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Industry Trends Highlights 2003 p3 of 9:

• DSP market continues to show growth
  JULY 1--Forward Concepts, in its latest DSP Market Bulletin, reports continued DSP shipment growth in the first quarter of 2003 is an unusual situation.
• Semiconductor sales rose in May
  JUNE 30--Global semiconductor sales rose 2% in May from April, helped by an increase in demand from the telecommunications sector.
• Large-area TFT LCD shipments reach record high in Q1-03
  JUNE 18--DisplaySearch (Austin, TX) reveals that large-area TFT LCD shipments exceeded expectations in Q1-03, rising 7% Q/Q and 25% Y/Y to a record-high 20 million units, surpassing suppliers' aggregate 4% Q/Q growth forecast by 556K units.
• SIA revises market outlook
  JUNE 16--The worldwide semiconductor market should grow 10.1% this year, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA; San Jose, CA www.sia-online.org).
• Strategic Marketing Associates forecasts semiconductor capital spending to rise worldwide
  JUNE 11--A survey of semiconductor companies' capital spending plans by Strategic Marketing Associates (Santa Cruz, CA; www.scfab.com), a market research firm specializing in fab information, points to an increase of $3.6 billion this year, up 13% from a year ago.
• WSTS trims chip-market growth forecast for 2003
  JUNE 9--The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS; www.wsts.org) organization expects the worldwide semiconductor industry to grow 11.5% to $156.9 billion in 2003.
• China electronics output to exceed Europe's by 2005
  JUNE 9--Electronics manufacturers, facing continuing pressure to cut costs, will transfer even more of their production to developing countries in coming years, with China the biggest beneficiary, predicts a new study by consultants Booz Allen Hamilton and the International Finance Corp., an arm of the World Bank.
• China electronics industry soars
  JUNE 9--The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in China has given a boost to the country's booming information industry, with those people forced to stay indoors for weeks buying more computers and mobile phones and using the Internet to stay in touch with the outside world, according to Financial Times.
• Global chip sales total $12.1 billion in April 2003
  JUNE 3--Worldwide sales of semiconductors totaled $12.1 billion in April 2003, sequentially unchanged from the $12.1 billion in revenue reported in March 2003 and a 9.7% increase from April 2002 revenue of $11.3 billion, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (San Jose, CA; www.semichips.org).
• IPC releases IMS/PCB book-to-bill ratio for April 2003
  JUNE 2--IPC-Association Connecting Electronics Industries (Northbrook, IL; www.ipc.org) has announced the findings from its monthly Interconnect Manufacturing Services (IMS)/Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program.

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