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Survey shows modest IC growth in 2006


Wednesday, October 12, 2005 A survey showed that semiconductor industry is projected to see a modest improvement in growth for the first half of 2006, according to ChangeWave Research.

One-third of semiconductor industry respondents believe the industry will experience double-digit growth for first half of 2006, up 4 points over the survey results in June, according to ChangeWave. The company identifies and quantifies "change" in industries and companies through surveying a network of thousands of business executives and professionals working in more than 20 industries.

“The consumer marketplace still looks to be the key driver of the semi industry for the next six months, but that’s down 10 points since June,” according to the new survey. “The communications marketplace, on the other hand, is up 10 points.”

According to the survey, the best performing chip segments are communication chips for cellular phones (Net Difference Score = +40), flash memory (+32), and RFID chips (+27). The worst performing chip segments are memories (-20), logic/programmable chips (-19) and microprocessors (-15).

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