Posted on Monday, February 12th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
The global semiconductor market hit a new record in 2006 with a sales volume of $247.7 billion, up 8.9 percent from 2005, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported.
December sales declined 3.6 percent to $21.7 billion. Compared to the previous year’s total, the monthly total represented an increase of 9 percent. Quarterly sales in the fourth quarter also rose 9 percent to $65.2 billion year-over-year. The three-month moving average declined 1.9 percent
