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April chip sales down 2.1 percent from March, according to SIA figures |
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Jun 04, 2007 at 03:02 PM |
 According to the latest monthly figures of worldwide sales of semiconductors compiled by the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), April 2007 sales fell by 2.1 percent from March 2007, reaching $19.9 billion.
"A very competitive semiconductor market, with declining average selling prices (ASPs) in major industry segments, contributed to a sequential decline in worldwide chip sales," said SIA President George Scalise. "Several of the largest segments of the semiconductor market - microprocessors, DRAMs, and NAND flash - are all experiencing ASPs that are declining more rapidly than historical patterns, offsetting growth in unit shipments. Average selling prices for microprocessors have been under pressure for the past year, as clearly shown during the first four months of this year. January to April sales were down by nearly 2 percent from the same period of 2006, while unit shipments were up by nearly 10 percent."
DRAM unit shipments grew by nearly 50 percent compared to April of 2006, but total sales grew by only 27 due to declining ASPs. NAND flash unit shipments were up 54 percent compared to a year ago but sales declined by nearly 1 percent.
Total sales for the first four months of 2007 are up 3.7 percent compared to the same period of 2006, according to the SIA.
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