Comments on: Like Consumer Spending, Chip Sales Slump

By: Computer Rental Company

Computer Rental Company — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:57:22 +0000

Due to the economic trends today, a lot of semiconductor companies are getting slow demands from large computer and electronic consumer companies .The people tend to lessen the budget allocation for electronic gadgets and tools to compensate for the high prices of the basic commodities. All in all these events affect the large industry of electronics.

By: StatShot: GPU Shipments Nosedive

StatShot: GPU Shipments Nosedive — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:21:43 +0000

[...] Higginbotham | Thursday, January 29, 2009 | 10:21 AM PT | 0 comments The drop-off in demand for personal computers is hitting the graphics chip market hard. Jon Peddie Research has issued a report showing that [...]

By: Handset Market Decline May Soon Affect Carriers - GigaOM

Handset Market Decline May Soon Affect Carriers - GigaOM — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:05:15 +0000

[...] the world’s No. 1 handset maker predicted a sales slowdown. As we’ve already noted, lowered handset sales hurt chipmakers and handset makers, and may eventually hurt carriers, which use new handsets to encourage consumers [...]

By: Recession Hits Intel Where It Hurts - GigaOM

Recession Hits Intel Where It Hurts - GigaOM — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:51:33 +0000

[...] its fourth-quarter revenue forecast — something it had said it would do on Dec. 4 — and as expected, cut its guidance by some $1 billion, citing “significantly weaker-than-expected demand in [...]

By: Southard Jones

Southard Jones — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:41:54 +0000

As the “canaries in the coal mine,” it’s important that chip makers – large and small – know what’s coming and make the right buying/selling/forecasting adjustments during the downturn. For any company, but in particular for those smaller than Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor, predicting how the economic downturn will affect business goes beyond taking blunt actions, like cutting all production by 20%. Chip manufacturers need to make different adjustments by region, product line or industry to ensure production accurately meets demand at a detailed level – not cutting one industry short just because overall sales are expected to decline. From my experience, I’d say that for this reason, companies need detailed timely forecast of market demand from the people interacting with customers, a bottom’s up view of demand, especially as we all look to those industry “canaries.”