Jan
27
2012
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Semiconductor Revenue Expands by Record Margin in 2010 by Callie Brown
The global semiconductor market will achieve the largest dollar increase in its history in 2010, courtesy of a boom in DRAM and NAND sales that is benefiting memory suppliers, according to a preliminary forecast from the market research firm firm iSuppli, now part of IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS).
Worldwide semiconductor revenue will amount to $304 billion in 2010, up from $229.5 billion in 2009. This represents growth of 32.5 percent for the year.
Percentage growth was higher in 2001 than in 2010, when revenue rose by 36.7 percent. However, revenue increased by $74.5 billion in 2010, a record increase that shattered the previous benchmark expansion of $59.2 billion in 2001.
