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SAN JOSE –
Worldwide sales of semiconductors rose to $18 billion in July, up 0.3% over June but down 0.03% from July 2004, the
Semiconductor Industry Association reported today. Prices fell despite slight unit growth.
LOS ALTOS – Have semiconductor inventories gotten out of whack? That’s the assessment one researcher is concluding, saying that the disparity between strong sales of end-use items and the drop in IC shipments suggests a “major inventory adjustment.”
TAIPEI -- Foxconn Electronics shrugged off falling margins to
record revenues of NT$142.7 billion, up 49%, during the first six
months of 2005, the company reported. Pretax profits were up 18% to
NT$10.2 million.
