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December 2002 IC Sales
The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics put December 2002’s global sales of ICs at $12.5bn, closing the year at $140.7bn. December’s sales represent a 23.1% increase on December 2001.
The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics put December 2002's global sales of ICs at $12.5bn, closing the year at $140.7bn. December's sales represent a 23.1% increase on December 2001.
The year's sales were up 1.3%. Asia-Pacific had the largest December increase of 36.3% and the America's market the smallest rise at 5.0%. Europe was up 15.8% and Japan 30.5%.
The US Semiconductor Industry Association is expecting 19.8% growth world wide in 2003 to $169.3bn. Wireless was the strongest growing end-user market in 2002.
