Future Horizons has painted a positive picture of the prospects of the semiconductor industry, suggesting chipmakers should stop reveling in inappropriate pessimism.

Chip sales hit US$24.0 billion in September, heralding a 20% quarterly increase on third-quarter 2009, according to Future Horizons. The UK-based research firm has raised its forecast...

June's total semiconductor sales came in at US$19.3 billion, heralding a US$51.7 billion second quarter, up 16.9% from the first quarter but down 20% from the same period one year...

Following hot on the heels of April's on-month sales growth of 16%, May grew a further 0.9% sequentially putting June on track to break through the US$20 billion barrier, for the...

Despite the fact the first half of 2008 was stronger than many predicted, the relentless deterioration in the global financial markets has finally tipped the global economy into recession...

With market data recently released by the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) showing that quarterly semiconductor sales growth reached 3.0% in the second quarter, Malcolm Penn,...