Global chip sales slip 2.4%
Global sales for memory capacity in cameras, phones, and music players decline from the previous year.
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| Chip sales for October were 2.1% lower than the $23 billion the previous month. |
The Semiconductor Industry Association said Monday that the impact is expected to be felt into next year.
Chip sales dropped to $22.5 billion in October from $23 billion a year earlier. Sales for the month were 2.1% lower than the $23 billion in September, the SIA said.
Falling prices for memory chips were behind much of the decline. Excluding memory, sales rose 3.8% from a year ago. Sales of NAND flash memory, used in digital cameras, cell phones and music players, fell 41% in dollar terms even as they rose 123% in terms of memory capacity shipped, the SIA said.
Sales of DRAM, the memory chips used in computers, were down 14% from a year ago, while the capacity of the sold chips was up 73%.
"The worldwide financial turmoil is expected to continue to impact demand for semiconductors as we enter 2009," said SIA President George Scalise in a statement. "For 2009 PC unit shipments are forecast to decline by 5% and cell phone unit shipments are projected to be down by 9%. PCs and cell phones account for approximately 60% of total demand for semiconductors."
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