Q3 semi sales 5.7% up on Q2

SIA Worldwide Semiconductor Revenues – September 2014

Q3 semiconductor sales of $87 billion were 5.7% up on Q2 and 8% up on Q3 2013, reports the SIA.

Sales for September were $29 billion, 8% higher than the September 2013 total of $26.9 billion and 1.9% more than $28.5 billion in August.

“Through the third quarter of 2014, global semiconductor sales remain strong and well ahead of last year’s pace,” says SIA CEO Brian Toohey, “the industry has now posted seven consecutive months of sequential monthly growth, and year-to-year growth has been strong across nearly all semiconductor product categories, with DRAM and Analog leading the way.”

Regionally, chip sales in the Americas and Asia Pacific rose 2.8% and 2.5%, respectively, on month in September, while sales in Europe and Japan fell 0.1% and 1.3%, respectively. Compared to September 2013, sales increased in Asia Pacific (12%), Europe (7.9%) and the Americas (3.7%), but decreased 3.7% in Japan. All four regional markets have posted better year-to-date sales through September than they did through the same period of 2013, SIA noted.

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