Semiconductor Market Softens on Lower Device Prices

摘要

Gartner(Stamford,CT),a market research firm,has lowered its 2007 forecast for semiconductor sales due to "more severe declines in dynamic random-access memory(DRAM)average selling prices(ASPs)than previously expected and continued price competition in the computer microprocessing unit(MPU)segment." Full-year global sales will grow just 2.5% over 2006,to 269.2 billion.This compares to Gartner's previous forecast of 6.4% sales growth.