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Industry Trends Highlights 2001 p1 of 7:

• Preliminary statistics show 2001 as worst year for semiconductor industry
  DECEMBER 20--Semiconductor vendors have struggled through the worst industry decline in the history of the market, as 2001 worldwide semiconductor revenue declined 33% to $152 billion, according to preliminary statistics by Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner Inc. (San Jose, CA; www.gartner.com).
• Gartner Dataquest forecasts strong consolidation for the software industry
  DECEMBER 17--As companies become much more conservative in their buying decision for software products, the software industry is entering a period of consolidation that is likely to extend into 2003, according to Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner Inc. (Stamford, CT; www.gartner.com).
• Growth finally seen as semiconductor sales hit $10.43 billion
  DECEMBER 10--Worldwide semiconductor sales rose to $10.43 billion in October, a sequential increase of 2.5% from the $10.18 billion logged in September, according to the latest Global Sales Report from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA; San Jose, CA; www.sia-online.org).
• Heightened military priorities continue need for advanced display and imaging systems
  DECEMBER 7--The US Display Consortium (USDC; San Jose, CA; www.usdc.org), a public-private partnership supporting the electronic-display industry, has partnered with the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to advance the development and manufacturing of flat-panel-display (FPD) technologies.
• Worldwide semiconductor-equipment market dives 55.6%
  DECEMBER 3--Worldwide semiconductor-manufacturing-equipment shipments totaled $5.63 billion for 3Q01, according to Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI; www.semi.org).
• Worldwide electronic display market to cross $114.8 billion
  DECEMBER 3--Displays have typically been taken for granted as tools for information feedback, but they involve many different types of technology ranging from simple light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to complex active-matrix liquid-crystal displays (LCDs).
• North American semiconductor-equipment book-to-bill ratio rose in October
  NOVEMBER 26--The North American semiconductor-equipment book-to-bill ratio rose in October to 0.71, with orders increasing by 5% and shipments dropping by 5%, according to Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI; www.semi.org).
• Photonex show attracts newcomers
  NOVEMBER 14--The recent Photonex 2001 exhibition (www.photonex.org; Stoneleigh, Warwick, England) included new sections on Imaging and on Fiber Science.
• Companies project some industry growth
  NOVEMBER 12--There is some growth projected in the machine-vision industry, however, one report, from iSupply Corp., indicates excess inventory.
• SIA forecasts chip market to total $218 billion in 2004
  NOVEMBER 8--Spurred by sales of personal computers, wireless communications solutions, and consumer products, the global semiconductor industry will recover from the inventory build that occurred in 2000 and the weak end-market equipment demand in 2001.

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