06 global semiconductor revenue increased by $7.4% to $254 billion 700 million

Yesky April 8th news (Champaign compiled), according to Bloomberg news, market research firm iSuppli said on Friday, 2006, the global semiconductor industry revenue from $237 billion 100 million in 2005 to $254 billion 700 million, an increase of 7.4%. In January this year, iSuppli has forecast the industry's revenue growth of 6.8% in 2006.

Reported that iSuppli is expected to increase the main reason for the emergence of DRAM flash rebound is expected this year, DRAM market revenue will account for more than 10% of total revenue. Global flash revenue this year will grow 29% compared to last year, to $13 billion 800 million.

Gary Grapos, chief analyst at iSuppli, said that the global semiconductor market grew 3.6% last year, this year will grow by 7.4%. However, the growth rate of these two years are lower than the average annual growth rate of 8.2% from 2005 to 2010.

ISuppli expects 2007 global semiconductor revenue will grow by nearly 12% compared to 2006, reaching $285 billion 200 million. Despite the growth of semiconductor revenue this year, but the downstream sales of electronic equipment manufacturers downstream sales growth compared with last year will decline. Global electronics revenue is expected to grow 5.9% this year, compared with last year's $7.8%.