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Wireless gives hefty boost to global chip sales
Worldwide processor sales increased for a second month in April, thanks to growth in wireless chips. Sales jumped up just over 3 percent to $11.1 billion during the month, the Semiconductor Industry Association said on Friday. March's revised sales were $10.7 billion. The SIA's three-month average of chip sales was also up a healthy 10.5 percent. The sales bump shows that the industry, as predicted, is mounting a slow recovery from the doldrums of 2001, the SIA said. "Semiconductor sales in April are continuing the steady growth exhibited in the first quarter of this year, another sign that the industry is rebounding from 2001," said George Scalise, the SIA's president. --John G. Spooner, Special to ZDNet News
Worldwide processor sales increased for a second month in April, thanks to growth in wireless chips.
Sales jumped up just over 3 percent to $11.1 billion during the month, the Semiconductor Industry Association said on Friday. March's revised sales were $10.7 billion. The SIA's three-month average of chip sales was also up a healthy 10.5 percent.
The sales bump shows that the industry, as predicted, is mounting a slow recovery from the doldrums of 2001, the SIA said. "Semiconductor sales in April are continuing the steady growth exhibited in the first quarter of this year, another sign that the industry is rebounding from 2001," said George Scalise, the SIA's president. --John G. Spooner, Special to ZDNet News