Chip sales continue to grow

Chip sales continue to grow
Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has proudly announced that the month of September has also seen chip sales grow steadily. In September microchips sales have topped $22.6 billion, up 5.9% from the $21.3 billion one year earlier and up by 5% over August.

In the third quarter of 2007 chip sales have gone up 5.9% year-on-year from $64.0 billion to $67.8 billion and up 13.2% over Q2's $59.9 billion. For the first nine months of 2007 sales have reached $188.8 billion, up 3.5% over the $182.5 billion of the same period of 2006. More good times.