2011 Semiconductor Industry Revenue Growth Slowed Down

According to the preliminary statistics of Gartner, an international research and consulting agency, global semiconductor revenue in 2011 will increase by 0.9% year-on-year to US$302 billion. Gartner said that despite the strong performance of the semiconductor industry in early 2011, orders for equipment and semiconductors decreased in 2011 as worries about the overall economy grew. As the overall economic uncertainty gradually increases in the middle of the year, causing consumers to delay purchases, coupled with the government's plan to delay infrastructure expansion in order to avoid assuming more debt, equipment inventory will increase with time, and the impact level will gradually increase. Expanded to the entire semiconductor industry.