The worldwide semiconductor chip market forecast
Source: iSuppli, VentureOutsource.com, March 2010
In order to support the media on the U.S. Semiconductor IndustryAssociation (SIA report) 'Global Sales Report' in January, iSuppliissued the following fast facts on the global chipmarket:
The SIA reported that the globalsemiconductor sales increased slightly in January 2010 compared toDecember 2009.
Global semiconductor sales inthe first quarter to reach $66.5 billion, fell 4.4 percent from$69.6 billion in the fourth quarter, iSupplipredicted.
However, there will besubstantial growth in revenue compared to first quarter of 2009,the global semiconductor industry suffered a severerecession.
First-quarter global chip saleswill soar as high as 48.5% compared to $44.8 billion over the sameperiod in 2009. The following figure shows iSuppli's forecast ofglobal quarterly semiconductor sales in 2010.
iSuppli forecasts globalsemiconductor sales in 2010 will rise to $279.7 billion, up 21.5%from $230.2 in 2009.This will mark the first year of double-digitpercentage revenue growth for the semiconductor industry since2006. Following the 2009 income fell 11.1%, strong growth in 2010,representing the global semiconductor industry market conditionshave improved significantly. Semiconductor revenue growth this yearwill swing by 32.6 percentage points in the positive direction,from negative 11.1% in 2009 to positive 21.5% in 2010.
In terms of Semiconductorproducts, the strongest chip segment in the first quarter of 2010will be the memory, including DRAM and NAND flash memory, whichwill experience a 99.3% increase in revenue compared to the sameperiod in 2009.
