May chip sales soar 22.6%
- Autor:Ella Cai
- Lassen Sie auf:2017-07-05
May semiconductor sales were up 22.6% on May 2016 at $31.9 billion, reports the SIA, it was the largest y-o-y growth sincevSeptember 2010.
All major regional markets had y-o-y increases of more than 15% in May, with the US leading the way with growth of 30.5%.
“The global semiconductor market has settled into a period of significant and steady growth in 2017, with sales through May well ahead of the total from the same point last year,” says SIA CEO John Neuffer, “significantly, recent market growth has been consistent across all major regional markets and semiconductor product categories, with sales of memory products continuing to lead the way.”
Y-o-y sales across all regions were: the Americas (30.5%), China (26.3%), Europe (18.3%), Asia Pacific/All Other (17.7%), and Japan (15.8%).
May sales were up 1.9% on April’s $31.4 billion.
All major regional markets had y-o-y increases of more than 15% in May, with the US leading the way with growth of 30.5%.
“The global semiconductor market has settled into a period of significant and steady growth in 2017, with sales through May well ahead of the total from the same point last year,” says SIA CEO John Neuffer, “significantly, recent market growth has been consistent across all major regional markets and semiconductor product categories, with sales of memory products continuing to lead the way.”
Y-o-y sales across all regions were: the Americas (30.5%), China (26.3%), Europe (18.3%), Asia Pacific/All Other (17.7%), and Japan (15.8%).
Month-to-month sales increased in Europe (3.9%), the Americas (2.8%), Japan (2.3%), Asia Pacific/All Other (1.7%), and China (0.7%).
