While the world recovers slowly from recession, Chris Edwards discovers that the semiconductor industry is seeing a much more dramatic rebound. NO SOONER had it started, than the recession was over for chipmakers. Much like everything else, orders for integrated circuits (ICs) slumped in 2008. But by the middle of last year, recovery was well underway. IC suppliers saw, on average, a decline in sales compared with 2008 of around 10 per cent. But Silicon Laboratories grew its revenues in 2009, with the last quarter of the year coming in 28 per cent up on the same quarter of 2008.
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