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Slowdown in IC market expected in 2005 |
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Feb 04, 2005 at 12:00 AM |
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Compared with Gartner's May 2004 forecast, its most-likely 2004 revenue
forecast for the global semiconductor market is essentially unchanged.
However, Gartner has increased its growth forecast from 25 percent to
27 percent.
But the outlook for 2005 is much more pessimistic. The
research firm now expects revenue growth in 2005 to be 9 percent,
compared with 14 percent previously. The industry's period of supply
shortages is coming to an end, Gartner believes with all the main
supply and demand factors pointing to a relative increase of supply in
2005.
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