Semi Sales Up in November
Published: 04 January 2010
by Mike Buetow
SAN JOSE – Worldwide sales of semiconductors rose 3.7% sequentially to $22.6 billion in November, the Semiconductor Industry Association reported today.
Sales were up 8.5% year-over-year, the trade group said. Sales for the first 11 months of 2009 were $202.1 billion, down 13.2% from 2008.
All monthly sales numbers represent a three-month moving average of global semiconductor sales.
“For the first time in 2009, worldwide semiconductor sales in November were in positive territory compared to one year ago,” said SIA president George Scalise. “2009 ended with sales of many IT and consumer products faring better than earlier projections. Sales of personal computers continue to strengthen in line with recent projections and appear to signal the beginning of recovery of demand from the business sector. The release of the Windows 7 operating system in October has been a positive factor. Unit sales of handsets should come in roughly even with 2008 levels. In the consumer space, there have been a few bright spots including LCD TVs, which saw an increase of 25-30% in units in 2009.
November was the ninth straight month that chip sales rose. Sales increased sequentially in all geographic regions, SIA said.
