JDrama - on 1/6/2007   

Interesting....

Worldwide semiconductor revenue will expand to $285.8 billion in 2007, a 10.6 percent rise from $258.5 billion in 2006. This compares with iSuppli’s newly revised forecast of 9 percent semiconductor growth in 2006. After 2007, growth will decelerate to 8.7 percent in 2008 and then bottom out at 3.7 percent in 2009, before bouncing back to a 7.4 percent rise in 2010.

While some industries would kill to achieve 10.6 percent growth, it represents a moderate rise for a semiconductor business that has seen expansions as high as the 30 to 40 percent range during its best years. However, the mild peak comes with a benefit: global semiconductor revenue is not expected to suffer a contraction during the present cycle. This should come as welcome news to semiconductor companies that still have the 28.9 percent revenue plunge of 2001 fresh in their minds.

Roscoe - on 1/12/2007   

Electronic Design does a great job.

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