November 18, the semiconductor industry executives recently expressed their decline as business inventories are signs of recovery in the semiconductor industry or will usher in the first ray of dawn.
As the economic downturn, consumer demand for electronic products in Europe is relatively weak, resulting in the semiconductor industry slump.
Held in Barcelona, ??Spain Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference, the British chip designer ARM CEO Warren Eastbourne (Warren East) on Thursday said that many ARM licensees of inventory than the previous quarter a lot better.
Similarly optimistic sentiments of the French chip maker STMicroelectronics CEO Kaluo Bo Zotti (Carlo Bozotti), he told investors that the company expects second-quarter 2012 sales could reach normal levels.
According to the global technology research and advisory firm Gartner survey, inventory, negative impact on the semiconductor industry will continue at least until the end, however, demand growth will occur in 2012.
U.S. supplier of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, Microchip announced earlier this month, said third-quarter, fourth quarter 2011 will be the bottom of the industry cycle.
The industry believes that consumer demand for smart phones will help the semiconductor industry to achieve recovery.
ARM CEO Eastbourne, said he expects smart phones in 2012 there will be significant growth, but also admitted that the semiconductor industry’s recovery will be the impact of the economic situation.
ARM president Tudor Brown (Tudor Brown) in Taipei, said he expects the semiconductor industry in 2012 will achieve single-digit growth.
Market research firm IHS iSuppli Thursday has 2011 global semiconductor market growth is expected from last month’s 2.9% to 1.2%.
IHS iSuppli said the economic downturn in the semiconductor industry will continue to affect the outlook for 2012 is expected strong growth of the industry appeared in 2013, the semiconductor market but also admitted the possibility of the second bottom
