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The global semiconductor industry is set to enjoy three years of stable sales growth to reach $309 billion by the end of 2008, the Semiconductor Industry Association says.
The group, a U.S.-based industry association for chip makers, also revised up its 2005 sales forecast to 6.8 percent year-on-year sales growth to $227.6 billion, up from an earlier forecast calling for just 6 percent growth this year. Last year, chip sales reached a record high $213 billion.
Digital signal processors, or DSPs, which are used in communications devices, are projected to post the sharpest growth among chip segments next year due to strong cell phone sales, the transition to third generation (3G) mobile pones and new uses for DSP chips in consumer products like high-definition camcorders, according to the SIA report. The group forecasts DSP sales will rise 17.2 percent to $9.1 billion next year, after remaining flat this year.
Flash memory will also remain a hot item next year led by strong growth in NAND flash, which is used mainly for its storage capacity in MP3 players, digital cameras, and other consumer electronics devices. The other main kind of flash, the NOR used to access and run software in mobile phones, is growing more slowly, according to the SIA. Next year, flash memory sales will rise 15.9 percent to $21 billion, after a strong 2005 when flash grew 16.1 percent, the SIA said. NAND sales will grow 23.5 percent next year, followed NOR's slower 6.1 percent increase.
DRAM memory chips will suffer the most next year, with a drop of 10.1 percent in global sales to $23 billion, after a 4.8 percent decline this year to $25.6 billion, according to the SIA.
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Do console chips count? How much did they sell this year?
The global semiconductor industry is set to enjoy three years of stable sales growth to reach $309 billion by the end of 2008, the Semiconductor Industry Association says.
The group, a U.S.-based industry association for chip makers, also revised up its 2005 sales forecast to 6.8 percent year-on-year sales growth to $227.6 billion, up from an earlier forecast calling for just 6 percent growth this year. Last year, chip sales reached a record high $213 billion.
Digital signal processors, or DSPs, which are used in communications devices, are projected to post the sharpest growth among chip segments next year due to strong cell phone sales, the transition to third generation (3G) mobile pones and new uses for DSP chips in consumer products like high-definition camcorders, according to the SIA report. The group forecasts DSP sales will rise 17.2 percent to $9.1 billion next year, after remaining flat this year.
Flash memory will also remain a hot item next year led by strong growth in NAND flash, which is used mainly for its storage capacity in MP3 players, digital cameras, and other consumer electronics devices. The other main kind of flash, the NOR used to access and run software in mobile phones, is growing more slowly, according to the SIA. Next year, flash memory sales will rise 15.9 percent to $21 billion, after a strong 2005 when flash grew 16.1 percent, the SIA said. NAND sales will grow 23.5 percent next year, followed NOR's slower 6.1 percent increase.
DRAM memory chips will suffer the most next year, with a drop of 10.1 percent in global sales to $23 billion, after a 4.8 percent decline this year to $25.6 billion, according to the SIA.
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Do console chips count? How much did they sell this year?
