November Chip Sales Up 11.3%; Digital Camera Sales Jump 30% YoY
The Semiconductor
Industry Association (SIA) today reported that Global sales of
semiconductors reached $22.7 billion in November, an increase of 11.3%
from the $20.4 billion in November 2005, according to the Semiconductor
Industry Association (SIA) release today.
- Sales increased by 3.1% from the $22.0 billion reported in October.
- The November sales figure was the fifth-consecutive month of record sales.
- For the first 11 months of 2006, worldwide semiconductor sales totaled $225.1 billion, an increase of 9.4% from the same period in 2005 when sales were $205.7 billion.
Consumer applications continued to drive demand of microchip sales in November. Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) reported that November unit sales of digital cameras in the U.S. market were up 30% over November 2005 and up over 40% for the first 11 months of 2006.
Semiconductor product lines that showed strong sequential growth included:
- DSPs (digital signal processors), up 12.3%;
- DRAMs (dynamic random-access memories) up 6.8%;
- NAND flash up 6.3%;
- Microprocessors, up 4.3%.
2007 is shaping up to be another good year for the industry with a forecast of 10 percent growth over 2006, according to SIA.
