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Industry Trends Highlights 2001 p5 of 7:

• Gartner Dataquest forecasts 2001 semiconductor-market decline
  JULY 20--The worldwide semiconductor capital-spending and equipment markets are projected to have revenue declines between 26% and 30%, respectively, according to Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner Inc. (Stamford, CT; www.gartner.com).
• Video Electronics Standards Association releases new FPD measurement standard
  JULY 18--The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA; Milpitas, CA; www.vesa.org) has released Version 2.0 (FPDM2)-a major update to Flat Panel Display Measurements 1.
• Chips sales fall for seventh consecutive month
  JULY 13--Chip sales fell 7.3% in just one month, according to statistics published by the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA; San Jose, CA).
• Report forecasts monitor-market growth
  JULY 11--A report by DisplaySearch (Austin, TX; www.displaysearch.com), an FPD market-research and consulting firm, reveals global first-quarter 2001 desktop-monitor shipment results and a rolling eight-quarter forecast of LCD monitors, CRT monitors, and LCD PCs.
• May book-to-bill slightly higher
  JUNE 26--The ratio of semiconductor-capital-equipment bookings to shipments showed a miniscule improvement in May compared to April, but it's still not pretty out there. North American equipment suppliers posted $704 million in orders in May for a book-to-bill ratio of 0.46, according to Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI; www.semi.org).
• Scanner market reaches maturity
  JUNE 21--Worldwide scanner revenues are projected to reach $3.1 billion in 2001, with North America and Western Europe each accounting for approximately 40% of the total, according to InfoTrends Research Group (Boston, MA; www.infotrends-rgi.com).
• 2001 is worst year in chip history, Dataquest analyst says
  JUNE 20--Bryan Lewis, director and chief analyst of ASICs and worldwide research with market-research company Gartner Dataquest Inc. (San Jose, CA), believes 2001 will be the worst year ever for the chip industry, with no relief until 2002 or 2003.
• First-quarter flat-panel-display revenues down
  JUNE 12-According to flat-panel-display market-research company DisplaySearch (Austin, TX; www.displaysearch.com), large-area (10.4-in. and larger) thin-film-transistor (TFT) liquid-crystal-display (LCD) unit shipments for the notebook PC, LCD monitor, LCD TV, and industrial- and Internet-appliance markets rose 3% sequentially and 36% year-over-year to a record 8.6 million panels in this year's first quarter.
• Shakeout on the way for CMOS imager vendors
  JUNE 7--According to Cahners In-Stat (Newton, MA), the market for image sensors surpassed $1 billion for the first time in 1999.
• Book-to-bill ratio drops steadily
  MAY 23--According to Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI; Mountain View, CA; www.semi.org), the North American-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment reported orders for $712 million for April 2001 and a book-to-bill ratio of 0.42--$42 in orders were received for every $100 worth of products shipped.

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