07 global semiconductor sales revenue from January to November increased 3.4% year on year

Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) revised the 2007 global semiconductor sales forecast, forecasting a significant correction of the error, saying the number of DRAM memory market is expected to be higher than the prediction error caused the main reason.

World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) published in 2007 1 to 9 month sales data for DRAM memory market is growing. It is unclear how the WSTS or SIA appears the errors. WSTS and ISO124P datasheet and SIA have not explained the reason.

SIA said that the revised data is November 2007 1 Zhi DRAM memory market report sales figures than the original increase of 13.5 billion U.S. dollars, which is 4.8%. Therefore, the semiconductor sales revenue over the same period the total number of reports have the same increase in the number than the original 1.35 billion, or 0.6%. Thus, in January 2007 to November global semiconductor revenue growth over the same period in 2006 from the originally reported 2.8% to 3.4%.

SIA said that the year 2007, worldwide semiconductor sales figures will be released in January 31.

Since these new data, SIA may not modify it once forecast. SIA said the semiconductor markets downturn may also not appear in the near future, the next three years, strong growth in the global semiconductor market, but is still a double-digit growth.

SIA said in November 2007, it predicts global semiconductor revenue in 2007 from 247.7 billion U.S. dollars in 2006 increased to 257.1 billion U.S. dollars, lower than it forecast at the beginning of 2007 the growth rate of 10%.

WSTS was also predicted 2007 global semiconductor market revenue will reach 275.2 billion U.S. dollars, up 3.8% over 2006. WSTS forecast in May 2007 the growth rate was 2.3%.