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Global chip sales stable in October
Worldwide sales of semiconductors were rather stable in October 2011 compared to the previous month, with a modest 0.1% decline from September based on a three-month moving average, the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics reported on the 2nd December. In Europe, on a year-to-date basis semiconductor sales increased by 1.2% versus the same period in the year 2010. On a month-to-month basis sales were slower in October, down 1.6% from the prior month. Good results were reported among others for the MOS microprocessor and the total flash memory and total MOS memory product categories.
From an application perspective, sales of microchips used mainly for consumer, automotive and wireless communication applications increased over September, whereas sales of microchips used for IC card and wired communication applications decreased. Overall, European semiconductor sales in October 2011 amounted to US$ 3.082 billion. On a monthly basis, semiconductor sales declined by 7.7%. All figures represent a threemonth moving average.
The exchange rate of the Euro compared to the US dollar has lowered further its impact on the European sales picture in the last month. Measured in Euro, semiconductor sales were 2.212 billion Euros in October 2011, down 0.3% on the previous month and down 12.2% versus the same month a year ago.
On a worldwide basis, semiconductor sales in October 2011 were US$ 25.736 billion, down 0.1% versus the previous month. This results in a decrease of 1.8% versus the same month in 2010.
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