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• Semiconductor sales up 5.5% in August 2008
• $600 mln worth of nanomaterials for electronics to sell in 2008
• Worldwide semiconductor sales up 7.6% in July 2008
• EMEA router market generated $1.01 bln in Q1 2008.
• Internet ads grew by 23.9% to $7.1 bln in Q1 2008
• Global PC COU shipments slowed in Q1 2008 to –9.2%
• CPU market shares in Q1 2008: Intel - 78.9%, AMD - 20.9%
• Semiconductor sales up 5.9% in April 2008
• Communication chips generated $36.6 bln in 2007
• Small displays to generate $6.4 bln in Q1 2008
• 1 bln GPS ICs to ship in 2013
• Semiconductors up 3.3% in 2007
• $21.5 bln worth of semiconductors sold in January 2008
• $255.6 bln worth of semiconductors sold in 2007
• Semiconductor revenues to grow 2.4% in 2008
• China’s semiconductor market to surpass $28 bln by 2011
• 21 mln PC-powered processors by 2015
• Silicon wafer area shipments up 8% in 2007
• Semiconductor sales up 3.2% in 2007
• PC CPU shipments up 12.6% in 2007
• Q4 2007 CPU market shares: Intel - 76.7%, AMD - 23.1%
• PC server CPUs grew 17% in Q4 2007
• NAND flash demand to increase by 130% in 2008
• Worldwide semiconductor revenues in 2007
• 419 mln NFC chipsets to ship in 2012
• Semiconductor sales up 2.3% in November 2007
• High-performance ceramic coatings generated $1.3 bln in 2006
• Semiconductor capex spending to be down 10% in 2008
• Optoelectronics generated $565 bln in 2006
• Microprocessor sales up 3% in 2007
• Semiconductor sales up 5% in October 2007
• Semiconductor packaging materials to generate $15.5 bln in 2007
• 243 removable flash cards to be shipped by 2011
• Semiconductor sales up 5.9% in September 2007
• Array processing equipment for TFT-LCDs to increase 20% in 2008
• $21.45 bln worth of semiconductors sold in August 2007
• LCD TV semiconductors to generate $7.4 bln in 2011
• DRAM to grow 2.5% in 2007
• Nanofibers generated $43.2 mln in 2006
• Automotive microcontrollers to grow by 63% in 2006-2010
• Memory cards for mobile phones to generate $7 bln by 2007
• Semiconductor market to earn $269.9 bln in 2007
• 700 mln flash cards to sell in 2007
• Chip equipment spending to reach $43.7 bln in 2008
• Image sensors to grow at 13.6% a year
• CPU shares in Q 2007: Intel - 78.8%, AMD - 13.4%
• Global chip sales up 2.2% in July 2007
• LED lamp sales to reach $1 bln by 2011
• Array processing equipment for TFT-LCDs to decrease 14% in 2007
• DVD recorder semiconductors market to drop below $500 mln in 2008
• Semiconductor plant utilization rate ip 89.7% in Q2 2007
• Graphics chips shipments in Q2 2007
• PCB market to generate $50 bln in 2007
• Global DRAM revenues down 24.1% in Q1 2007
• $11.06 bln worth of semiconductor manufacturing equipment sold in Q2 2007
• Semiconductor capital spending to grow 0.6% in 2007
• Wafer capacity to expand 12.5% in 2007
• Application processors to generate $4 bln in 2007
• Power-management semiconductors to generate $39.9 bln by 2011
• 1.6 bln MPEG IC units to ship by 2011
• Digital TV semiconductor market to generate $14.2 bln in 2011
• EDA revenues up 10% in Q1 2007
• $121 bln worth of semiconductors sold in the first half of 2007
• $66.3 bln worth of semiconductors shipped in China in 2006
• 7,461 mln pounds of copper used in 2006
• Lithography market to grow only 5.8%
• Semiconductor capital spending grew 19% in 2006
• Dry etch equipment market grew 40.4% in 2006
• Memory revenues to fall by 4.7% in 2007
• 25% of flash memory produced in Q3 2007 to go into Apple products
• Global DRAM module market to reach $31 bln in 2007
• Southeast Asian contract manufacturing to generate $24.9 bln by 2011
• 5 top chip manufacturers control 32% of production
• Application processor market to reach $4 bln in 2007 before heading downward
• Global semiconductor sales up 2.4% in May 2007
• DSP shipments down 9% in April 2007
• Semiconductos to generate $51.7 bln in 2007 in China
• Semiconductor sales to grow only by 1.8% in 2007
• Semiconductor photomask market up 5.4% in 2006
• Semiconductor metrology market up 16.4% in 2006
• OLED-TV shipments to grow at 170.6% a year
• POS electronic displays to generate $233.8 mln by 2010
• 191 mln displays for smartcards and USB drives to ship by 2011
• Global semiconductor sales reached $19.9 bln in April 2007
• Semiconductor revenues to grow 2.5% in 2007
• MEMS generated $6 bln in sales in 2006
• China will account for 76% of Asian EMS/ODM by 2011
• DSP market to grow 8% in 2007
• Graphics chips down 5.5% in Q1 2007
• LED flash to grow at 23% a year
• NOR flash revenues down 11.9% in Q1 2007
• ASICs for portable media players to generate $1.67 bln by 2010
• Excess semiconductor inventory down to $2.5 bln in Q1 2007
• Semiconductor sales up 1% in March 2007
• Semiconductors to generate $281.4 bln in 2007
• Silicon epitaxy up 92% in 2006
• Microprocessor market in Q1 2007: Intel - 80.2%, AMD - 11.1%
• Semiconductors generated $247.7 bln in 2006
• Semiconductor capex up 19% in 2006
• Foundry services generated $21.6 bln in 2006
• 42% of semiconductors in 2011 to go into PCs
• Silicon intellectual property revenues up 15% in 2006
• Semiconductor market to generate $316 bln in 2008
• GaAs devices generated 35% profit margins in Q4 2006
• $20.09 bln worth of semiconductors sold in February 2007
• Top semiconductor suppliers in 2006
• EDA industry up 11% in 2006
• Discrete semiconductor revenues up 8.8% in 2006
• Semiconductor integrated circuit packages to grow at 9.2% a year
• $21.47 bln worth of semiconductors sold in January 2007
• DRAM revenues up 17.5% in Q4 2006
• Global semiconductor sales up 9.2% in January 2007
• 8 bln square inches of silicon wafers shipped in 2006
• 7.5 mln NAS-on-chip units to ship in 2011
• Semiconductor sales reached $247.7 bln in 2006
• DRAm prices down 31.3% since January 2007
• PC chip sales generated $73.6 bln in 2006
• Top NOR suppliers in Q4 2006
• Taiwan to lead the world in semiconductor fab equipment spending
• Top NOR suppliers in 2006
• Top semiconductor vendors in 2006: Intel, Samsung, TI, Toshiba
• OLED market to generate $1.4 bln in 2007
• Array processing for TFT-LCDs dropped 11% in 2006
• Semiconductor market to grow by 12% in 2007
• $2.1 bln worth of ICs to sell in India by 2010
• $68.7 bln to be spent by chip designers in the US in 2007
• Semiconductors to generate $285.8 bln in 2007
• 65% of all handsets shipped in 2006 supported microSD
• Global semiconductor sales generated $248 bln in 2006
• Semiconductor surplus is at $4.3 bln in Q4 2006
• Organic electronics to generate $19.7 bln by 2012
• Timing devices to generate $5.7 bln in 2011
• Global memory revenues up 21.5% in 2006
• Global chip sales up 11.3% in November 2006
• Semiconductor sales to reach $248.8 bln in 2006
• DRAM sales up 33% in Q3 2006
• NAND flash memory market in Q3 2006
• DRAM and SRAM market in 2005-2010
• Global semiconductor sales to reach $255.7 bln in 2006
• Global semiconductor revenues up 11% in 2006
• NOR flash market in Q3 2006
• Excess semiconductor supply is at $3.9 bln
• Third-party DRAM modules generated $5.1 bln in the first half of 2006
• Global chip sales up 9.3% in September 2006
• Demand for copper slurry for CMP to grow 26% in 2007
• Worldwide semiconductor capex to grow 15.1% in 2006
• Array processing equipment for TFT-LCD to drop 10.2% in 2006
• Chip card shipments up 14% in 2005
• EDA to grow 13.3% in 2006
• Worldwide NAND flash revenues to reach $13 bln in 2006
• Digital television semiconductors to generate $7.7 bln by 2010
• Lithography market to grow 8% in 2007
• Semiconductor manufacturing in China to grow 11-15%
• Silicon wafer shipments to grow 18% in 2006
• $20.5 bln worth of semiconductors sold in August 2006
• LED market to grow at 10.6% a year
• US to own 11% of advanced semiconductor production market in 2006
• IC revenues to grow 8% in 2006
• MOEMS market to reach $4.5 bln by 2010
• Chip cards up 14% in 2005
• Photomask market to grow 4.3% in 2006
• Nokia and Motorola to increase semiconductor spending by 15.1% and 14.5% in 2006
• Photomask sales to drop 13% in 2006
• Memory revenues to grow 20% in 2006
• Top semiconductor suppliers in Q2 2006
• DRAM inventory down 18.3% in August 2006
• Global chip sales reached $20.1 bln in July 2006
• Process control market to grow 9.6% in 2006
• Photoresist revenues to grow 12.7% in 2006
• Asian foundries accounted for 90.8% of foundry revenues in 2005
• Foundry revenues reached $18.24 bln in 2005
• Baseband and RF ASIC revenue up 5% in 2005
• $5.83 bln of semiconductor equipment booked in July 2006
• Automotive grade semiconductors to reach $18 bln in 2006
• High power RF semiconductors to generate $1 bln by 2011
• NAND flash sales down to $2.7 bln in Q2 2006
• $3.99 bln worth of semiconductors sold in June 2006
• Q2 2006 NOR flash revenues up 19%
• Semiconductor IP to grow 24.9% in 2006
• DRAM generated $7.4 bln in Q2 2006
• IC market to grow 11% in 2006
• Top 12 IT vendors took 30.22% of Western European retail IT
• Global semiconductor manufacturing chemicals market up 6.1% in 2005
• AMD market share above 22% globally
• Foundry revenue to grow 18.8% in 2006
• Hard drive semiconductors up 24% in 2005
• Automotive semiconductors to rise by 5% in 2006
• Chip sales reached $19.4 bln in June 2006
• Global DRAM revenue reached $7.5 bln in Q2 2006
• Silicon wafer demand to grow 18% in 2006
• Lithography tools to generate $6.4 bln in 2006
• 317 mln Bluetooth ICs shipped in 2005
• CPU market in Q2 2006: Intel - 82.2%, AMD - 16.2%
• Excess semiconductor stockpiles reached $22 bln in Q2 2006
• Photoresist revenue up 7.9% in 2005
• Steppers to generate $6.4 bln in 2006
• 65.1% of graphics chips and integrated graphics chipsets
• Wired telecom ASICs up 2% in 2005
• Global photomask revenues to grow at 4.8% a year
• DVD recorder ICs to generate $778 mln in 2010

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