Global Chip Sales Top 12 B dollars in March

摘要

Worldwide semiconductor sales climbed to 12.1 billion dollars in March 2003, a 2.6 percent sequential increase from the 11.8 billion dollars in revenue reported in February. For 1Q03, industry sales were 36.4 billion dollars, a 3.2 percent sequential decline from the final quarter of 2002 and a 13 percent increase from the 32.19 billion dollars in industry revenue reported in 1Q02, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). "A number of the products that were weak in February reversed course, showing renewed demand in March," states SIA president, George Scalise. "The sequential revenue increase we recorded in March, and the 13 percent year-over-year revenue gain for the first quarter, under trying global geopolitical conditions, demonstrates once again the resilience and strength of this industry.