Chipmaker says glut in market will bring global slowdown
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LONDON (CBS.MW) - Growth in global chip sales is likely to halve in 2005, Samsung Electronics said on Monday, according to reports.
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The maker of analog microchips said Tuesday its  fourth-quarter revenue would miss earlier targets because of  weak demand from computing and communications equipment makers.
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The chipmaker posts record revenue, but profits go lower. You're not really surprised, are you?
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Shares take a beating after the chipmaker says fourth-quarter operating income will be "down significantly" from the preceding quarter.
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Industry analysts have served notice that the double-digit growth of the PC industry is slowing, which has already had an effect on the growth rates of the chip industry, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.
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Global semiconductor revenue is on track to post a lower-than-expected gain in 2004, following a sudden downturn during the closing months of the year, according to Gartner.
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Chipmaker reports record sales of server and notebook processors, but net income dips.
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Chipmaker to focus on technology and features instead of megahertz.
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The utilization rate of the world's chip  factories fell in July-September from the previous quarter, the  first decline in almost two years and the latest evidence of a  slowdown in the semiconductor sector.
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DRAM and CPU price drops will slow growth of the global market in 2007, analysts say.
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The world's largest chipmaker posted a whopping profit but investors concerns centered around lower-than-expected sales.
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Europe's top consumer electronics group Philips cut the forecast for its closely watched chip unit on Friday and predicted a significant slowdown for the semiconductor industry next year.
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Three more Taiwanese chip makers plan to&#160;spend significantly less money on new factories and equipment&#160;this year as a DRAM (dynamic RAM) glut and uncertainty about the global economy weigh.Lower capital spending forecasts in the chip industry are a sign the global IT industry is on edge about future demand. Analysts have expected DRAM makers to cut back on spending for a long time due to&#160;falling chip prices. Prices for mainstream DDR2 (double data rate, second generation) chips remain below production costs, and most DRAM makers have reported losses for the fourth quarter.Powerchip Semiconductor, Taiwan&#39;s largest memory chip maker, Wednesday said it plans to spend NT$35.1 billion (US$1.09 billion) on new chip factories, technology and production line equipment this year, less than half the NT$86.3 billion it spent last year.Powerchip&#39;s smaller rival on the island, ProMOS Technologies, also more than halved its projected 2008 capital spending to US$800 million, down from US$1.84 billion last year. The company also put the expansion of its fourth 12-inch factory on hold pending a rebound in the DRAM market.United Microelectronics (UMC), the world&#39;s second largest contract chip maker, forecast its 2008 capital spending at US$500 million to US$700 million, down from US$900 million last year.The company&#39;s customers have turned cautious due to global economic worries, said Jackson Hu, CEO of UMC, at an investors&#39; conference in Taipei on Wednesday. The company forecast its chip shipments will decline as much as 15 percent in the first quarter, compared to the fourth quarter of last year as chip demand weakens, particularly for communications chips.Global semiconductor equipment spending is forecast to fall 9.9 percent to US$40.3 billion this year, from US$44.8 billion last year, according to Gartner. The market researcher blamed over-investment by DRAM makers in 2007 for the cutback in semiconductor capital spending this year. Concerns about a U.S. economic recession have also put chip makers in a cautious mood, Gartner said in a report published early this month.&#160;
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Although computer memory chip prices are expected to slide by midyear as chip makers plow money back into new production lines, analysts expect prices to stabilize later this year.
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Intel will miss its 2004 product cost-reduction targets because of a widely publicized string of product delays and problems, but those missteps are largely behind it now, the world&#39;s largest chipmaker said on Tuesday.
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The chip maker lowers estimates again on weak demand from consumers. Is this strike three?
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Semiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc.  warned on Monday that its quarterly revenue will be lower than forecast, citing softness in sales of its memory chips used in cell phones and other devices. The company's shares fell after the warning.