Global chip sales in September reached a record

Demand for mobile phones, music players, and PCs has increased chip sales to $ 21.37 billion.

On November 2, 2006, Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said that in September 2006 global chip revenue surpassed the record of 21.37 billion USD due to high demand for mobile phones (mobile phones), music player, PC.

PC memory chip revenue also made the chip industry thrive as manufacturers added more DRAM (dynamic-RAM) to new PCs to meet the requirements of the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. DRAM revenue increased by 10% compared to August 2006, processor revenue increased by 4% compared to August 2006 but decreased by 11% compared to September 2005 due to price war between Intel and rival. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Mobile revenue is also a lever for the chip industry, especially in India and China - places where ultra-low-cost mobile phones have pushed up demand. At the end of October, Texas Instruments, the world's largest mobile phone chip maker, said its share of the ultra-low-priced cellphone market was unprecedented. The company expects that this trend will continue in the fourth quarter of 2006.

September 2006 revenue increased 9.3% compared to September 2005 and beat the record of 20.5 billion USD in August 2006. SIA expects global chip sales in 2006 to grow 9.8%.