Global Semiconductor Sales Reach $25.76 billion in September

Published:2011/10/31 21:50:00 Author:Phyllis From:SeekIC

According to figures compiled by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics organization, the three-month average of worldwide sales of semiconductors in September reach $25.76 billion, showing an increase of $0.73 billion from the prior month.

Reports earlier said that sales in August were in large part driven by strong demand in tablets and PCs, and growth in these areas was encouraging. A strong month-to-month increase in sales from Japan due to recovery efforts and output from fabrication facilities after the natural disaster earlier this year also helped to increase semiconductor sales throughout August. Additionally, due to the compounding effect of increased semiconductor content in cars, automotive application specific semiconductors have experienced double digit growth year-to-date.

The figures of September were better than had been expected after poor sales in July and a slight up tick in August thanks to the Japanese recovery and continued demand for mobile personal electronics.

The sequential growth is still below what would be expected in a normal year. Over the previous ten years the third quarter has been the strongest growth quarter in the year averaging about an 8 percent sequential increase.

The global chip sales figures were also better than had been experienced in the foundry chip market where Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. turned in a sequential Q3 decline of 3.6 percent.

September’s global sales demonstrate an optimistic close to the third quarter. While global economic uncertainty creates limited visibility for the remainder of the year, recent positive indicators and developments in the U.S. and Europe are encouraging.

Japan’s averaged sales for September were $3.80 billion. As this is the average of July, August and September, multiplying the figure by three gives the 3Q11 actual sales for Japan and this was a 13.7 percent sequential increase, driven by the efforts in recovery from a poor 2Q11 in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011.

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