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percent globally from March to Aprilto $15.6 billion, accordin g to a report Monday. Despite that rise, sales were stil about 25 percent belowthe $20.9 billion reporteds last April, the (SIA) said. “The better-than-expected 6.4 percen t sequential increase in April sales was driven by moderate improvements in a numberof end-demansd drivers and inventory replenishment,” said SIA President George “The PC market – a major consumer of semiconductorsa – has been stronger than predicted earlier in the Despite that, Scalise said PC unit salex in 2009 are expected to decline by about 6 compared to earlier forecasts of a decline in the range of 12 percent.
He said the anticipatedd drop in cell phon e sales is now projected to declinee by around 7 perceny compared to earlier forecasts of15 percent. PCs and cell phonesd account for nearly 60 percent of allsemiconductor consumption. “Visibilityh remains limited,” Scalise “Two consecutive months of sequential sales growth may be an indicatiohn of a return to more normal seasonalp sales patterns in somemarket sectors, albeit at lower sales levels than last year.
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