SIA: Global Chip Sales Flat in January

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Global semiconductor sales were essentially flat in January, while Americas sales fell, the Semiconductor Industry Association said Monday.

SIA said worldwide sales totaled $21.49 billion in January, up 0.03 percent from the same period in 2007. Sales in the Americas fell 6.9 percent to $3.45 billion from $3.71 billion.

SIA said worldwide sales also fell 3.6 percent from December's $22.28 billion in sales. The association attributed the sequential drop to traditional seasonal industry patterns.

Americas sales dropped 5.6 percent sequentially.

SIA said almost all product lines and segments of the market experienced slightly lower sales in January, but shipments of DRAM chips _ which are used in personal computers _ and NAND flash chips _ which are used in devices like iPods _ grew slightly.

Average selling prices declined as a competitive environment put pressures on prices for the products, SIA said.

SIA also said that PC and cell phone handset shipments met expectations for the month, and analysts expect unit growth of about 12 percent for PCs and 12 percent to 15 percent for handsets this year. The two device categories make up about 60 percent of global chip sales.

"The U.S. economy has entered a period of slower growth that may impact consumer purchases of electronic products," SIA president George Scalise said. "However the emergence and growth of large consumer markets outside the U.S. has created new opportunities for chipmakers."

Semiconductor sales rose 8.1 percent year-over-year excluding memory products, the association said.


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