IC Sales Turn Negative as Economy Weighs on Market
Never-before seen decline in June IC market driven by steep drop in memory pricing.
The IC market recorded its first-ever June sequential sales decline this year, based on data from WEMA, SIA, and WSTS dating back to 1976, Typically, high single-digit or double-digit sales gains have been the pattern for June IC sales. Even in its previously weakest year (1985), June IC sales increased 1%. Never, until this year, have June IC sales declined.
