's  largest maker of microchips, on Thursday raised its quarterly  revenue outlook, citing strong worldwide demand for its  microprocessors and reduced levels of inventories, and its  shares jumped more than 7 percent in after-hours trading.
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Worldwide semiconductor sales rose a scant 1.5 percent in October, to $18.8 billion from $18.5 billion in September, as many chip users pared inventories.
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Growth driven by consumer electronics biz World chip sales totalled $247.7bn last year, the US-centric Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said late Friday. Alas that's below the SIA's own full-year sales forecast of $248.8bn, a prediction made only last November.â¦
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Korean chipmaker expects global sales will halve next year; sales growth could be in single digit. SEOUL  - Growth in global semiconductor sales will probably halve next year and memory chip sales
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Demand for microchips that help laptops, video game consoles and other gadgets connect wirelessly to the Internet pushed higher in 2006, a trade group said Monday.
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Global server sales rose nearly 8 percent in the second quarter, compared to the same period last year, according to new data from Gartner.
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Computer chip sales have  recovered from a "hiccup" caused by anxiety surrounding the  Nov. 2 U.S. presidential election, an Advanced Micro Devices  Inc. AMD.N executive said on Tuesday.
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Samsung Electronics Co., the world&#39;s second-largest semiconductor maker, said it expects global chip sales next year to grow at half of this year&#39;s pace on increased supply from new plants coming online.
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Semiconductor sales worldwide surged to a monthly record of $20.5 billion in August, fueled by higher demand for memory chips used in PCs and mobile gadgets such as cell phones and digital cameras, an industry group reported Monday.
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Intel Corp. (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world&#39;s largest maker of microchips, on Thursday raised its quarterly revenue outlook, citing strong worldwide
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(InfoWorld) - Advanced Micro Devices and Hynix Semiconductor have made it into the Top 10 ranking of semiconductor companies for the first time, according to preliminary forecasts for 2006 revenue from research company iSuppli. AMD was helped by strong growth in microprocessor sales, but itsÂ acquisition of ATI TechnologiesÂ is the primary reason for its near doubling of sales in 2006, iSuppli said. Its revenue for the year is expected to reach $7.5 billion, putting it in seventh place in the worldwide ranking. AMD would have made the Top 10 in 2005, butÂ spinning off its Spansion divisionÂ that year pushed it down to 15th place. For Hynix, strong sales of DRAM (dynamic RAM) and NAND flash memory chips lifted the company into eighth place for 2006, with expected revenue of $7.4 billion, up from $5.6 billion in 2005, iSuppli said. Infineon TechnologiesÂ and NEC Electronics both lost spots in the Top 10. If Infineon hadn'tÂ spun off Qimonda, it would have moved up from sixth place to fourth for the year. Instead, Infineon moved down to 14th place. NEC slipped from number eight to number 11, after a revenue decline of 0.2 percent, iSuppli said. Intel and Renesas Technology are the only other two companies in the Top 10 to see their revenue decline. Intel still holds on to the top spot, but declining sales of its microprocessors and NOR flash memory chips are expected to pull revenue down by 11.6 percent for the year, iSuppli said.Â Intel's divestitureÂ of its XScale mobile phone chip business had only a minor affect on its revenue, iSuppli said. The other seven companies in the top ten not only grew their revenue, but they beat the overall projected 9 percent growth rate for the industry. Texas InstrumentsÂ is the standout in the Top 10, with revenue for the year expected to grow 19.4 percent. iSuppli's list predicted the year's top 25 semiconductor makers. Beyond the Top 10, Qualcomm, Broadcom, Elpida Memory, and Spansion are all expected to report growth of more than 25 percent for the year. iSuppli estimates that overall semiconductor sales for 2006 will reach $258.5 billion, up from $237.3 billion last year.