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Industry Trends Highlights 2002 p8 of 12:

• Display-electronics market poised for growth
  MAY 13--The display-electronics marketplace represents a growth segment for semiconductor suppliers, according to the latest forecasts for display controller and driver components from iSuppli/Stanford Resources Market Intelligence Services (www.isuppli.com).
• IPC reports first dip in EMS industry sales since 1985
  MAY 7--IPC-Association Connecting Electronics Industries (Northbrook, IL) has released its report 2001 Analysis of the North American Market for Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS), which details industry trends for the EMS industry in 2001.
• VISION 2002: New date, old exhibition hall
  MAY 6--The date of VISION 2002, 15th International Trade Fair for Machine Vision and Identification Technologies, has been changed. VISION 2002 will now be held at the Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre from 12 to 14 November 2002.
• Chip sales inch upward
  MAY 3--Worldwide chip sales rose again in March, thanks to strong sales of RAM for desktop and notebook computers. Revenue from sales of semiconductors totaled $10.8 billion in March, about a 7% increase over February's $10 billion in sales, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.
• In-Stat/MDR predicts optimistic outlook for semiconductor industry
  MAY 2--In a presentation delivered at the Embedded Processor Forum, In-Stat/MDR (a unit of Cahners Business Information; www.instat.com) announced its newest semiconductor industry forecast.
• North America book-to-bill ratio hits 1.04
  APRIL 29--The North American book-to-bill ratio rose above "1" for the first time in 16 months, as toolmakers posted $839 million in orders in March and a b-to-b ratio of 1.04, according to the latest Express Report published by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI; www.semi.org).
• IPC-Association Connecting Electronics Industries releases book-to-bill ratio and March PCB business report
  APRIL 26--According to the IPC (Northbrook, IL), the US printed-circuit-board industry book-to-bill ratio for March 2002 was 0.98.
• IDC predicts PC chip decline not over yet
  APRIL 22--The PC semiconductor revenue decline that began in late 2000 will end in 2002, according to a report issued by International Data Corp. (IDC; Framingham, MA; www.idc.com).
• Front-end capacity utilization up slightly
  APRIL 22--Worldwide IC orders rose slightly from February to March, according to the latest Industry Pulse Pro report from VLSI Research (San Jose, CA; www.vlsiresearch.com).
• DisplaySearch reports flat-panel-display market outlook
  APRIL 9--At the recent flat-panel-display (FPD) market conference, hosted by DisplaySearch (Austin, TX; www.displaysearch.com), a researcher and consultant in that market, it was reported that the FPD market fell 9% in 2001 to $22 billion and is expected to rebound in 2002, rising 37% to $30 billion.

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