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SAN JOSE – The Semiconductor Industry Association today forecast worldwide semiconductor sales would drop 21.3% for the year to $195.6 billion.

In its annual mid-year forecast, the trade group projects that sales will begin to rebound in 2010, with year-on-year growth of 6.5% to $208.3 billion, followed by 6.5% growth in 2011 to $221.9 billion.

The numbers pale against SIA's last semiannual forecast. In November, the group projected 2009 sales would decline 5.6% to $246.7 billion, then grow 7.4% in 2010 and 7.5% in 2011.

However, the SIA is referring to the predicted 2010 recovery in annualized terms. Month-by-month, the rebound may have already begun. Earlier in the week, the trade group said worldwide sales of semiconductors rose a better-than-expected 6.4% sequentially in April, driven by moderate improvements in a number of end-demand drivers and inventory replenishment. March was up over February as well.

In 2008, the industry totaled sales of $261.2 billion, up 2.2% from 2007.

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SAN JOSE, CA – Tessera Technologies Inc. and Motorola Inc. have entered into a pre-negotiated license agreement.
 
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TEMPE, AZ -- The nation's top indicator of purchasing activity rose 2.7 points in May to its highest level in eight months as the manufacturing sector slowly emerges from the recession bottom.

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LOS ALTOS, CA – The medical electronics industry is not immune to the recession. First-quarter equipment sales dropped 2.6% from last year, says Henderson Ventures.
 
The downturn in sales is attributed to a combination of dropped insurance coverage and stricter approval policies.
 
Henderson forecast equipment production to grow up to 9.7% in 2011, on an economic recovery and federal stimulus.

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WILSONVILLE, OR – Mentor Graphics Corp. reported first-quarter sales rose 8% from last year to $193.8 million.
 
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STAMFORD, CT -- Gartner raised its outlook for the worldwide semiconductor market revenue, saying it will drop 22.4% in 2009, up from a February estimate of a 24.1% fall.
The firm cited better-than-expected first quarter PC shipments and inventory replenishment.

Gartner further guided for 4.9% growth in the second quarter.

The research firm forecasts overall sales of $198 billion for the year as stabilizing prices balance tepid consumer demand. 

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