Global semiconductor sales this year and next will probably increase more than previously forecast, bolstered by demand for personal computers and consumer electronics, the chip industry's largest association said.
Chip sales may increase 3.8 percent to US$257.2 billion this year, compared with the US$253.5 billion projected in May, WSTS Inc said today on its Web site. Industry revenue will rise 9.1 percent to US$280.6 billion next year, the association said, exceeding the US$279.2 billion predicted earlier.
The group's forecasts diverge from those at research firm iSuppli Corp and the Semiconductor Industry Association, which reduced their estimates this year. Falling prices of computer memory eroded chip profits at Samsung Electronics Co (三星電子) and Hynix Semiconductor Inc (海力士半導體) in the latest quarter, while Elpida Memory Inc posted its smallest profit in six quarters.
WSTS forecast that sales of computer processors will rise 4.3 percent this year, compared with an earlier projection for a 1.2 percent decline.
The group "foresees a continuously growing demand for electronic products such as PCs, digital consumer appliances and mobile communications, enhanced by the increase of semiconductor content per installed system," it said in a statement.
Intel Corp, the world's largest semiconductor maker, last month reported that third-quarter profit rose 43 percent on higher demand for personal computers and forecast sales that beat estimates.
WSTS, whose members account for about 90 percent of the industry, cut next year's forecast for global memory chip sales by 2.3 percent to US$62.6 billion.
Quanta Computer Inc (廣達) chairman Barry Lam (林百里) is expected to share his views about the artificial intelligence (AI) industry’s prospects during his speech at the company’s 37th anniversary ceremony, as AI servers have become a new growth engine for the equipment manufacturing service provider. Lam’s speech is much anticipated, as Quanta has risen as one of the world’s major AI server suppliers. The company reported a 30 percent year-on-year growth in consolidated revenue to NT$1.41 trillion (US$43.35 billion) last year, thanks to fast-growing demand for servers, especially those with AI capabilities. The company told investors in November last year that
Intel Corp has named Tasha Chuang (莊蓓瑜) to lead Intel Taiwan in a bid to reinforce relations between the company and its Taiwanese partners. The appointment of Chuang as general manager for Intel Taiwan takes effect on Thursday, the firm said in a statement yesterday. Chuang is to lead her team in Taiwan to pursue product development and sales growth in an effort to reinforce the company’s ties with its partners and clients, Intel said. Chuang was previously in charge of managing Intel’s ties with leading Taiwanese PC brand Asustek Computer Inc (華碩), which included helping Asustek strengthen its global businesses, the company
Taiwanese suppliers to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC, 台積電) are expected to follow the contract chipmaker’s step to invest in the US, but their relocation may be seven to eight years away, Minister of Economic Affairs J.W. Kuo (郭智輝) said yesterday. When asked by opposition Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Niu Hsu-ting (牛煦庭) in the legislature about growing concerns that TSMC’s huge investments in the US will prompt its suppliers to follow suit, Kuo said based on the chipmaker’s current limited production volume, it is unlikely to lead its supply chain to go there for now. “Unless TSMC completes its planned six
TikTok abounds with viral videos accusing prestigious brands of secretly manufacturing luxury goods in China so they can be sold at cut prices. However, while these “revelations” are spurious, behind them lurks a well-oiled machine for selling counterfeit goods that is making the most of the confusion surrounding trade tariffs. Chinese content creators who portray themselves as workers or subcontractors in the luxury goods business claim that Beijing has lifted confidentiality clauses on local subcontractors as a way to respond to the huge hike in customs duties imposed on China by US President Donald Trump. They say this Chinese decision, of which Agence
RSS