SIA: Semi sales grew 2% Y/Y in July (Electronic News)

Worldwide semiconductor sales saw a boost in July, growing 2.2 percent year-over-year from July 2006 http://www.edn.com/article/CA6368704.html and 3.2 percent from June sales http://www.edn.com/article/CA6465347.html to $20.6 billion, according to a report released today by the Semiconductor Industry Association http://www.sia-online.org (SIA).

The SIA attributes growth mainly to increases in sales of microprocessors, MOS logic devices, and NAND flash memory products. At the same time, the SIA reiterated its earlier forecast http://www.edn.com/article/CA6451766.html of 1.8 percent ...