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Chip market is starting to hum

Now is NOT the time to cut back on the 2008 forecast, says Malcolm Penn, Future Horizons

Pradeep Chakraborty

Friday, May 30, 2008

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UK: Future Horizons has released the May WSTS results today on the global semiconductor industry, which indicate that the chip market is slowly starting to buzz again.

Malcolm Penn, chairman and CEO, Future Horizons, points out that as shown in May's WSTS results, March's sale figures romped home with a vengeance – reversing February's lacklustre performance – with IC sales up 10.8 percent on February and 8.2 percent on the same time last year.

More importantly, ASPs were up 13.3 percent on February and 2.1 percent on March 2007.

Whilst the increase on February is merely part of the normal month 3 versus month 2 quarterly patterns, the increase over the same period last year is much more statistically – and structurally – significant.

"Finally, the chip market is starting to hum. Now is NOT the time to cut back on the 2008 forecast," he adds.

We will be running an interview with Malcolm Penn on Future Horizon's findings later this evening.

©CIOL Bureau

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