The decline in prices caused the global semiconductor market to fall

A professional organization of the semiconductor industry released a report this Friday that, although overall global semiconductor shipments have risen by 7%, due to lower selling prices, semiconductor sales in the second quarter of this year fell by 2% from the previous quarter. To 59.9 billion U.S. dollars.

George Scalise, Chairman of the Semiconductor Industry Association, said in the report: “In the first half of 2007, the main theme of the chip industry is still constantly reducing prices.” Directly for consumer computers and mobile phones, these consumer products account for 60% of the semiconductor industry’s share. Although this market has been growing, prices have been declining. The report said that sales in June have fallen from $20.3 billion in May to $20 billion.

"The continuous decline in the prices of microprocessors and DRAM memory has enabled PC makers to provide more powerful systems at more attractive prices. Computer users have already enjoyed a lot of benefits from it." said Chairman of the Semiconductor Industry Association, George Scalise, "Desktop The average price of computers has dropped to about 700 US dollars (contract 5300 yuan), and in the last year, its memory capacity has increased by nearly 50%."

George Scalise added: "Every year, the price of DRAM will drop by 40%, while shipments will increase by about 66%, and the situation with NAND flash chips will be similar."