iSuppli expects that it will not climb back to its pre-credit crunch revenue levels until 2012, according to iSuppli, though growth in the sector will resume in 2010
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Europe’s chip distributors see 11.4% fall in Q4
The big concern is the low level of bookings and 2009 hasn’t started positively
Semiconductor market to plunge 28% in 2009, says analyst
“The speed of collapse in Q4 was unprecedented”, said Malcolm Penn, CEO of Future Horizons
GPS chip market set to grow in the downturn
According to a report from IMS Research, the GPS market is forecast to increase by over $200m between 2008 and 2009
Power management ICs under pressure in 2009
Global sales of power management and driver ICs reached almost $13bn in 2008, but IMS expects this to fall by nearly $400m in 2009
Mobile phone shipments predicted to fall 2.2% next year
Mobile phone sales are predicted to fall next year, the first market annual fall in handset shipments since the dotcom downturn in 2001
Memory mayhem drags chip market lower in October
Semiconductor sales declined by 2.4% in October to $22.5bn compared to a year ago, according to figures from the Semiconductor Industry Association
Samsung tops US mobile phone market
According toresearch, Samsung registered 22.4% marketshare in the US during Q3 2008, enabling it to reach first position for the first time in its history
Digital TV numbers up, free satellite services grow
Ofcom figures indicate there are over 900,000 households with a free satellite TV service in the UK
Printed electronics, is it a niche?
Transistor printers dream of making RFID and display backplane drivers yet most of the potential market may well lie elsewhere in a number of large niche opportunities
