Chip Market Surpasses $300 Billion by Year's End (222 Billion Euro)

One would think that, with all the troubles on the RAM market and everything else, there wouldn't be much to see when looking at the worldwide semiconductor industry, but that is not the case.

In fact, from what the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) can tell, 2011 could mark an industry first.

The global market could, in fact, go beyond $300 Billion (222 billion euro) for the first time in history.

The low RAM sales were offset by good shipments of microcontrollers, sensors and other semiconductors.

Thus, the market will return a positive evolution of 1.3% over 2010, not exactly a big figure, but still fortuitous under the circumstances.

Moving forward, WSTS expects that 2012 will show a healthier growth of 2.6% and that the upward trend will proceed through 2013 (5.8%).