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Written by Hideo
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Tuesday, 17 November 2009 |
 Worldwide semiconductor revenue is on pace to total $226 billion in 2009, an 11.4 percent decline from 2008 revenue of $255 billion, according to the latest outlook by Gartner. It’s somewhat better from the latest Gartner’s forecast that semiconductor revenue to decline 17 percent in 2009. The good news is, according to Gartner, that Semiconductor revenue in 2010 is expected to bounce back to the same revenue level as 2008 at $255 billion, a 13 percent increase from 2009.
PCs are the single largest application driving the semiconductor
rebound: PC unit growth projections dramatically improved from
double-digit declines at the start of 2009 to the current
low-single-digit positive outlook. This strong PC recovery has made
microprocessors and DRAM two of the most-noteworthy device categories
of 2009, according to Gartner. “Both device types experienced lower
revenue declines than the industry average, and DRAM began to be
profitable for some vendors in the third quarter of 2009 after almost
three years of losses,” Mr. Lewis said. “While most of the news has
been positive to date, recent channel checks in Taiwan indicate there
is concern that PC orders are slowing earlier than the seasonal norm
and that 2010 may get off to a slow start.”
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