In another indication that the recovery in the tech industry is
catching hold, the global semiconductor market in November 2009 saw its
first year-over-year sales increase for the first time in a year,
according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.
According to numbers released by the SIA Jan. 4, worldwide sales of
semiconductors in November jumped to $22.6 billion, 3.7 percent higher
than in October 2009 and 8.5 percent higher than in November 2008.
It was also the ninth consecutive month of sequential growth.
Those numbers reflected better-than-expected sales of IT and
consumer products in the last part of 2009, according to SIA President
George Scalise.
“Sales of personal computers continue to strengthen in line with
recent projections and appear to signal the beginning of recovery of
demand from the business sector,” Scalise said in a statement.
He touted Microsoft’s release of its new Windows 7 OS in October for
helping drive the resurgence in business PC sales. The sales of
handsets will be even with 2008 levels, and increases in the consumer
sales were driven in part by LCD TVs, which saw an increase of 25 to 30
percent in 2009.
The Americas region was the key driver in year-to-year sales in
November, with a 25.9 percent increase. Asia Pacific also saw a rise in
sales, though both Europe and Japan saw their markets decline,
according to the SIA.
All four regions showed sequential growth.
Still, the semiconductor industry saw a 13.2 percent sales decline
in the first 11 months of 2009, coming in at $202.1 billion. Through
November 2008, chip sales were $232.7 billion, the SIA said.
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