WORLDWIDE sales of semiconductors amounted to US$12.54bil in June, marginally above the US$12.49bil recorded in May, but still the 12th consecutive month of positive year-on-year growth. On a year-on-year basis, global sales grew by 10% in June.
The US-based Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), in a release at the weekend, said second-quarter sales rose 3.2% to US$37.6bil from US$36.4bil in the first quarter. It was 10.4% higher than the US$34.1bil posted in the second quarter of 2002.